Inventions MCQs

91. When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

A. 1920
B. 1890
C. 1901
D. 1944
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Joshua Lionel Cowen and Harry C. Grant started the Lionel Manufacturing Company on Sept. 5, 1900 in New York City. The first train, which was called the Electric Express, was manufactured in 1901 and was an open gondola propelled by a fan motor. As time has passed, the trains have been made in different colors and styles.

92. Who invented Gramophone?

A. Michael Faraday
B. Fahrenheit
C. Sir Alexander Graham Bell
D. Thomas Alva Edison
✅ The correct answer is option D.

93. When was Monopoly created?

A. 1940s
B. 1930s
C. 1920s
D. 1950s
✅ The correct answer is option B.
After the Stock Market crash, a buying and selling game created by Charles Darrow came to be. The first games were hand drawn on linoleum with streets from Atlantic City, N.J. as the property. He took the game to the Parker Brothers company, and Monopply was brought out for Christmas 1934. Everyone wanted to buy the games after Christmas, and Monopoly became a big success.

96. What Elisha Otis invented?

A. The brake used in modern elevators
B. Jet Engine
C. Turbine
D. Hydraulic Crane
✅ The correct answer is option A.
In 1853, American inventor Elisha Otis demonstrated a freight elevator equipped with a safety device to prevent falling in case a supporting cable should break. This increased public confidence in such devices. Otis established a company for manufacturing elevators and patented (1861) a steam elevator.

Many people think that he invented the elevator, but the truth is, he invented the elevator brake. He also invented the railway safety brake.

98. In which decade was the AEEE (now the IEEE) founded?

A. 1850s
B. 1880s
C. 1930s
D. 1950s
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) was formed in 1963 by the merger of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, founded 1912) and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE, founded 1884).

99. In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

A. 1940s
B. 1950s
C. 1960s
D. 1980s
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The first message ever sent over what is now called the Internet took place at 10:30PM on October 29, 1969. Back then, the Department of Defense called it ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects Agency network).
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