This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Technology > Inventions > Inventions – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inventions Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Helicopter was invented by A) Copernicus. B) Broquet. C) Drinker. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broquet. 2. QWERTY design type writers and computers keyboards is invented by A) Christopher Sholes. B) Charles Perkins. C) William's Carrier. D) Charles Goodyear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christopher Sholes. 3. Human innovation in action that involves the generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems A) Engineering. B) Science. C) Technology. D) Mathematics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Technology. 4. Who designed the city Chandigarh? A) Colt. B) Ferdinand de lesseps. C) Nasser. D) Le Corbusier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Le Corbusier. 5. Integrated circuit was co-created by A) JackKilby and Robert Noyce. B) John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. C) Lisa Meitner and George Stephenson. D) Floyd Farris and J.B. Clark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) JackKilby and Robert Noyce. 6. In which year was MIDI introduced? A) 1983. B) 1977. C) 1987. D) 1973. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1983. 7. The secrets of the British textile industry were brought to America by ..... A) Robert Fulton. B) Samuel Morse. C) Richard Arkwright. D) Samuel Slater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel Slater. 8. Who was famous for his work with peanuts? A) George Washington Carver. B) Swift and Armour. C) George Eastman. D) Henry Bessemer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Washington Carver. 9. A game like wrestling but it includes team(discovered by Indians). A) Kabaddi. B) Bodies. C) Both of the above. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kabaddi. 10. If they start using Liquiglide, companies will make bottle caps larger. A) True. B) False. C) Does not say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. A place where liquids are stored A) Rotate. B) Nib. C) Hollow. D) Reservoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reservoir. 12. Who held the record for the most patents with 1, 093 patents? A) Alexander Graham Bell. B) Thomas Edison. C) George Eastman. D) Swift and Armour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Edison. 13. Who invented the Light Bulb? A) Benjamin Franklin. B) Eli Whitney. C) Francis Beaufort. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Edison. 14. What was Eli Whitney's main contribution to the Industrial Revolution? A) Cotton Gin. B) Telephone. C) Steam Engine. D) Light Bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton Gin. 15. The cause of Beri Beri was discovered by A) Alexanderson. B) Eijkman. C) Cockrell. D) Macmillan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eijkman. 16. When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented? A) 1915. B) 1919. C) 1911. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1915. 17. Who is the founder of oceanography? A) Susumu Tonegawa. B) Alhazen. C) Karl Landsteiner. D) Matthew Maury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Matthew Maury. 18. Who invented the first electric car? A) Thomas Davenport. B) Nikola Tesla. C) Guglielmo Marconi. D) Henry Ford. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Davenport. 19. Which invention changed the way electricity was brought into urban locations? A) Spinning Jenny. B) Cotton Gin. C) Light Bulb. D) Steam Engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light Bulb. 20. World Wide Web was publicly introduced for first time by computer scientist and English engineer named A) Sir Daryl Chaplin. B) Sir Calvin Souther Fuller. C) Sir Gerald Pearson. D) Sir Tim Berners Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Tim Berners Lee. 21. This invention improved wood block printing A) Paper money. B) Writing. C) Silk. D) Moveable type printing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moveable type printing. 22. What scientist discovered the radioactive element radium? A) Albert Einstein. B) Marie Curie. C) Isaac Newton. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marie Curie. 23. Many young inventors gathered at ..... to invent things. A) Luca's island. B) Luca's lab. C) Luca's house. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Luca's house. 24. What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking? A) Ernest Just. B) Jan Ernst Matzeliger. C) Elijah McCoy. D) Lewis Latimer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jan Ernst Matzeliger. 25. Who invented the Motorcycle? A) Michael Faraday. B) Gottlieb Daimler. C) Henry W. Seeley. D) Thomas Moore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gottlieb Daimler. 26. The first computers were ..... A) Easy to carry. B) Very powerful. C) Big and heavy. D) Made in Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big and heavy. 27. First graphical user interface used commercially after its introduction was popularized as A) Apple Lisa. B) Xerox Star. C) IBM 610. D) Both (A) and (B). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (A) and (B). 28. What do all the inventions described in this text have in common? A) All these inventions made people's lives easier. B) All these inventions changed how people travel. C) All these inventions were invented in the twentieth century. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All these inventions made people's lives easier. 29. The zipper was invented by Whitcomb L. Judson in A) 1891. B) 1802. C) 1867. D) 1823. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1891. 30. What is one thing the Chinese made out of Steel? A) Cannons. B) Homes. C) Arrows. D) Ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cannons. 31. Which invention lets you call your friends? A) Kettle. B) Car. C) Telephone. D) TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telephone. 