Top 100 Inventions That Changed the World

  

Top 100 Inventions That Changed the World

Have you ever stopped to consider how inventions have shaped the world we reside in today? From the wheel to the internet, human ingenuity has been responsible for some truly remarkable developments. Our collection of Top 100 Inventions That Changed the World explores some of the most impactful and influential inventions in human history.

Here are some key highlights of our collection:

• Covers a wide range of inventions from ancient to modern times.
• Highlights the impact of each invention on society, culture, and the world at large.
• Provides interesting and engaging details about the inventors and their creative processes.
• Features inventions from a variety of fields, including technology, medicine, transportation, and more.

At the same time, we understand that learning about inventions is capable of be fun too! So we've added a human touch to our collection, with interesting anecdotes and stories about the inventors and their inventions. Whether you're a history buff, a science enthusiast, or just someone who's curious about the world a circular us, our Top 100 Inventions That Changed the World is sure to spark your imagination and broaden your horizons. So why not take a journey through history with us today?

 

Inventions

Q1. Who discovered electricity?

Ans. Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity in 1752.

Q2. Who invented Watch?

Ans. Peter Henlein invented watch in 1505 in Germany.

Q3. Who invented Radio?

Ans. Guglielmo Marconi invented Radio in 1895.

Q4. Who invented mercury Thermometer?

Ans. Gabriel Farenheit invented mercury Thermometer in 1714.

Q5. Who invented Electric Bulb?

Ans. Thomas Edison invented Electric Bulb in 1879.

Q6. Who invented Air Brake?

Ans. Westinghouse invented Air Brake in 1869.

Q7. Who invented Telegraph?

Ans. Samuel Morse invented Telegraph in 1830.

Q8. Who invented Automobile?

Ans. Karl Benz invented Automobile in 1885.

Q9. Who invented Transformer?

Ans. Michael Faraday invented Transformer in 1885.

Q10. Who invented Nuclear Reactor?

Ans. Enrico Fermi invented Nuclear Reactor in 1942.

Q11. Who invented Airplane?

Ans. Wright Brothers invented Airplane in 1903.

Q12. Who invented Camera?

Ans. Nicéphore Niépce invented Camera in 1816.

Q13. Who invented LED?

Ans. Oleg Losev and Nick Holonyak invented LED in 1962.

Q14. Who invented Battery?

Ans. Alessandro Volta invented Battery in 1799.

Q15. Who invented Mobile Phone?

Ans. Martin Cooper invented Mobile Phone in 1973.

Q16. Who invented X-Ray?

Ans. William Rontgen invented X-Ray in 1895.

Q17. Who invented LCD?

Ans. George H. Heilmeier invented LCD in 1968.

Q18. Who invented Laser?

Ans. Theodore H. Maiman invented Laser in 1969.

Q19. Who invented Transistor?

Ans. John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley invented transistor in 1947.

Q20. Who invented Radar?

Ans. Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt invented Radar in 1939.

Q21. Who invented Air conditioner?

Ans. Willis Carrier invented Air conditioner in 1902.

Q22. Who invented Atomic bomb?

Ans. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller et al invented Atomic bomb in 1945.

Q23. Who invented Refrigerator?

Ans. William Cullen invented Refrigerator in 1927.

Q24. Who invented Calculator?

Ans. Blaise Pascal invented Calculator in 1642

Q25. Who invented Television?

Ans. John Logie Baird invented Television in 1927.

Q26. Who invented Electric Generator?

Ans. Michael Faraday invented Electric Generator in 1831.

Q27. Who invented Telephone?

Ans. Alexander Graham Bell invented Telephone in 1876 in America.

Q28. Who invented Steam engine?

Ans. Thomas Newcomen invented Steam engine in 1698.

Q29. Who invented Printing Press?

Ans. Johannes Gutenberg invented Printing Press in 1440.

Q30. Who invented World Wide Web?

Ans. Tim Berners Lee invented World Wide Web in 1989.

Q31. Who invented Search Engine?

Ans. Alan Emtage invented Search Engine in 1990.

Q32. Who invented Webcam?

Ans. Quentin straford Fraser and Paul Jardetzky invented Webcam in 1991.

Q33. Who invented Smartphone?

Ans. IBM invented Smartphone in 1992.

Q34. Who invented Walkie Talkie?

Ans. Dan Noble, Henryk Magnuski et al invented Walkie Talkie in 1940.

