Invention and Inventors : General Knowledge Questions and Answers

Q41. Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE?

[A] B. Owings

[B] F. Whittle

[C] C. Lindbergh

[D] W. Histell

Q42. Who was the first Indian to cross the English Channel?

[A] Flute

[B] Veena

[C] Tabla

[D] Sitar

Q43. Who discovered the first vaccine for smallpox?

[A] Edward Jenner

[B] Alexander Fleming

[C] John Hunter

[D] Louis Pasteur

Q44. Who among the following scientists invented dynamite?

[A] Benjamin Franklin  

[B] Alfred Nobel  

[C] Thomas Alva Edison  

[D] Rudolf Diesel  

250+ Inventions Quiz Questions and Answers

Q45. ___________ was the first person who discovered cells.

[A] Alexander Fleming  

[B] Ernest Rutherford  

[C] Robert Hooke  

[D] Francis Crick  

Q46. The Mercury thermometer was invented by

[A] Fahrenheit

[B] Priestley

[C] Galileo

[D] Newton

Q47. Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?

[A] G. Fawks

[B] W. Bickford

[C] A. Nobel

[D] J. R. Gluber

Q48. What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

[A] Yoo-Hoo

[B] 7-Up

[C] Hawaiian Punch

[D] Pepsi

Q49. Where were wigs first invented?

[A] China

[B] Egypt

[C] France

[D] Japan

Q50. Tears in the eyes are produced by which of the following glands?

[A] Pituitary gland

[B] Hypothalamus gland

[C] Lacrimal gland

[D] Thyroid gland