Inventions and discoveries have been a constant source of help for us daily. They range from technology, medicine, equipment, and much more.
It is always a good idea to kindle children’s interests in general knowledge right from the start. Several competitive exams require children to have a good understanding of various subjects.
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Children today would love to learn about how certain things prevalent in their daily lives came into being, the history of these inventions, and the names of the inventors behind them. A round of quizzes is an excellent way to kindle your child’s interest.
A quiz on inventions and discoveries could be a great way to engage children and educate them about the topic. GK questions on inventions and inventors for classes 1, 2 and 3 help to pique their curiosity and sow the seeds of inspiration. We have created an inventions and discoveries quiz to help your kids become more informed.
GK Questions and Answers On Inventors And Their Inventions For Kids
Let’s get children engaged in a fun quiz session that will help them learn, revise and memorise the names of important inventors. gather your kids and even their friends and make it more interesting by keeping score to see who wins!.
Let The Quiz Begin
Read the questions carefully and select from the multiple choices given below.
Q1. Who invented the aeroplane?
a) James Watt
b) Galileo Galilei
c) The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright)
d) Thomas Edison
Q2. Who invented the light bulb?
a) Tim Berners-Lee
b) Karl Benz
c) Eli Whitney
d) Thomas Edison
Q3. Who invented the telephone?
a) Francis Beaufort
b) Henry Moseley
c) Alexander Graham Bell
d) Anthony Blatner
Q4. Who invented the first live television system?
a) John Adams
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Lewis Waterman
d) John Baird
Q5. Who is the inventor of the ball-point pen?
a) Laszlo Biro
b) Steve Jobs
c) Waterman Brothers
d) Wright Brothers
Q6. Who invented the modern air conditioner?
a) John J Loud
b) Willis Carrier
c) Charles Townes
d) Dr Robert Gallo
Q7. Who invented the steam engine?
a) Henry Ford
b) John Logie Bord
c) Thomas Savery
d) Benjamin Franklin
Q8. What was developed by J.B.Dunlop?
a) Automobile wheel rim
b) Model airplanes
c) Pneumatic rubber tire
d) Rubber boot
Q9. Who invented the postage stamp?
a) Heinrich Hertz
b) Rowland Hill
c) Quam Hollista
d) Ibrahim El-Naiz
Q10. Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?
a) Marie Curie
b) Albert Einstien
c) Issac Newton
d) Archimedes
Q11. Which scientist discovered that some molecules have mirror images?
a) Henry Moseley
b) Lord Kelvin
c) Robert Hooke
d) Louis Pasteur
Q12. Who invented the computer?
a) Roger Bacon
b) Tim Treling
c) Joseph Aspdin
d) Charles Babbage
Q13. Who invented the mobile phone?
a) Martin Cooper
b) Roger Bacon
c) Anthony Blatner
d) Thomas Edison
Q14. Who invented the World Wide Web along with Robert Cailliau?
a) Steve Jobs
b) Eli Whitney
c) Tim Berners-Lee
d) Anthony Blatner
Q15. Who invented the first video game console for home?
a) Henry Moseley
b) Eli Whitney
c) Ralph Baer
d) Philo Barnworth
Q16. When was the barbed wire invented?
a) 1840
b) 1900
c) 1895
d) 1874
Q17. Who invented the ceiling fan?
a) Charles Thermos
b) Philip Diehl
c) Roduolf Diesel
d) Alexander Bereznyak
Q18. When was MS-DOS developed?
a) 1990
b) 1975
c) 1981
d) 1985
Q19. In which decade was the solid-state integrated circuit demonstrated?
a) 1980s
b) 1960s
c) 1970s
d) 1950s
Q20. What did Galileo invent?
a) Pendulum Clock
b) Telescope
c) Microscope
d) Barometer
Q21. Who invented the printing press?
a) Johannes Gutenberg
b) Thomas Edison
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) Nikola Tesla
Q22. Who is credited with developing the first vaccine for smallpox?
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Edward Jenner
c) Jonas Salk
d) Robert Koch
Q23. Who developed the theory of general relativity?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Niels Bohr
d) Stephen Hawking
Q24. Who is known for inventing dynamite?
a) Alfred Nobel
b) Thomas Edison
c) Michael Faraday
d) Nikola Tesla
Q25. Who is credited with inventing the first practical typewriter?
a) Christopher Latham Sholes
b) Samuel Morse
c) Isaac Pitman
d) Henry Mill
Answers
The above quiz on inventions and discoveries with answers could get your children all excited and deeply interested in the subjects.
| 1. (c) The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) | 2. (d) Thomas Edison | 3. (c) Alexander Graham Bell | 4. (d) John Baird | 5. (a) Laszlo Biro |
| 6. (b) Willis Carrier | 7. (c) Thomas Savery | 8. (c) Pneumatic Rubber Tire | 9. (b) Rowland Hill | 10. (a) Marie Curie |
| 11. (d) Louis Pasteur | 12. (d) Charles Babbage | 13. (a) Martin Cooper | 14. (c) Tim Berners-Lee | 15. (c) Ralph Baer |
| 16. (d) 1874 | 17. (b) Philip Deihl | 18. (c) 1981 | 19. (d) 1950’s | 20. (b) Telescope |
| 21. (a) Johannes Gutenberg | 22. (b) Edward Jenner | 23. (b) Albert Einstein | 24. (a) Alfred Nobel | 25. (a) Christopher Latham Sholes |
Wasn’t that a fun quiz session? Don’t worry if you didn’t get all of these right in the very first go. Keep practising and soon you will be thorough with your GK on various scientific and technological inventions that have completely changed our lives.
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