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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

Who coined the term cell?

  1. Robert Hooke

  2. Robert Brown

  3. Leewen Hook

  4. Virchaw

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Robert Hooke coined the term 'cell' in 1665 after observing cork slices under a microscope.

Multiple choice

The 2007 Nobel Prize has been won by

  1. Gerhard Ertl

  2. Albert Fert

  3. Peter Gruenberg

  4. Mario Capecchi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Gerhard Ertl was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2007 for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces.

Multiple choice

Charles Babbage was ____

  1. a scientist who discovered the Random Access Memory.

  2. The inventor of the first mechanical computer

  3. The inventor of laptop

  4. A scientist who died during the discovery of the IC.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Charles Babbage is widely considered the 'father of the computer' for his design of the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine, which were the first mechanical computer designs.