Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

who invented Ball-Point Pen

  1. Ladislo Biro

  2. Thomas Edison

  3. William Robert Grove

  4. Craven Walker

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Explanation

Ladislao (László) Bíró invented the ballpoint pen in the 1930s. He was a Hungarian journalist who Frustrated with fountain pens, he developed a pen with a rolling ball that distributed ink evenly. The name 'Biro' is still used as a generic term for ballpoint pens in many countries. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and phonograph, not the ballpoint pen.