Topic MCQs · Everyday Science
44 MCQs on General Science — Discoveries & Inventions sit in the GK360 bank, collected from 1 solved papers (2026). Below are the top 44 distinct questions — repeats across papers merged into their strongest version — with the correct answer marked, an explanation where the bank carries one, and the source paper named on every card.
Correct Answer: Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is called the father of modern physics for relativity and the photoelectric effect, which reshaped physics after Newton.
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Correct Answer: Thomson
J. J. Thomson discovered the electron in 1897 through cathode-ray experiments.
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Correct Answer: Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 from Penicillium mould.
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Correct Answer: Dalton
John Dalton proposed the atomic theory in the early 1800s: matter consists of indivisible atoms.
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Correct Answer: Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen's 1712 atmospheric engine was the first successful practical steam engine.
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Correct Answer: Henri Becquerel
Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896 in uranium salts.
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Correct Answer: Watson & Crick
Watson and Crick proposed the DNA double-helix model in 1953.
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Correct Answer: Kepler
Johannes Kepler gave the three laws of planetary motion (1609-1619).
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Correct Answer: Bell
Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876.
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Correct Answer: Roentgen
Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895.
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Correct Answer: Newton
Newton formulated the three laws of motion in the Principia (1687).
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Correct Answer: Chadwick
James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932.
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Correct Answer: Edison
Thomas Edison produced the first practical long-lasting electric bulb in 1879.
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Correct Answer: Mendel
Gregor Mendel, through pea-plant experiments, is the father of genetics.
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Correct Answer: Priestley
Joseph Priestley isolated oxygen in 1774 (Lavoisier later named it).
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Correct Answer: Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi pioneered practical wireless radio communication.
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Correct Answer: Banting
Frederick Banting (with Charles Best) discovered insulin in 1921.
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Correct Answer: Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg gave the uncertainty principle in 1927.
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Correct Answer: Newton
Newton described gravity as a universal force of attraction between masses.
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Correct Answer: Nobel
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867.
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Correct Answer: Harvey
William Harvey described blood circulation in 1628.
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Correct Answer: Janssen
Zacharias Janssen is credited with the first compound microscope (c. 1590).
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Correct Answer: Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi isolated vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the early 1930s.
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Correct Answer: Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage designed the Analytical Engine, the forerunner of the computer.
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Correct Answer: Mendel
Mendel discovered the laws of inheritance from his pea experiments.
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Correct Answer: Tesla
Nikola Tesla developed the alternating-current system.
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Correct Answer: Crookes
William Crookes investigated cathode rays with the Crookes tube.
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Correct Answer: Diesel
Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine (1890s).
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Correct Answer: Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford identified the proton (1917-1920).
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Correct Answer: Baird
John Logie Baird demonstrated the first working television system in 1926.
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Correct Answer: Jenner
Edward Jenner pioneered vaccination with the smallpox vaccine (1796).
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Correct Answer: Herschel
William Herschel discovered infrared radiation in 1800.
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Correct Answer: Lundström
Johan Edvard Lundstrom developed the safety match (1855).
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Correct Answer: Hahn
Otto Hahn (with Fritz Strassmann) discovered nuclear fission in 1938.
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Correct Answer: Laennec
Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope in 1816.
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Correct Answer: Faraday
Michael Faraday gave the laws of electromagnetic induction (1831).
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Correct Answer: Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg coined the term plasmid (1952) for extra-chromosomal DNA.
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Correct Answer: Wright brothers
The Wright brothers made the first powered aeroplane flight in 1903.
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Correct Answer: Borlaug
Norman Borlaug developed the high-yield wheat varieties of the Green Revolution.
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Correct Answer: Fleming
Alexander Fleming's penicillin was the first antibiotic discovered.
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Correct Answer: Colt
Samuel Colt patented the revolver in 1836.
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Correct Answer: Maiman
Theodore Maiman built the first working laser in 1960.
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Correct Answer: Raman
C. V. Raman discovered the Raman effect in 1928.
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Correct Answer: Biro
Laszlo Biro invented the ballpoint pen (1938, commercialised 1945).
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The bank holds 44 questions tagged "General Science — Discoveries & Inventions" under Everyday Science, drawn from 1 solved papers (2026). After merging the same question asked in multiple papers, 44 are distinct; this page shows the top 44.
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Yes — 44 of the 44 questions shown carry a written explanation under the answer; the rest show the verified correct answer for revision. Every answer passed GK360's three-way check (printed key, worked material, standard fact).
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