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50 Important List of Invention and their Inventor

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In exams like SSC, Railway, and other competitive tests, the General Knowledge section often asks about inventions and their inventors. Many candidates get confused with these questions. So, we have provided a list of 50 important inventions and their inventors. We also offer a PDF version to help you with your revision

S. No.Invention/DiscoveryInventor/DiscovererYear
1TelephoneAlexander Graham Bell1876
2Electric BulbThomas Edison1879
3RadioGuglielmo Marconi1895
4AirplaneWright Brothers1903
5Printing PressJohannes Gutenberg1440
6Steam EngineJames Watt1765
7DynamiteAlfred Nobel1867
8Periodic TableDmitri Mendeleev1869
9X-raysWilhelm Roentgen1895
10DNA Double HelixJames Watson & Francis Crick1953
11Theory of RelativityAlbert Einstein1905
12VaccinationEdward Jenner1796
13Penicillin (Antibiotic)Alexander Fleming1928
14Laws of Motion (Gravitation)Isaac Newton1687
15ElectromagnetismJames Clerk Maxwell1865
16Law of HeredityGregor Mendel1866
17Insulin (Diabetes treatment)Frederick Banting & Charles Best1921
18ComputerCharles Babbage1837
19TelevisionJohn Logie Baird1927
20ElectronJ.J. Thomson1897
21MicroscopeZacharias Janssen1590
22Light BulbThomas Edison1879
23Atomic BombJ. Robert Oppenheimer1945
24HelicopterIgor Sikorsky1939
25AnesthesiaWilliam T.G. Morton1846
26Cell TheoryMatthias Schleiden & Theodor Schwann1838
27Blood CirculationWilliam Harvey1628
28Telephone ExchangeTivadar Puskás1877
29Electric GeneratorMichael Faraday1831
30Jet EngineFrank Whittle1937
31PasteurizationLouis Pasteur1863
32Sewing MachineElias Howe1846
33BarometerEvangelista Torricelli1643
34RadarRobert Watson-Watt1935
35NylonWallace Carothers1935
36ThermometerGalileo Galilei1593
37Thermodynamics LawsSadi Carnot, James Joule, William Thomson1824
38Smallpox Eradication (Vaccine)Edward Jenner1796
39Nuclear ReactorEnrico Fermi1942
40CameraJoseph Nicéphore Niépce1816
41OxygenJoseph Priestley & Carl Wilhelm Scheele1774
42Solar CellCharles Fritts1883
43StethoscopeRené Laennec1816
44LaserTheodore Maiman1960
45Polio VaccineJonas Salk1953
46Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)Raymond Damadian1971
47TypewriterChristopher Sholes1868
48ParachuteLeonardo da Vinci (Concept) / Sebastien Lenormand (Demonstration)1783
49InternetVint Cerf & Robert Kahn1974
50Quantum MechanicsMax Planck1900

15 FAQs about Inventions and their Inventors for competitive exams:

1. Who invented the telephone?

  • Answer: Alexander Graham Bell (1876).

2. Who is the inventor of the electric bulb?

  • Answer: Thomas Alva Edison (1879).

3. Who discovered the X-ray?

  • Answer: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1895).

4. Who invented the airplane?

  • Answer: Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright, 1903).

5. Who is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer?

  • Answer: Charles Babbage (1837).

6. Who invented the radio?

  • Answer: Guglielmo Marconi (1895).

7. Who developed the World Wide Web (WWW)?

  • Answer: Tim Berners-Lee (1989).

8. Who is the inventor of the ballpoint pen?

  • Answer: László Bíró (1938).

9. Who invented dynamite?

  • Answer: Alfred Nobel (1867).

10. Who discovered the principle of vaccination and invented the first vaccine (for smallpox)?

  • Answer: Edward Jenner (1796).

11. Who invented the printing press?

  • Answer: Johannes Gutenberg (1440).

12. Who is credited with inventing the gramophone?

  • Answer: Emile Berliner (1887).

13. Who invented the safety pin?

  • Answer: Walter Hunt (1849).

14. Who is the inventor of the periodic table?

  • Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev (1869).

15. Who discovered the polio vaccine?

  • Answer: Jonas Salk (1953).
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