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    100 Questions & Answers About Asia

    100 Questions & Answers About Asia

    1. Highest mountain of world ‘Mount Everest’ is located in continent – Asia

    2. Out of seven continents, continent Asia shares its East border with – Ural Mountains

    3. Longest river in Asia Continent is – Yangtze of China

    4. Country in Asia continent which is known as ‘Land of golden fiber’ is – Bangladesh

    5. Out of seven continents, continent Asia shares its West border with – Pacific Ocean

    6. What is the capital of the Republic of the Philippines? – Manila

    7. Where can you find Mayon Volcano? – Albay

    8. What is the main religion in Malaysia? – Islam

    9. What is the national sport in Thailand? – Thai Boxing

    10. What country is in south of Malaysia? – Singapore

    11. In a country of over 1,900 islands, but with a land area of only one percent of its total
    territory, which of these is one of the Maldives’ most important industries? – Tourism

    12. The wildlife of Iran used to include an animal which is now extinct. Which of these used to
    roam the northern regions of Iran? – Caspian tiger

    13. The city of Rajshahi is an important center in the production of a natural fiber that comes
    from a certain worm. What is the nickname of the city that comes from this association? – Silk City

    14. India is bound on the north by a range of snow-capped mountains, which boast some of the
    world’s highest peaks. What is the name of this mountain range, also considered to be the
    world’s youngest? – The Himalayas

    15. Which of these cities is in Vietnam? Pyonggang, Nam Dinh, Battambang or Alor Setar? – Nam Dinh

    16. Which Asian city was awarded the honour of holding the 2014 winter Olympic games? – Sochi, Russia

    17. Which of these IS an Asian city? Dushanbe, Moscow, Bucharest or Cairo? – Dushanbe

    18. Which of these cities is in Sri Lanka? Thimpu, Islambad, Kabul or Colombo? – Colombo

    19. Which city is just across the Bering Strait from Alaska, U.S.A.? – Uelen

    20. Which Asian city is in a country that is in both Europe and Asia? – Novosibirsk

    21. Mary (Mur-ree) is a city in – Turkmenistan

    22. Which is the only city that is also a country in Asia? –

    23. ________ city is the largest city (and former capital) of Kazakhstan – Almaty

    24. Which city is capital of West Java province in Indonesia? – Bandung

    25. _____________ city is principal port of Bangladesh, and is the country´s second largest city – Chittagong

    26. Which city is the capital of Syria? – Damascus

    27. Which city was capital of Persia 1598-1722? – Esfahan

    28. ___________ city was known before 1980 as Lyallpur – Faisalabad

    29. The city which is capital of Guangdong province, China – Guangzhou

    30. Whart is the capital of Vietnam? – Hanoi

    31. ________________is third largest city of Turkey and was formerly known as Smyrna – Izmir

    32. What is the capital of Indonesia? – Jakarta

    33. What is the capital of Afghanistan? – Kabul

    34. Which city is capital of Punjab province in Pakistan? – Lahore

    35. This city is capital of Khorasan province, Iran – Mashhad

    36. Russian city which was formerly known as Novonikolaevsk – Novosibirsk

    37. This Japanese city was formerly known as Naniwa. It is the center the Hanshin area, which is the most important industrial area in Japan – Osaka

    38. _______ city is capital of North Korea – Pyongyang

    39. The former name of Bishkek – Frunze

    40. The former name of Gyumri – Leninakan

    41. The city which is part of Kiaochow territory occupied by Germany in 1897 and leased to Germany for 99 years in 1898 – Qingdao

    42. The capital of Saudi Arabia is – Riyadh

    43. _____________city is capital of East Java province, Indonesia – Surabaya

    44. What is the capital of Uzbekistan – Tashkent

    45. Which city is also known as Benares? – Varanasi

    46. Which Chinese city was formed in 1950 by the consolidation of Hankow, Hanyang and Wuchang – Wuhan

    47. ___________ is the capital of Shaanxi province, China – Xian

    48. The city which contains Japan´s major port and the country´s second largest is – Yokohama

    49. What is the capital of Henan province, China – Zhengzhou

    50. The people in this capital city in South Asia live in houses made of coral. The city is
    located on an island – Male

    51. The former name of the city Yangon is – Rangoon

    52. Which Indian city is the capital of two Indian states but it itself is under the rule of the
    Central Government – Chandigarh

    53. What city was the capital of Pakistan from 1947 to 1959? – Karachi

    54. In what city were 1000 British troops and their families killed by freedom fighters during the Indian revolt of 1857? – Kanpur

