This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Technology > Inventions > Inventions – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Inventions Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Electron was invented by A) J.J Thomson. B) Ernest Rutherford. C) James Chadwick. D) Werner Heisenberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J.J Thomson. 2. Who invented theTelescope? A) A-Johannes Gutenberg. B) B-Galileo Galilei. C) C-William Shockley. D) D-Wright Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B-Galileo Galilei. 3. Inventor who invented vulcanized rubber that is made by mixing latex with sulphur and is then heated is A) Charles Goodyear. B) Charles Gorrie. C) Charles Perkins. D) Charles Grafton Page. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Goodyear. 4. Which led to the growth of cities A) Better farming tools. B) Immigration from Russia. C) Better cars. D) People looking for jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People looking for jobs. 5. Who invented logarithms? A) Amundson. B) John Napier. C) Mandeleef. D) Shockley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Napier. 6. Who invented the jet engine? A) Robert Bunsen. B) Enrico Fermi. C) Hans von Ohain. D) Otto Lilienthal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hans von Ohain. 7. The initials JCB on earth-moving equipment are those of the founder of the company that makes it. What is his name? A) Joseph Cyril Bamford. B) John Christopher Baxter. C) John Christopher Ballantyne. D) Jack Croxford Baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph Cyril Bamford. 8. Who is known as the father of neuroscience? A) Santaigo Ramony Cajal. B) Alessandro Volta. C) Salim Ali. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Santaigo Ramony Cajal. 9. The Solar System was discoverd by A) Copernicus. B) Galleleo. C) Finsen. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copernicus. 10. Who invented the first airplane that could successfully hold a human and an engine in 1903. A) Alexander Graham Bell. B) Thomas Edison. C) George Washington Carver. D) The Wright Brothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Wright Brothers. 11. Did you enjoy this quiz? ( just click absolutely for free points). A) Yes. B) Certainly. C) Definitely. D) Absolutely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolutely. 12. Who invented Telegraph? A) Marcony. B) Samuel Morse. C) Edward Jenner. D) Alexander Graham Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samuel Morse. 13. The introduction of interchangeable parts led directly to the A) Formation of the patent system. B) Creation of labor unions. C) Use of mass-production techniques (assembly lines). D) Eight-hour workday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of mass-production techniques (assembly lines). 14. Who invented airplanes? A) Marshall sisters. B) Wright brothers. C) Twin brothers. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wright brothers. 15. What is James Watt famous for inventing? A) Light Bulb. B) Bessemer Steel Process. C) Cotton Gin. D) Steam Engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steam Engine. 16. Luca thought that the island of inventions referred to ..... A) A group of inventors worked together. B) A secret island that the wise men around the world would meet to learn and invent things. C) A small island in the world. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A secret island that the wise men around the world would meet to learn and invent things. 17. Who invented the mechanical reaper threshing machine? A) Morse. B) Fulton. C) Cooper. D) McCormick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) McCormick. 18. An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something A) Invention. B) Branding. C) Science. D) Innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Innovation. 19. What invention turned rivers into busy routes for traders and travelers. A) Railroads. B) Steamboat. C) Telegraph. D) Mechanical Reaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steamboat. 20. William Frederick is credited with the invention of the modern frisbee in the mid 1950's. In 1957 the Wham-O Company bought his idea and the rest is history. They named the toy after William Frisbie w A) Pie maker. B) Owner of a pizza parlor. C) Student at Yale. D) Ceramic plate designer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pie maker. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTechnology QuizzesInventions Quiz 1Inventions Quiz 2Inventions Quiz 3Inventions Quiz 4Inventions Quiz 5Inventions Quiz 6Inventions Quiz 7Inventions Quiz 8Inventions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books