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Inventors and Scientific Discoveries

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This hub provides questions related to great inventors and their scientific discoveries. It covers the inventors of the telephone, radio, and microchips, alongside Nobel Prize winners. These facts are crucial for the general awareness section of major competitive exams.

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Inventors and Scientific Discoveries Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Michele John

  2. John Isaac

  3. Michele Kalashnikov

  4. Michele Faraday

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The AK-47 assault rifle was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov (note: name misspelled as 'Michele' in the option) for the Soviet Union in 1947. It is the most widely used assault rifle in the world due to its reliability and simplicity.

Multiple choice
  1. Alexander Fleming

  2. Alexander Graham Bell

  3. Thomas Alva Edison

  4. Alfred Nobel

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Alexander Fleming

Multiple choice
  1. Louis Pasture

  2. Charles Darwin

  3. George Edwards

  4. Robert Hooke

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Explanation

Louis Pasteur is credited with establishing the germ theory of disease in the 1860s, demonstrating that microorganisms cause disease and fermentation. His experiments disproved spontaneous generation and laid foundations for modern microbiology and sterilization practices. Darwin proposed evolution by natural selection, Hooke discovered cells, and Edwards is not associated with germ theory.

Multiple choice
  1. Louis Graham

  2. Louis Pasteur

  3. William Pasteur

  4. William Johnson

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Louis Pasteur conducted his famous swan-neck flask experiment in 1859 which proved that microorganisms exist in air and can cause contamination. His experiment disproved spontaneous generation and established that bacteria are present in air and can be the cause of spoilage. The other names listed (Louis Graham, William Pasteur, William Johnson) are either fictitious or not associated with this discovery.

Multiple choice
  1. Rutherford

  2. Bohr

  3. J.J. Thomsond

  4. Ramsay

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C Correct answer
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J.J. Thomson discovered the electron in 1897 through cathode ray tube experiments. He showed that cathode rays were negatively charged particles much smaller than atoms, for which he proposed the 'plum pudding' model. Rutherford discovered the nucleus, Bohr developed the atomic model, and Ramsay discovered noble gases.

Multiple choice
  1. Printing Press---------- Gutenburg

  2. Television-------------- J.L. Baird

  3. Sesmograph------------ Swinton

  4. Microscope------------- jansen

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The question asks which invention-inventor pairing is INCORRECT. The seismograph was invented by John Milne, not Swinton - so this is the wrong pairing. The other pairings are correct: Printing Press-Gutenberg, Television-J.L. Baird, and Microscope-Zacharias Janssen.

Multiple choice
  1. Junko Tabei

  2. Louise Joy Brown

  3. Yuri Gagarin

  4. Ferdinand Magellan

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Louise Joy Brown, born in July 1978, was the first human successfully conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). This breakthrough procedure was developed by Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards. Junko Tabei was the first woman to climb Mount Everest, while Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space.