Q35. Who invented Email?

Ans. Ray Tomlinson invented Email in 1971.

Q36. Who invented Google?

Ans. Larry Page and Sergey Brin invented Google in 1998.

Q37. Who invented Laptop?

Ans. Adam Osborne invented Laptop in 1981.

Q38. Who invented Yahoo?

Ans. Jerry Yang and David Filo invented Yahoo in 1994.

Q39. Who invented GPS?

Ans. Ivan A., Getting Roger and Bradford Parkinson invented GPS in 1995.

Q40. Who invented Facebook?

Ans. Mark Zukerburg invented FaceBook in 2004.

Q41. Who invented C Language?

Ans. Dennis Ritchie invented C-Language in 1972.

Q42. Who discovered Atom?

Ans. John Dalton discovered Atom in 1803.

Q43. Who discovered Electrons?

Ans. JJ Thompson discovered Electrons in 1897.

Q44. Who discovered Protons?

Ans. Ernest Rutherford discovered Protons in 1911.

Q45. Who discovered Inert Gases?

Ans. Sir William Ramsay discovered Inert Gases in 1894.

Q46. Who discovered Oxygen?

Ans. Joseph Priestley discovered Oxygen in 1774.

Q47. Who discovered Hydrogen?

Ans. Henry Cavendish discovered Hydrogen in 1766.

Q48. Who invented Typewriter?

Ans. Christopher Latham Sholes invented Typewriter in 1878.

Q49. Who discovered Blood Group?

Ans. Karl Landsteiner discovered Blood Group in 1900.

Q50. Who invented Penicillin?

Ans. Alexander Fleming invented Penicillin in 1928.

Q51. Who invented Dynamic Random Access Memory?

Ans. Robert Dennard invented Dynamic Random Access Memory.

Q52. Who invented Handheld Calculator?

Ans. Texas Instruments invented handheld calculator.

Q53. Who invented electric guitar?

Ans. Adolph Rickenbacker invented electric guitar in 1931 in America.

Q54. Who invented Fax?

Ans. Alexander Bain invented Fax in 1843 in England.

Q55. Who invented Dynamite?

Ans. Alfred Nobel invented Dynamite in 1867 in Sweden.

Q56. Who invented washing machine?

Ans. Alva John Fisher invented washing machine in 1907 in America.

Q57. Who invented Microscope?

Ans. Zacharias Janssen invented Microscope in 1618 in Germany.

Q58. Who invented Zipper?

Ans. Whitcomb L. Judson invented Zipper in 1890 in America.

Q59. Who invented Selfie Stick?

Ans. Wayne Fromm invented Selfie Stick in 1980 in Canada.

Q60. Who invented Steel?

Ans. Sir Henry Bessemer invented Steel in 1856 in England.

Q61. Who invented Floppy Disk?

Ans. IBM Corp invented Floppy Disk in 1970.

Q62. Who invented Computer Mouse?

Ans. Douglas Engelbart invented computer mouse in 1968.

Q63. Who invented Tablet?

Ans. Eo Inc invented Tablet in 1993.

Q64. Who invented Java?

Ans. James Gosling invented Java in 1995.

Q65. Who invented disposable camera?

Ans. Fuji invented disposable camera in 1986.

Q66. Who invented Windows Operating System?

Ans. Microsoft invented Windows Operating System in 1985.

Q67. Who invented Apple Macintosh?

Ans. Steve Jobs invented Apple Macintosh in 1984.

Q68. Who invented Treadmill?

Ans. William Staub invented Treadmill in 1982.

Q69. Who invented MS DOS?

Ans. Tim Paterson invented MS DOS in 1981.

Q70. Who invented Modem?

Ans. Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington invented Modem in 1977.

Q71. Who invented Digital Audio Player?

Ans. Kane Kramer invented Digital Audio Player in 1981.

Q72. Who invented Microprocessor?

Ans. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore invented Microprocessor in 1971.

Q73. Who invented Silk?

Ans. China invented Silk in 4900 BC.

Q74. Who invented Wheel?

Ans. Sumerian Civilization invented Wheel in 3600 BC.

Q75. Who invented Glass?

Ans. Egypt invented Glass in 1500 BC.

Q76. Who invented Paper?

Ans. China invented Paper in 105 AD.

Q77. Who invented Zero?

Ans. India invented Zero in 458 AD.

Q78. Who invented Windmill?

Ans. Persian invented Windmill in 600 AD.

