General Knowledge - Inventions

Exercise : Inventions - Section 1
  • Inventions - Section 1
36.
What Enrico Fermi invented?
X ray machine
Betatron
Cyclotron
Nuclear reactor
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Invented in 1942.

37.
Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?
Electric Drill
Electric Shaver
Electric Fence
Electric Heater
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Electric Drill was the invention of Arthur James Arnot. On 20 August 1889 he patented his design while working for the Union Electric Company in Melbourne. His original design was meant primarily for drilling rock to find coal!

38.
Who among the following invented the small pox vaccine?
Robert Koch
Edward Jenner
Robert Hooke
Louis Pasteur
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.

39.
What George Westinghouse invented?
Light bulb
Electric razor
Refrigerator
Railway air brakes
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Invented in 1868.

40.
Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Answer: Option
Explanation:
In 1849 Honest Abe invented a method to aid ships that got stuck on sandbars. He called it A Device for Buoying Vessels Over Shoals. It was never used.