Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Automobiles using gasoline

  1. Otto

  2. Karl Benz

  3. Leo H Baekeland

  4. Evangelista Torricelli
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Karl Benz invented the first practical automobile powered by a gasoline internal combustion engine in 1885-1886 (the Benz Patent-Motorwagen). While Nicolaus Otto developed the four-stroke combustion engine (Otto cycle) used in these automobiles, Karl Benz was the first to successfully create a gasoline-powered automobile. Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite plastic, and Torricelli invented the barometer.

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