    55. The former name of Banda Aceh – Kutaraja

    56. The former name of Yekaterinburg – Sverdlovsk

    57. Which was the second largest city in Sri Lanka? – Kotte

    58. The name of the city which is also means ‘Canopy of Wood’ – Kathmandu

    59. The headquarters of the fifth largest army in the world is in which of these cities? New
    Delhi, Bangalore or Rawalpindi? – Rawalpindi

    60. What is the only City in South-Asia which has French as an official language – Pondicherry

    61. When King Charles II of Great Britain married a Portuguese princess, she brought this city
    with her as dowry – Mumbai (Bombay)

    62. The former name of the city Dalian is – Dairen

    63. The former name of Xiamen – Amoy

    64. The former name of Makassar – Ujung Pandang

    65. The largest island in Iran? – Qeshm

    66. The largest island in Oman? – Masirah

    67. The former name of Jayapura – Hollandia

    68. The former name of Kota Kinabalu – Jesselton

    69. The former name of Jakarta – Batavia

    70. The former name of Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei Town

    71. Which is the name of a city in both India and Pakistan? – Hyderabad

    72. The former name of Astana – Tselinograd

    73. Name the biggest island in Japan? – Honshu

    74. The biggest island in India? – Middle Andaman

    75. The former name of Bandar Khomeyni is – Bandar Shahpur

    76. The former name of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is – Toyohara

    77. What is the name of the former principality that was located between Nepal and Bhutan? – Sikkim

    78. The mouth of the Ganges river can be found within what country? – Bangladesh

    79. What is the largest island in Asia? – Borneo

    80. How many of the top ten most populated countries of the world are located, at least partly,
    in Asia? – 7

    81. Which country shares the longest continuous border with China? – Mongolia

    82. Which central Asian country, with the cities of Tashkent and Namangan, is one of the two
    doubly landlocked countries in the world? – Uzbekistan

    83. Which eastern/central Asian country, bordering China, is one of the least densely populated
    countries in the world? – Mongolia

    84. Which country, spanning two continents, has identified the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or
    PKK, as a terrorist group? – Turkey

    85. Which country, which has the city of Surabaya, also has land on the 2nd largest island on
    the planet? – Indonesia

    86. The former name of Shenyang is – Mukden

    87. The former name of Guangzhou – Canton

    88. What island country, south of Taiwan, has a major religion of Roman Catholicism, and is
    prone to typhoons because of its location? – Philippines

    89. What teardrop shaped island country has maritime borders with the Maldives, and another
    country to its north? – Sri Lanka

    90. What southeast Asian country is home to the Tonle Sap lake, a lake which floods to over
    five times its size during the monsoon season? – Cambodia

    91. Which extremely populated country has constituted a one-child policy in order to control
    its population? – China
    92. The former name of Vladikavkaz – Ordzhonikidze

    93. The former name of Ganca, or Gandzha is – Kirovabad

    94. Which very densely populated country separated from Pakistan in 1971? – Bangladesh

    95. Which industrialized country has the largest metropolitan area in the world, and has more
    than 6,000 islands? – Japan

    96. Biggest island in China? (excluding Taiwan which is claimed by China) – Hainan

    97. What is the largest island in South Korea? – Cheju

    98. Which is the largest island in Philippines? – Luzon

    99. The former name of Khudzhand – Leninabad

    100. Name the largest island in Thailand – Phuket

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    Donald George Bradman Quiz

    Donald Bradman practises his drive, 1936.
    Donald Bradman practises his drive, 1936. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    Donald George Bradman Quiz Questions

    (This quiz is about Test cricketer Donald George Bradman, popularly known as Don Bradman.)

    1) How may runs did Donald George Bradman score in his first Test?
    a) 214 and 100 not out
    b) 336
    c) 309 not out
    d) 18 and 1

    2) What happened after Donald George Bradman played his first Test?
    a) He was made captain.
    b) He was made vice captain.
    c) He got an award.
    d) He was dropped for the next test.

    3) How many Test centuries did Donald George Bradman hit?
    a) 12
    b) 16
    c) 19
    d) 29

    4) How many Tests did Donald George Bradman play?
    a) 40
    b) 52
    c) 96
    d) 125

    5) How many Test triple centuries did Donald George Bradman hit?
    a) None
    b) One
    c) Two
    d) Three

    6) Who devised Bodyline to prevent Donald George Bradman from scoring runs?
    a) Peter May
    b) Douglas Jardine
    c) Leonard Hutton
    d) Michael Smith

    7) What was Donald George Bradman’s Test aggregate in 1930 England series?
    a) 586
    b) 974
    c) 774
    d) 1008

    8) