Important Inventions and Discoveries For Government Exams

Candidates getting ready for different competitive examinations should be aware of the Inventions and Discoveries questions that are asked in the GK Section of Competitive Exams. Inventions and Discoveries earn the highest points because it doesn’t require additional computations or solutions for the questions it asks. So, getting a higher score for this section is simpler. 

The list of inventions is provided in this article. Studying and including the list of inventions in the syllabus for competitive exams is very important. For every person on this planet, some scientists and their inventions have the potential to change our lives. Scientists and their inventions improve our quality of life and facilitate our work. Read this article to go through the list of Inventions, which will help in the preparation for upcoming competitive exams such as Railways, SSC, UPSC, Defence Exams (AFCAT, NDA, CDS ), and more. 

What are Inventions and Discoveries Questions?

Inventions and Discoveries is a type of in-depth question that are asked in various competitive examinations to test the candidate’s knowledge about the specific field of study. The questions are usually based on a subject that is related to world history, current affairs and current events and also contain various aspects from those fields. Furthermore, these questions on the list of inventions take into account all areas of the particular field of study. Learn more about scientist names and their inventions in the following article.

Inventions and Discoveries Questions

Candidates getting ready for different competitive examinations should be aware that the he/she can gain the maximum marks in General Awareness section because it doesn’t require additional calculations or solutions for the questions it asks. So, getting a higher score for this section is simpler. Here we have listed out several questions to practice on scientist names and their inventions along with answers:

Question: What year did Wilhelm Schickard invent the automatic calculator?

A) 1623

B) 1725

C) 1800

D) 1854

Answer: A) 1623

Question: Who is credited with the invention of the air conditioner in 1902?

A) Willis Carrier

B) Rudolf Diesel

C) Alexander Parkes

D) Benjamin Franklin

Answer: A) Willis Carrier

Question: In which century did Leon Battista Alberti invent the anemometer?

A) 15th century

B) 16th century

C) 17th century

D) 18th century

Answer: A) 15th century

Question: Who is known as the inventor of animation?

A) J. Stuart Blackton

B) Thomas Edison

C) Alexander Graham Bell

D) Christopher Cockerell

Answer: A) J. Stuart Blackton

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Question: Who is the scientist behind the invention of the atomic bomb in 1945?

A) Julius Robert Oppenheimer

B) Alfred B. Nobel

C) Thomas Edison

D) Igor Sikorsky

Answer: A) Julius Robert Oppenheimer

Question: What year did Dr. Felix Hoffman invent aspirin?

A) 1623

B) 1899

C) 1854

D) 1779

Answer: B) 1899

Question: The Wright brothers are credited with the invention of which mode of transportation in 1903?

A) Motorcycle

B) Bicycle

C) Airplane

D) Steam Ship

Answer: C) Airplane

Question: Who is the inventor of the adhesive tape in 1923?

A) Richard G. Drew

B) William S. Hadaway

C) Joseph F. Glidden

D) Alexander Parkes

Answer: A) Richard G. Drew

Question: Benjamin Franklin is associated with the invention of which optical device in 1779?

A) Telescope

B) Microscope

C) Bifocal Lens

D) Eyeglasses

Answer: C) Bifocal Lens

Question: Who invented the barometer in 1643?

A) Evangelista Torricelli

B) Johannes Gutenberg

C) Charles Richter

D) Wilhelm Schickard

Answer: A) Evangelista Torricelli

Question: The invention of barbed wire is credited to whom?

A) William Cullen

B) Karl Lansdsteiner

C) Joseph F. Glidden

D) Robert Fulton

Answer: C) Joseph F. Glidden

Question: In the 1900s, who discovered the blood groups?

A) Karl Lansdsteiner

B) Julius Robert Oppenheimer

C) Alexander Fleming

D) William Harvey

Answer: A) Karl Lansdsteiner

Question: Who is the inventor of the ballpoint pen?

A) John Loud

B) Petrache Poenaru

C) Christopher Latham Sholes

D) William Davenport

Answer: A) John Loud

Question: In 1888, John Boyd Dunlop invented which widely-used item?

A) Bicycle Tyres

B) Pedal Driven Bicycle

C) Electric Fan

D) Clock Mechanical

Answer: A) Bicycle Tyres

Question: Who is credited with inventing the celluloid in 1861?

