Category: Discoveries and Inventions

1. What did Alexander Graham Bell invent? a) Radio b) Telegraph c) Telephone d) Television 2. When was Alexander Graham Bell born? a) 3 March 1847 b) 4 May 1840 c) 22 December 1878 d) 27 July 1862 3. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born? a) Boston b) Edinburgh c) Montreal d) New York

1. What was Alessandro Volta’s full name? a) Alessandro Benito Carlo Volta b) Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta c) Alessandro Giovanni Battista Enrico Maria Volta d) Alessandro Eugenio Ambrogio Damiano Volta 2. When was Alessandro Volta born? a) 18 February 1745 b) 9 April 1740 c) 2 July 1749 d) 1 December 1744 3. Where was Alessandro Volta born? a) Locarno b) Geneva c) Como d) Venice

1) When was Jagdish Chandra Bose born? a) 5 May 1855 b) 30 November 1858 c) 23 January 1897 d) 14 August 1900 2) Where was Jagdish Chandra Bose born? a) Mymensingh b) Dacca c) Darjeeling d) Kalimpong 3) From which college in Calcutta did Jagdish Chandra Bose pass B.A.? a) Elphinstone College b) Presidency College c) St. Albert’s College d) St. Xavier’s College

1. When was Michael Faraday born? a) 5 July 1794 b) 4 March 1792 c) 22 September 1791 d) 10 December 1788 2. Where was Michael Faraday born? a) Lexington b) Newington c) Bristol d) Coventry 3. Who offered Michael Faraday the job of laboratory assistant? a) Humphry Davy b) John Dalton c) Sarah Barnard d) William Whewell

1. What did Edward Jenner discover? a) Aspirin b) Vaccination for cholera c) Penicillin d) Vaccination for smallpox 2. When was Edward Jenner born? a) 7 March 1745 b) 17 May 1749 c) 12 September 1738 d) 29 December 1742 3. Where was Edward Jenner born? a) Berkley b) Liverpool c) Plymouth d) Chelsea