Inventions MCQs

53. Who is often called the ‘first African-American’ inventor?

A. Bessie Blount
B. George Washington Carver
C. Benjamin Banneker
D. Elijah McCoy
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Banneker was a member of the planning committee that designed Washington, DC along with Pierre L’Enfant. When L’Enfant was fired Banneker recreated the plans from memory.

56. The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?

A. Robert Oppenheimer
B. James B. Conant
C. Leslie R. Groves
D. Vannevar Bush
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Leslie R. Groves, however, was the military head of the project and the overall supremo, while Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific director. The world’s first atomic bomb was exploded in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945.
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