Scientists, Inventions & Discoveries Questions with Solutions

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This topic covers famous scientists and their contributions, major inventions and their inventors, important discoveries in physics, chemistry and biology, Indian scientists and their work, and Nobel Prizes in science. Questions commonly match an invention with its inventor (the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell, and the World Wide Web with Tim Berners-Lee), a discovery with its scientist (penicillin with Alexander Fleming), or an Indian scientist with their work, such as C. V. Raman and the Raman effect, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. Practise the scientists, inventions and discoveries questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.

  1. Q1.

    Who is known as the 'Father of India's Space Programme'?

    A. Homi J. BhabhaB. Satish DhawanC. A.P.J. Abdul KalamD. Vikram Sarabhai
    easyAsked in Railway +1View solution ›
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    Who is known as the 'Father of Radio'?

    A. Alexander Graham BellB. Guglielmo MarconiC. Nikola TeslaD. Jagadish Chandra Bose
    easyAsked in SSCView solution ›
  3. Q3.

    What is the name of the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI, which made headlines in 2023?

    A. AlphaGoB. ChatGPTC. BardD. Gemini
    easyAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2026View solution ›
  4. Q4.

    Who had invented the World Wide Web in the year 1989?

    A. Sir Tim Berners-LeeB. Sir Andrew YouderianC. Rand FishkinD. Steve Chou
    easyAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2 April Shift-2 2026View solution ›