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31 Which apparatus is used to measure the intensity of light?

A
Lux meter
B
Calorimeter
C
Anemometer
D
Altimeter

32 Who Invented LED?

A
Nick Holonyak
B
Elias Howe
C
Chuck Hull
D
Christiaan Huygens

33 Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?

A
Karl Benz
B
Kirk Macmillan
C
Thomas Alva Edison
D
William Ford

34 Which company invented the transistor ratio ?

A
Sony
B
Grundig
C
Panasonic
D
Telstra

35 Who is recognised as the Father of Geometry ?

A
Pythagoras
B
Euclid
C
Johann Kepler
D
Rene Descartes

36 Leprosy bacillus was invented by which of the following:

A
Koch
B
Hansen
C
Fleming
D
Harvey

37 Who is the inventor of the Web?

A
Mike Sendall
B
Tim Berners-Lee
C
Bill Gates
D
Ted Nelson

38 Insulin was discovered by :

A
F. Banting
B
Edward Jenner
C
Ronald Ross
D
S.A. Wakesman

39 Trie concept of “Green House Gases” was postulated by which of the following:

A
Joseph Furier
B
Abdui Kalam
C
M. S. Swaminathan
D
Richael Carlson

40 Helicopter was invented by

A
Drinker
B
Broquet
C
Copernicus
D
Cockrell

41 Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

A
Lewis Edson Waterman
B
Sir William Grove
C
Charles Kettering
D
George Fountain

42 ‘Entomology’ is the science that studies

A
Behaviour of human beings
B
Formation of rocks
C
Insects
D
None of these

43 Araneology is the study of:

A
Rearing of bees
B
Study of aphids
C
Study of mites
D
Study of spiders

44 Telephone was invented by which of the following:

A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
Baird
C
Stevenson
D
Newton

45 A tachometer is a device used to measure

A
gravitational pull
B
speed of rotation
C
surface tension
D
dispersive power