A) Alexander Parkes

B) Wilhelm Schickard

C) Otto Wichterle

D) William Gilbert

Answer: A) Alexander Parkes

Question: The discovery of chloroform is associated with which scientist?

A) Sir James Young Simpson

B) Alexander Fleming

C) Christian Schonbein

D) Karl Lansdsteiner

Answer: A) Sir James Young Simpson

Question: Who was the inventor of the cine camera in 1889?

A) Wm. Friese-Greene

B) Thomas Edison

C) Alexander Graham Bell

D) Christopher Cockerell

Answer: A) Wm. Friese-Greene

Question: The circulation of blood was first described by which scientist in 1628?

A) William Harvey

B) Evangelista Torricelli

C) Zacharias Janssen

D) Sir James Young Simpson

Answer: A) William Harvey

Question: Who invented the mechanical clock in 1725?

A) Hsing and Ling-Tsan

B) Thomas Davenport

C) Wilhelm Schickard

D) Johannes Gutenberg

Answer: A) Hsing and Ling-Tsan

Question: Rudolf Diesel is associated with the invention of which engine in 1892?

A) Diesel Engine

B) Steam Engine

C) Jet Engine

D) Rocket Engine

Answer: A) Diesel Engine

Question: Who is credited with the invention of the centigrade scale in 1742?

A) Anders Celsius

B) Wilhelm Schickard

C) Galileo

D) Evangelista Torricelli

Answer: A) Anders Celsius

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Question: Carl Wilhelm Scheele is associated with the discovery of which element in 1774?

A) Helium

B) Chlorine

C) Oxygen

D) Neon

Answer: B) Chlorine

Question: Alfred B. Nobel is known for inventing which explosive substance in 1867?

A) Dynamite

B) Gunpowder

C) Nitroglycerin

D) TNT

Answer: A) Dynamite

Question: Who invented the electric stove/cooker in 1896?

A) William S. Hadaway

B) Benjamin Franklin

C) Thomas Edison

D) Schuyler Wheeler

Answer: A) William S. Hadaway

Question: William Gilbert is credited with the invention of which scientific instrument in the 1600s?

A) Electroscope

B) Microscope

C) Telescope

D) Barometer

Answer: A) Electroscope

Question: The electric fan was invented by whom in 1882?

A) Schuyler Wheeler

B) William Gilbert

C) Richard G. Drew

D) William Davenport

Answer: A) Schuyler Wheeler

Question: Who is the inventor of the electric battery in 1800?

A) Volta

B) Thomas Edison

C) William Harvey

D) Otto Wichterle

Answer: A) Volta

Question: In 1852, Elisha G. Otis invented which safety device for vertical transportation?

A) Elevator

B) Escalator

C) Parachute

D) Helicopter

Answer: A) Elevator

Question: The DC electric motor was invented by whom in 1873?

A) Thomas Davenport

B) Rudolf Diesel

C) Nikola Tesla

D) William Sturgeon

Answer: A) Thomas Davenport

Question: Who is credited with the invention of the first practical synthesizer in 1964?

A) Dr. Robert Arthur Moog

B) Thomas Edison

C) Johannes Gutenberg

D) Christopher Latham Sholes

Answer: A) Dr. Robert Arthur Moog

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List of Some Important Scientists and their Inventions and Discoveries

We present to you a list of inventions, in addition to the names of scientists and their inventions. We advise you to learn scientist names and their inventions well for upcoming government exams.

