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Q:

Who invented Electric Generator?

A) Michael Faraday B) Thomas Alva Edison
C) Graham Bell D) Alfred Nobel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Michael Faraday

Explanation:

Michael Faraday invented Electric Generator in 1831.

 

        • The operating principle of electromagnetic generators was discovered in the years of 1831–1832 by Michael Faraday.

 

        • The principle later called Faraday's law, is that an electromotive force is generated in an electrical conductor which encircles a varying magnetic flux.


 

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Q:

Who Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell?

A) Otto Hahn B) John Dalton
C) Robert Brown D) Marie Curie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Robert Brown

Explanation:

Robert Brown, Scottish botanist, Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell in 1831, London. When Brown was studying orchids under microscope when he observed an opaque area, which he called the "Areola" or "Nucleus", in the cells of the flower's outer layer.

The nucleus was also described by Franz Bauer in 1804 but in detail Robert Brown made it in 1831.

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Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

A) Isaac Newton B) Marie Curie
C) Benjamin Franklin D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Marie Curie

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What treat was invented by 11-year-old Frank Epperson in 1905?

A) Popsicle B) Banana split
C) Cotton candy D) Cracker Jacks
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Popsicle

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Q:

Typewriter was invented by

A) Shockley B) Sholes
C) Howe D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sholes

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Q:

Who invented logarithms?

A) Mandeleef B) Shockley
C) Amundson D) John Napier
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) John Napier

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Q:

App to locate board exam centre for students launched by ?

A) CBSE B) IIT
C) JNU D) NCERT
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CBSE

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Q:

Who invented Bifocal Lens?

A) John Adams B) Benjamin Franklin
C) James Madison D) Thomas Jefferson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benjamin Franklin

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin has long been credited with the invention of bifocal lenses and he was the first to wear bifocal lenses. He did not produce them himself but instead had some optician in London or France make them for him to overcome Presbyopia, a condition that Franklin suffered. He was tired switching between lenses for far and near sightedness. And that resulted in inventing Bifocal Lenses.

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