General Knowledge - Inventions

Exercise : Inventions - Section 1
  • Inventions - Section 1
86.
Who invented Bicycle?
Leo H Baekeland
Karl Benz
Evangelista Torricelli
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.

87.
In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?
1850s
1860s
1870s
1900s
Answer: Option
Explanation:
On December 12, 1901, a radio transmission received by Guglielmo Marconi resulted in the first transmission of a transatlantic wireless signal (Morse Code) from Poldhu, Cornwall, to St. John's, Newfoundland.

88.
In the 1700s, who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?
The sender
There was no fee
The receiver of the letter
The post office
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Later in 1840, Rowland Hill invented the stamp, which was paid for by the sender, not the receiver.

89.
Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?
Hargobind Khorana
J.J. Thompson
Benjamin Franklin
Meghnad Saha
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.

90.
FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practical method of freezing food?
C. Birdseye
F. Rozenosh
G. Findus
R. Scott
Answer: Option
Explanation:
In the 1920s Clarence Birdseye discovered that if food was flash-frozen under pressure, it would freeze without the formation of ice crystals.