Historical Dates and Firsts

Alexander Bain patented the fax machine in 1842 (patent received in 1843). This makes 1842 the correct year for the invention of the facsimile machine, which worked by scanning documents and transmitting them via telegraph.

Christopher Latham Sholes developed the QWERTY keyboard layout in 1873, with the typewriter being manufactured in 1875. This year marks when the practical keyboard as we know it became available commercially.

Chelsea Football Club was founded in 1905 at The Rising Sun pub in West London. The club was established by Gus Mears after acquiring the Stamford Bridge athletics ground. Option A (1901) is incorrect as the ground was acquired then but the club wasn't formed until 1905. Options C and D are not the correct founding years.

The first commercial transatlantic telephone service began on January 7, 1927, connecting New York and London via radio-telephone technology. This established the first regular voice communication across the Atlantic Ocean.

'2 States - The Story of My Marriage' was published on October 8, 2009. This novel explores the cultural challenges in an inter-community marriage between a Tamil girl and a Punjabi boy, based partly on Bhagat's own life.

The first GSLV launch (GSLV-D1) occurred on April 18, 2001. This marked a significant milestone in India's space program, developing indigenous capability to launch heavier satellites into geosynchronous orbit.

The first-ever Test match was played between Australia and England from March 15 to March 19, 1877, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia won this inaugural Test match by 45 runs. The match began on March 15, 1877, which makes option B the correct answer. This historic contest laid the foundation for Test cricket, which has now become the oldest and most prestigious format of the game.

Chelsea first reached the FA Cup final in 1915, where they lost to Sheffield United 3-0 at Old Trafford. This was their first appearance in the prestigious tournament's final match. The other dates (1907, 1937, 1950) are not associated with Chelsea's first FA Cup final appearance.

June has only 30 days, so '31st June' is a non-existent date. February 2000 was a leap year (29 days), April 1998 has 30 days (so 29th is valid), and August always has 31 days. The impossibility of the date makes it the odd one out.

The Trinity test was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the US on July 16, 1945 at 5:29 AM. The test took place in the Jornada del Muerto desert in New Mexico, which is in the Mountain Time Zone.

The Trinity test was conducted on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. It was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon and used a plutonium-239 core, similar to the design later used for the Nagasaki bomb. The test was a success and paved the way for the use of atomic bombs in World War II.

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. He was a theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and is considered one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century.

Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. The prize was awarded in 1922 but credited to 1921.

Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey at the age of 76. He had been living in the United States since 1933, working at the Institute for Advanced Study.

The London Underground opened on January 10, 1863, with the Metropolitan Railway running between Paddington and Farringdon. This was the world's first underground passenger railway. 1963 is too recent, and 1763 predates railway technology.