Q79. Who invented Porcelain?

Ans. China invented Porcelain in 700 AD.

Q80. Who invented Rain Gauge?

Ans. Jang Yeong Sil invented Rain Gauge in 1441.

Q81. Who invented Pocket Watch?

Ans. Peter Henlein invented Pocket Watch in 1510.

Q82. Who invented Wrist Watch?

Ans. Robert Dudley invented Wrist Watch in 1571.

Q83. Who invented Pendulum?

Ans. Galileo Galilei invented Pendulum in 1582.

Q84. Who invented water Thermometer?

Ans. Galileo Galilei invented water Thermometer in 1593.

Q85. Who invented Telescope?

Ans. Hans Lippershey invented Telescope in 1608.

Q86. Who invented Barometer?

Ans. Evangelista Torricelli invented Barometer in 1643.

Q87. Who invented Vacuum Pump?

Ans. Otto von Guericke invented Vacuum Pump in 1650.

Q88. Who Discovered RBC?

Ans. Jan Swammerdam discovered RBC in 1658.

Q89. Who Discovered Cell?

Ans. Robert Hooke discovered Cell in 1665.

Q90. Who Discovered Phosphorus?

Ans. Hennig Brand discovered Phosphorus in 1669.

Q91. Who invented Steam Car?

Ans. Ferdinand Verbiest designed the stream propelled trolley in 1672.

Q92. Who invented Pressure Cooker?

Ans. Denis Papin invented Pressure Cooker in 1679.

Q93. Who Discovered Bacteria?

Ans. Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered Bacteria in 1683.

Q94. Who Discovered Law of Gravitation?

Ans. Sir Isaac Newton discovered Law of Gravitation in 1687.

Q95. Who Discovered Blood Circulation?

Ans. William Harvey discovered Blood Circulation in 1700.

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Q96. Who invented Piano?

Ans. Bartolomeo Cristofori invented Piano in 1700.

Q97. Who invented Machine Gun?

Ans. James Puckle invented Machine Gun in 1718.

Q98. Who Discovered Nickel?

Ans. Axel Cronstedt discovered Nickel in 1751.

Q99. Who Discovered Magnesium?

Ans. Sir Humphry Davy discovered Magnesium in 1755.

Q100. Who invented Walkman?

Ans. Nobutoshi Kihara invented Walkman in 1979.

Q101. Who invented Carbonated water?

Ans. Joseph Priestley invented Carbonated Water in 1767.

Q102. Who invented weighing scale?

Ans. Richard Salter invented weighing scale in 1770.

Q103. Who Discovered Nitrogen?

Ans. Daniel Rutherford discovered Nitrogen in 1772.

Q104. Who Discovered Chlorine?

Ans. Karl Wilhelm Scheele discovered Chlorine in 1774.

Q105. Who invented Rubik’s Cube?

Ans. Erno Rubik invented Rubik’s Cube in 1974.

Q106. Who invented Submarine?

Ans. David Bushnell invented Submarine in 1775.

Q107. Who invented Steamboat?

Ans. Claude de Jouffroy invented Steamboat in 1776.

Q108. Who invented Hot Air Balloon?

Ans. Montgolfier brothers invented Hot Air Balloon in 1783.

Q109. Who invented Parachute?

Ans. Sebastien Lenormand invented Parachute in 1783.

Q110. Who invented Threshing Machine or Thresher?

Ans. Andrew meikle invented Threshing Machine in 1786.

Q111. Who invented artificial teeth?

Ans. Nicholas Dubois De Chemant invented artificial teeth in 1791.

Q112. Who invented Stethoscope?

Ans. Rene Laennec invented Stethoscope in 1816.

Q113. Who invented Bicycle?

Ans. karl D von Sauerbronn invented Bicycle in 1816.

Q14. Who invented Waterproof Rubber?

Ans. Charles Macintosh invented waterproof rubber in 1819.

Q115. Who invented Gas Stove?

Ans. James Sharp invented Gas Stove in 1826.

Q116. Who invented Electromagnet?

Ans. William Sturgeon invented Electromagnet in 1823.

Q117. Who Discovered Cadmium?

Ans. Friedrich Stromeyer discovered Cadmium in 1817.

Q118. Who invented Ship Propeller?

Ans. Francis Smith invented Ship Propeller in 1827.

Q119. Who invented Insulated Wire?

Ans. Joseph Henry invented Insulated Wire in 1827.

