GK Quiz - Inventions

Q1)-Who invented the BALLPOINT PEN?

Biro Brothers

Waterman Brothers

Bicc Brothers

Write Brothers

Ans.- A

Q2)-What J. B. Dunlop invented?

Pneumatic rubber tire

Automobile wheel rim

Rubber boot

Model airplanes

Ans.- A

Q3)-What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

Charles Richter

Hiram Walker

Giuseppe Mercalli

Joshua Rumble

Ans.- A

Q4)-Where is the village of Branston, after which the famous pickle is named?

Yorkshire

Lancashire

Staffordshire

Norfolk

Ans.- C

Q5)-Who invented Gunpowder?

G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

Sir Frank Whittle

Roger Bacon

Leo H Baekeland

Ans.- C

Q6)-This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he?

Harrison Frazier

Paul Newman

Steve McQueen

John Wayne

Ans.- C

Q7)-When was the first lawn mower invented?

1830

1854

1835

1849

Ans.- A

Q8)-Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?

Albert Einstein

Michael Skube

Roger Penrose

George Gamow

Ans.- D

Q9)-Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

Sir William Grove

Charles Kettering

Lewis Edson Waterman

George Fountain

Ans.- C

Q10)-When was the first elevator built?

1741

1743

1761

1763

Ans.- B