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Great scientists and inventions

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Best known for his work regarding electricity and magnetism.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Michael Faraday
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Michio Kaku
2.
Made extensive discoveries in the field of genetics and won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983.
a)
Barbara McClintock
b)
Lise Meitner
c)
Gregor Mendel
d)
Edwin Hubble
3.
The inventor of dynamite.
a)
Alfred Nobel
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Max Planck
d)
Aristotle
4.

Who created one of the first modern telescopes, and successfully proved the Earth revolves around the Sun?

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

James Clerk Maxwell

d)

Gregor Mendel

5.

Who developed cures for rabies and anthrax, and made milk safer to drink?

a)

Antoine Lavoisier

b)

Michael Faraday

c)

Dmitri Mendeleev

d)

Louis Pasteur

6.

Who revolutionised modern physics with his general theory of relativity?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Niels Bohr

7.

Who collected evidence over 20 years and published his conclusions in On the Origin of Species (1859)?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Michael Faraday

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Charles Darwin

8.

Which German chemist discovered nuclear fission and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1944?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Otto Hahn

c)

Antoine Lavoisier

d)

Michael Faraday

9.

Which Scottish scientist formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation?

a)

James Prescott Joule

b)

James Watson

c)

James Watt

d)

James Clerk Maxwell

10.
What was Galileo's most important invention
a)
Water Pump
b)
Telescope
c)
The Big Wheel
d)
Electricity
11.
Who invented the first light bulb?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Wright brothers
12.
Who invented the first telephone?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
George Washington
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
13.
Who invented the first automobile?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Thomas Edison 
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
14.
Who invented the first airplane?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Wright brothers
c)
Thomas Edison
15.
Who invented the lightning rod?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Bell
16.
"Everything that goes up must come down."
a)
Max Planck
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Justus Liebig
17.
A pioneer of Alternating Current motors.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Nikola Tesla
c)
Guglielmo Marconi
d)
Louis Pasteur
18.

battery

a)

discovery

b)

invention

19.

DNA

a)

discovery

b)

invention

20.

Who discovered electricity?

a)

Iron Man

b)

Mithali Raj

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Stan lee

21.

Who discovered gravity?

a)

Jesse Virchow

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Amit Shah

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

22.

Who created Microsoft Windows?

a)

Donald trump

b)

Bill Gates and Paul Allen

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Aladin

23.

Who is this?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Rahul Dravid

c)

Ranak Salter

d)

Sugai Linio

24.

True or False

Scientists make observations using only their noses

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Choose the correct answer:

a)

The cold air was invented in 1902.

b)

The air conditioner was invented in 1902.

26.

Choose the correct answer:

a)

The video game was invented in 1972.

b)

The game video was invented in 1972.

27.

Choose the correct answer:

a)

The internet was invented in 1969.

b)

The radio was invented in 1969.

28.

Which of the following was invented by Henry Ford?

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

Who invented the light bulb?

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Archimedes

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Thomas Alba Edison

30.

The Thermometer and telescope were invented around the year...

a)

1500

b)

1600

c)

1700

d)

1800

31.

The piano was invented in...

a)

1580

b)

1700

c)

1820

d)

1910

32.

Where was a jigsaw puzzle invented?

a)

Italy

b)

India

c)

England

d)

China

33.
Inventions make our lives: 
a)
awful
b)
easier
c)
harder
d)
first
34.

The United States has listed which Indian telecommunications company among ‘Clean Telcos’?

a)

Vodafone Idea

b)

Reliance Jio

c)

Bharti Airtel

d)

BSNL

35.

Which nation has banned free internet services for social media?

a)

India

b)

Nepal

c)

Bangladesh

d)

China

36.

NASA has postponed the launch of James Webb Space Telescope till when?


a)

December 2021

b)

September 2021

c)

October 2021

d)

July 2022

37.

Which among the following tech giants has announced USD 10 billion worth investment in India?


a)

Microsoft

b)

Facebook

c)

Apple

d)

Google

38.

Which among the following country’s COVID vaccine could offer double protection against the virus if successful?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

United States of America

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

39.

India has become the second-largest source of FDI in which nation?

a)

US

b)

Japan

c)

Canada

d)

UK

40.

Which state launched Weavers' Sammaan Yojana?

a)

Telangana

b)

Karnataka

c)

Madhya Pradesh

d)

Maharashtra

41.

Which organisation has acknowledged that there is evidence of airborne transmission of coronavirus?

a)

WHO

b)

UN

c)

UNHRC

d)

ICMR

42.

India has banned how many Chinese mobile apps to protect its sovereignty and integrity on June 30?

a)

59

b)

65

c)

69

d)

44

43.

Which among the following South Asian nations has placed its bid for the 2027 Asian Cup?

a)

India

b)

Pakistan

c)

Nepal

d)

China

44.

When was the union budget of 2020-21 presented in the parliament?

a)

March 5, 2020

b)

Feb 1, 2020

c)

Feb 29, 2020

45.

What is the full form of GDP?

a)

Grand Development Project

b)

General Discuss Process

c)

Gross Domestic Product