Q120. Who invented Incandescent Light Bulb?

Ans. James Bowman Lindsay invented Incandescent Light Bulb in 1835.

Q121. Who invented Electromechanical Relay?

Ans. Joseph Henry invented Electromechanical Relay in 1835.

Q122. Who discovered Helium?

Ans. Sir William Ramsay discovered Helium in 1868.

Q123. Who invented Vacuum Cleaner?

Ans. Ives W McGuffey invented Vacuum Cleaner in 1869.

Q124. Who discovered DNA?

Ans. Friedrich Meischer discovered DNA in 1869.

Q125. Who invented Cable Car?

Ans. Andrew S Hallidie invented Cable Car in 1871.

Q126. Who invented Carpet Sweeper?

Ans. Melville R Bissell invented Carpet Sweeper in 1876.

Q127. Who invented Gasoline Engine?

Ans. Nikolaus August Otto invented Gasoline Engine in 1876.

Q128. Who invented Loudspeaker?

Ans. Alexander Graham Bell invented Loudspeaker in 1876.

Q129. Who invented Microphone?

Ans. David Edward Hughes invented Microphone in 1877.

Q130. Who invented Gramophone?

Ans. Thomas Alva Edison invented Gramophone in 1877.

Q131. Who invented Stapler?

Ans. Henry R Heyl invented Stapler in 1877.

Q132. Who invented Induction Motor?

Ans. Nikola Tesla invented Induction Motor in 1877.

Q133. Who invented Electric Street Car?

Ans. Ernst Werner von Siemens invented Electric Street Car in 1879.

Q134. Who invented Seismometer?

Ans. John Milne invented Seismometer in 1880.

Q135. Who invented Safety Razor?

Ans. Kampfe Brothers invented Safety Razor in 1880.

Q136. Who invented Metal Detector?

Ans. Alexander Graham Bell invented Metal Detector in 1881.

Q137. Who invented Electric Ceiling Fan?

Ans. Philip Diehl invented Electric Ceiling Fan in 1882.

Q138. Who invented Electric Flat Iron?

Ans. Henry W Seely invented Electric Flat Iron in 1882.

Q139. Who invented Electric Fan?

Ans. Schuyler Skatts Wheeler invented Electric Fan in 1882.

Q140. Who invented Toilet Paper?

Ans. Joseph Gayetty invented Toilet Paper in 1883.

Q141. Who invented Motor Cycle?

Ans. Edward Butler invented Motor Cycle in 1884.

Q142. Who invented Fountain Pen?

Ans. Lewis Waterman invented Fountain Pen in 1884.

Q143. Who invented Coca Cola?

Ans. John Pemberton invented Coca Cola in 1886.

Q144. Who invented Antibiotics?

Ans. Louis Pasteur invented Antibiotics in 1887.

Q145. Who invented Cassette?

Ans. Philips invented cassette in 1962.

Q146. Who invented Windmill?

Ans. Persian invented Windmill in 600 AD.

Q147. Who invented E-Book?

Ans. Micheal Hart invented E-Book in 1971.

Q148. Who invented Barcode?

Ans. Monarch marking invented Barcode in 1970.

Q149. Who invented ATM Machine?

Ans. John Shepherd Barron invented ATM Machine in 1969.

Q150. Who invented Play Doh?

Ans. Noah and Joseph McVicker invented Play Doh in 1956.

Q151. Who invented Credit Card?

Ans. Ralph Schneider Invented Credit Card in 1950.

Q152. Who invented Robot?

Ans. William Grey Walter invented Robot in 1948.

Q153. Who invented Disposable Dipers?

Ans. Marion Donovan invented disposable dipers in 1946.

Q154. Who invented Nylon?

Ans. Wallace H Carothers invented Nylon in 1937.

Q155. Who invented Shopping Cart?

Ans. Sylvan Goldman invented Shopping Cart in 1937.

Q156. Who invented Electric Razor?

Ans. Jacob Schick invented Electric Razor in 1931.

Q157. Who invented Scotch Tape?

Ans. Richard G Drew invented Scotch Tape in 1930.

Q158. Who invented Compactor?

Ans. Johann Wacker invented Compactor in 1930

Q159. Who invented Sunglasses?

Ans. Sam Poster invented Sunglasses in 1929.

Q160. Who invented Electric Blanket?

Ans. Sidney I Russell invented Electric Blanket in 1912.

Q161. Who invented Headphone?

