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Inventions and Inventors — General Knowledge Questions & Practice

Practise 35 Inventions and Inventors questions from General Knowledge for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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Practice questions on Inventions and Inventors — with answers

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1. Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

  1. AThomas Edison
  2. BTim Berners-Lee
  3. CElias Howe / Isaac Singer
  4. DLaszlo Biro
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Answer: B

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN, creating the foundational technologies of HTML, HTTP, and URLs.

2. Who is credited with inventing the Laptop (early concept)?

  1. AThe Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright)
  2. BEdward Jenner
  3. CAlan Kay (conceptual); Adam Osborne (first commercial portable)
  4. DJames Watt
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Answer: C

The Laptop (early concept) is credited to Alan Kay (conceptual); Adam Osborne (first commercial portable).

3. Who is credited with inventing the Airplane (powered, controlled flight)?

  1. AThe Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright)
  2. BLaszlo Biro
  3. CElias Howe / Isaac Singer
  4. DJohn Logie Baird
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Answer: A

The Airplane (powered, controlled flight) is credited to The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright).

4. Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing which of the following?

  1. ALaptop (early concept)
  2. BTheory of relativity
  3. CAirplane (powered, controlled flight)
  4. DWorld Wide Web
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Answer: D

The World Wide Web is credited to Tim Berners-Lee.

5. Who is credited with inventing the Telephone?

  1. ATim Berners-Lee
  2. BAlexander Graham Bell
  3. CAlexander Fleming
  4. DCharles Babbage
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Answer: B

The Telephone is credited to Alexander Graham Bell.

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