Important Inventions and Discoveries in World – Exercise – 3

111. What Elmer A. Sperry invented?

(a) Hydroplane
(b) Hydraulic turbine
(c) Magnetic compass
(d) Gyrocompass

Answer
Answer : (d)
Explanation
Explanation :  Invented in 1911. Let us discuss.
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112. What James Watt invented?

(a) Diving bell
(b) Steam boat
(c) Hot air balloon
(d) Rotary steam engine

Answer
Answer : (d)
Explanation
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113. What Enrico Fermi invented?

(a) X ray machine
(b) Betatron
(c) Cyclotron
(d) Nuclear reactor

Answer
Answer : (d)
Explanation
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114. What Benjamin Franklin invented?

(a) Bifocal spectacles
(b) Radio
(c) Barometer
(d) Hygrometer

Answer
Answer : (a)
Explanation
Explanation :  Invented in 1760. A list of Benjamin Franklin’s inventions reveals a man of many talents and interests. It was the scientist in Ben that brought out the inventor. His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work better. Ben had poor vision and needed glasses to read. He got tired of constantly taking them off and putting them back on, so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of spectacles cut in half and put half of each lens in a single frame. Today, we call them bifocals. Let us discuss.
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115. What Sir Isaac Newton invented?

(a) Reflecting telescope
(b) Chronometer
(c) Microscope
(d) Spectacles

Answer
Answer : (a)
Explanation
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