Ans. Nathaniel Baldwin invented Headphone in 1910.

Q162. Who invented color photography?

Ans. Auguste and Louis Lumiere invented color photography in 1907.

Q163. Who invented Silicone Rubber?

Ans. F S Kipping invented Silicone Rubber in 1904.

Q164. How invented Coat Hanger?

Ans. Albert J Parkhouse invented Coat Hanger in 1903.

Q165. Who invented Safety Glasses?

Ans. Edouard Benedictus invented Safety glasses in 1903.

Q166. Who invented disposable razor blades?

Ans. King C Gillette invented disposable razor blades in 1901.

Q167. Who invented Lift?

Ans. Elisha Otis invented Lift in 1853.

Q168. Who invented Polythene?

Ans. Eric Fawcett invented Polythene in 1933.

Q169. Who invented Periodic Table?

Ans. Dmitri Mendeleev invented Periodic Table in 1869.

Q170. Who invented Acid (LSD)?

Ans. Albert hofmann invented Acid (LSD) in 1938.

Q171. Who invented PH Meter?

Ans. Arnold O. Beckman invented PH Meter in 1934.

Q172. Who invented Balloon?

Ans. Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier invented Balloon in 1783 in France.

Q173. Who invented Gas Lighting?

Ans. William Murdoch invented Gas Lighting in 1794 in Scotland.

Q174. Who invented Safety Match?

Ans. J.E. Lurdstrom invented Safety Match in 1855 in Sweden.

Q175. Who invented Hot Air Balloon?

Ans. Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier invented Hot Air Balloon in 1783 in France.

Q176. Who invented Bleaching powder?

Ans. Tennant invented Bleaching powder in 1798 in Britain.

Q177. Who invented Portland Cement?

Ans. Joseph Aspdin invented Portland Cement in 1824 in Britain.

Q178. Who invented Centigrade Scale?

Ans. Anders Celsius invented Centigrade Scale in 1742 in Sweden.

Q179. Who invented Electroplating?

Ans. Luigi Brugnatelli invented Electroplating in 1805 in Italy.

Q180. Who invented Elevator?

Ans. Elisha G. Otis invented Elevator in 1852 in USA.

Q181. Who invented Sewing Machine?

Ans. Elias Howe invented Sewing Machine 1846 in USA.

Q182. Who discovered North Pole?

Ans. Robert Peary discovered North Pole in 1909 in American.

Q183. Who discovered South Pole?

Ans. Roald Amundson discovered South Pole 1912 in Norway.

Q184. Who invented hydrogen bomb?

Ans. Edward Taylor invented hydrogen bomb in 1952.

Q185. Who invented Glider?

Ans. Sir George Calyey invented Glider 1853 in England.

Q186. Who invented Bullet?

Ans. Claude Minie invented Bullet 1849 in France.

Q187. Who invented bolt action rifle?

Ans. p von mauser invented bolt action rifle in 1889.

Q188. Who invented Airship (rigid)?

Ans. G. Ferdinand Von Zeppelin invented Airship (regid) in 1858 in Germany.

Q189. Who invented Airship (Non-rigid)?

Ans. Henri Giffard invented Airship (Non-rigid) in 1852 in France.

Q190. Who invented Jet Engine Airplane?

Ans. Ohain invented Jet Engine Airplane in 1939 in Germany.

Q191. who invented grenade?

Ans. William Mills invented grenade in 1915.

Q192. Who invented Revolver?

Ans. Samuel Colt invented Revolver in 1836.

Q193. Who invented Military Tank?

Ans. Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton invented Military Tank in 1914.

Q194. Who invented Automatic Rifle?

Ans. John Browning invented Automatic Rifle in 1918.

Q195. Who invented Rocket Engine?

Ans. Robert H Goddard invented Rocket Engine in 1926.

Q196. Who invented Helicopter?

Ans. Corradino D Ascanio invented Helicopter in 1930.

Q197. Who invented Ballistic Missile?

Ans. ernher von Braun invented Ballistic Missile.

Q198. Who invented Bouncing Bomb?

Ans. Sir Barnes Neville Wallis invented Bouncing Bomb in 1956.

Q199. Who invented Neutron Bomb?

Ans. Samuel Cohen invented Neutron Bomb in 1958.

Q200. Who invented Walkie Talkie?

Ans. Dan Noble, Henryk Magnuski et al invented Walkie Talkie in 1940.