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(11) Who invented Portland cement?
[A] Joseph Aspdin
[B] Denis Gason
[C] Percy L. Spencer
[D] Leonardo da Vinci

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Answer: Option [A]
(12) Who invented the Jet Engine?
[A] Karl Benz
[B] Thomas Savery
[C] Sir Frank Whittle
[D] Michael Faraday

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Answer: Option [C]

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(13) X-rays were discovered by
[A] Marie Curie
[B] Van Lue
[C] Becquerel
[D] Roentgen

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Answer: Option [D]
(14) Who is known as ‘the Father of Geometry’?
[A] Kepler
[B] Aristotle
[C] Euclid
[D] Pythagoras

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Answer: Option [C]
(15) Who invented the polio vaccine (oral)?
[A] Robert Koch
[B] Albert Sabin
[C] Jonas Salk
[D] Burkholder

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Answer: Option [B]
(16) Who invented Radar?
[A] P.T. Farnsworth
[B] J. H. Van Tassel
[C] Wilhelm K. Roentgen
[D] A. H. Taylor and Leo C. Young

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Answer: Option [D]
(17) Who invented the laser?
[A] T. H. Maiman
[B] Fred Morrisson
[C] Sir Frank Whittle
[D] Dr. Charles H. Jones

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Answer: Option [A]
(18) The first thermionic valve was invented by
[A] Lee De Forest
[B] J. A. Fleming
[C] Richardson
[D] Thomas Edison

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Answer: Option [B]
(19) The telephone was invented by:
[A] G. Marconi
[B] J. L. Baird
[C] Thomas Barrow
[D] Alexander Graham Bell

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Answer: Option [D]
(20) Who is associated with the invention of Nylon?
[A] Louis Pasteur
[B] John Corbutt
[C] J. Nicephore Niepce
[D] Dr. Wallace H. Carothers

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Answer: Option [A]

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