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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

'Hawthorne experiments' were conducted by

  1. F.W. Taylor

  2. Emerson

  3. Gilberth

  4. Elton Mayo
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Explanation

The Hawthorne experiments, which studied the effect of work conditions on productivity, were conducted by Elton Mayo and his associates at the Western Electric Company.

Multiple choice

Who patented the principle of confocal imaging?

  1. Binnig

  2. Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer

  3. L. Douglas Bell and William Kaiser

  4. Marvin Minsky

  5. Ernst Ruska
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The principle of confocal imaging was patented in 1957 by Marvin Minsky.

Multiple choice

Who observed the cell for the first time?

  1. Robert Hooke

  2. Schleiden

  3. Robert Brown

  4. Schwann

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Explanation

Cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665. He observed the cells in a cork slice with the help of a primitive microscope.

Multiple choice

William Bateson is the founder of

  1. Genetics

  2. British Museum Library

  3. Indian Institute of Science

  4. Nano Technology
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Explanation

William Bateson was a British biologist who was the first person to use the term 'genetics' to describe the study of heredity and biological variation.

Multiple choice

Who invented IP and some related internet protocols?

  1. Vinton Cerf and Bob Metcalfe

  2. Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn

  3. Bob Metcalfe and Ivan Sutherland

  4. Bob Metcalfe and David Clark
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Explanation

Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn are widely recognized as the fathers of the Internet for their work on the TCP/IP protocols.