32. What Sir Isaac Newton invented? A) Microscope. B) Spectacles. C) Reflecting telescope. D) Chronometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reflecting telescope. 33. My father promised to reward me if I passed the English test. A) I won't be rewarded if I passed the English test. B) I will be rewarded if I passed the English test. C) I will be rewarded if I pass the English test. D) I won't be rewarded if I pass the English test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I will be rewarded if I pass the English test. 34. Item used for spinning cotton(discovered by Indians). A) Power looms. B) Flying shuttle. C) Spinning wheel. D) Water frame. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinning wheel. 35. The mechanical reaper ..... A) Increased farming production. B) Decreased farming production. C) Made farming more difficult. D) Planted seeds automatically for farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased farming production. 36. Which of the following statements is true about scientists? A) They are not curious with the things around them. B) They do not record truthful data. C) They are do not create new things. D) They love figuring out why things happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They love figuring out why things happen. 37. The name of the planet whose moons Galileo discovered A) Saturn. B) Neptune. C) Jupiter. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jupiter. 38. The piano was invented in A) 1700. B) 1820. C) 1910. D) 1580. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1700. 39. Cities that switched from DC to AC power probably became A) Less well-lit. B) Less polluted. C) More at risk for electrical fires. D) Wealthier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less polluted. 40. Which among the following tech giants has announced USD 10 billion worth investment in India? A) Google. B) Facebook. C) Apple. D) Microsoft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Google. 41. It helps you to take care of your hair(discovered by Indians). A) Beauty Parlor. B) Conditioner. C) Egg. D) Shampoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shampoo. 42. Who invented the WWW ( World Wide Web )? A) John Logie Biard. B) Marie Curie. C) Vint Cerf. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vint Cerf. 43. Crescograph is an instrument to record A) The age of star. B) Age of earth. C) Plant growth. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plant growth. 44. What is the name of the current Social Studies magazine that we are reading? A) Harry Potter. B) Amazing Inventions. C) Geography. D) Simpsons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amazing Inventions. 45. Who invented the microwave oven? A) Henry Ford. B) Percy LeBaron Spencer. C) Gottlieb Daimler. D) Thomas Moore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Percy LeBaron Spencer. 46. Zoom has become a popular ..... platform during the lockdown. A) Boring. B) Distracting. C) Interactive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interactive. 47. In which decade did television become widely available around the world? A) 1970s. B) 1950s. C) 1940s. D) 1960s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1950s. 48. What were crafted into a flute 43, 000 years ago? A) Mammals' bones. B) Bones of different animals. C) Human skeletons. D) Some human bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones of different animals. 49. Which among the following South Asian nations has placed its bid for the 2027 Asian Cup? A) Pakistan. B) China. C) Nepal. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 50. Who invented the cast steel plow? A) Wright Brothers. B) John Deere. C) Samuel Morse. D) Eli Whitney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Deere. 51. Who invented the Aeroplane? A) The Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright). B) James Watt. C) Thomas Edison. D) Galileo Galilei. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright). 52. What invention by Garnet Carter made its debut at the Fairyland Inn Resort in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1927? A) Ski lift. B) Golf cart. C) Miniature golf. D) Swimming pool slide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miniature golf. 53. Who invented the diesel engine? A) Rudolf Diesel. B) Danny Diesel. C) Stan Diesel. D) Bill Diesel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rudolf Diesel. 54. The Incandescent Light Bulb was invented by A) Thomas Edison. B) Alexander Graham Bell. C) The Wright Brothers. D) George Washington Carver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Edison. 55. Who invented the mobile phone? A) Willis Carrier. B) Thomas Edison. C) Martin Cooper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martin Cooper. 56. In what century was gunpowder invented? A) The 4th. B) The 19th. C) The 9th. D) The 1st. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 9th. 57. Who made it possible for electrical items to be used in a home? A) Lord Kelvin. B) Thomas Edison. C) Alexander Graham Bell. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Edison. 58. He is credited as one who created the first computer game "Tennis for two" A) Tony Fadell. B) William Higinbotham. C) Philippe Kahn. D) Seymour Papert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Higinbotham. 59. John Logie Baird invented which of the following? A) Television. B) Telegraph. C) Anti biotic. D) Refrigirator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Television. 60. What is a spin-off? A) Something a top does. B) A person that spins. C) A discovery or achievement that comes after a lot of hard work. D) A new product or service that is based on another one that already exists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A new product or service that is based on another one that already exists. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTechnology QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesInventions Quiz 1Inventions Quiz 3Inventions Quiz 4Inventions Quiz 5Inventions Quiz 6Inventions Quiz 7Inventions Quiz 8Inventions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books