Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who is the inventor of the QWERTY keyboard?

  1. Henri Delfante

  2. John Smith

  3. Christopher Sholes

  4. Charles John
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Explanation

Christopher Latham Sholes invented the QWERTY keyboard layout in 1873, designed to prevent typewriter jams by separating commonly used letter pairs. This layout became the standard for typewriters and later computers. The other names are fictional or not associated with keyboard invention.

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