Invention Questions and Answers
General Knowledge Invention Questions with Answers list important discoveries and inventors. Common in SSC, RRB, and Banking exams, they help learners recognize scientific contributions and their inventors
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21. Who was the first American female to patent her invention, a method of weaving straw with silk?
- Marjorie Joyner
- Margaret Knight
- Amanda Jones
- Mary Kies
22. Who invented Gramophone?
- Michael Faraday
- Fahrenheit
- Sir Alexander Graham Bell
- Thomas Alva Edison
23. Who invented Internal Combustion Engine?
- Roger Bacon
- Karl Benz
- Dr. Alan M. Turing
- Otto
25. What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?
- Sofa bed
- Captain's chair
- Waterbed
- Hammock
26. The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?
- Robert Oppenheimer
- James B. Conant
- Leslie R. Groves
- Vannevar Bush
28. In which decade were the first successful diode and triode vacuum tubes invented?
- 1800s
- 1880s
- 1890s
- 1900s
29. Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?
- Albert Einstein
- Michael Skube
- George Gamow
- Roger Penrose
30. What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?
- Frisbee
- Monopoly
- Ouija board
- Ping Pong