Invention/Discovery	Name of the Inventor	Year of Invention
Automatic Calculator	Wilhelm Schickard	1623
Air Conditioner	Willis Carrier	1902
Anemometer	Leon Battista Alberti	1450
Atom Bomb	Julius Robert Oppenheimer	1945
Aspirin	Dr. Felix Hoffman	1899
Airplane	Wilber and Orville Wright	1903to
Adhesive tape	Richard G. Drew	1923
Bifocal Lens	Benjamin Franklin	1779
Barometer	Evangelista Torricelli	1643
Barbed Wire	Joseph F. Glidden	1873
Blood Group	Karl Lansdsteiner	1900s
Ball Point Pen	John Loud	—
Bicycle Tyres	John Boyd Dunlop	1888
Pedal Driven Bicycle	Kirkpatrick Macmillan	1839
Celluloid	Alexander Parkes	1861
Chloroform	Sir James Young Simpson	—
Cine Camera	Wm. Friese-Greene	1889
Circulation of blood	William Harvey	1628
Clock Mechanical	Hsing and Ling-Tsan	1725
Diesel Engine	Rudolf Diesel	1892
Centigrade Scale	Anders Celsius	1742
Chlorine	Carl Wilhelm Scheele	1774
Dynamite	Alfred B. Nobel	1867
Diesel Engine	Rudolf Diesel	1895
Electric stove/cooker	William S. Hadaway	1896
Electroscope	William Gilbert	1600s
Electric Fan	Schuyler Wheeler	1882
Electric Battery	Volta	1800
Elevator	Elisha G. Otis	1852
Electric Motor (DC)	Thomas Davenport	1873
Electromagnet	William Sturgeon	1824
Fountain Pen	Petrache Poenaru	1827
Fluorine	André-Marie Ampère	1810
Gramophone	Thomas Edison	1878
Hydrogen	Henry Cavendish	1766
Helicopter	Igor Sikorsky	1939
Hovercraft	Christopher Cockerell	1959
Hot Air Balloon	Josef & Etienne Montgolfier	1783
Helium	Jules Janssen	1868
Insulin	Sir Frederick Banting	1923
Jet Engine	Hans Von Ohain	1936
Lightning Conductor	Benjamin Franklin	1752
Locomotive	George Stephenson	1804
Laser	Theodore Maiman	1960
Light Bulb	Thomas Edison	1854
Motorcycle	Gottlieb Daimler	1885
Microscope	Zacharis Janssen	1590
Microphone	Alexander Graham Bell	1876
Machine Gun	Richard Gatling	1861
Neon Lamp	Georges Claude	1915
Oxygen	Joseph Priestley	1774
Ozone	Christian Schonbein	1839
Piano	Bartolomeo Cristofori	1700
Printing Press	Johannes Gutenberg	1440
Parachute	Louis-Sebastien Lenormand	1783
Polio Vaccine	Jonas Edward Salk	–
Periodic Table	Dmitri Mendeleev	1869
Penicillin	Alexander Fleming	1928
Pacemaker	Rune Elmqvist	1952
Petrol for Motor Car	Karl Benz	1885
Refrigerator	William Cullen	1748
Radium	Marie & Pierre Curie	1898
Rubber (vulcanized)	Charles Goodyear	1841
Rocket Engine	Robert H. Goddard	1926
Radio	Guglielmo Marconi	1894
Richter Scale	Charles Richter	1935
Ship (Turbine)	Charles Parsons	1894
Steam Ship	Robert Fulton	1807
Steam Boat	Robert Fulton	1786
Submarine	Cornelis Drebbel	1620
Stethoscope	Rene Laennec	1816
Saxophone	Adolphe Sax	1846
Sewing Machine	Elias Howe	1846
Steam-Powered Airship	Henri Giffard	1852
Soft Contact lenses	Otto Wichterle	1961
Synthesizer	Dr. Robert Arthur Moog	1964
Thermometer	Galileo	1593
Theory of Evolution	Charles Darwin	1858
Typewriter	Christopher Latham Sholes	—
Transistors	John Bardeen, William Shockley & Walter Brattain	1948
Telephone	Graham Bell	1874
Valve. Radio	Sir J.A Fleming	1904
Vacuum Cleaner	Hubert Cecil Booth	1901
Vitamin A	Frederick Gowland Hpokins	1912
Vitamin B	Christiaan Eijkman	1897
Vitamin C	Albert Szent-Gyorgi	–
Vitamin K	Henrik Dam	1929
Vitamin E	Herbert McLean Evans & Katherine Scott Bishop
Windshield wipers	Mary Anderson	1903
World Wide Web	Tim Berners Lee with Robert Cailliau	1989
X-ray	Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen	1895
Xerox Machine	Chester Carlson	1928

Indeed, inventions and discoveries have greatly eased our lives. We owe everything to these inventions that have made the world a better place, from communication to transportation. What is even more significant, though, is that inventions serve as a constant source of motivation for both society at large and innovators themselves.

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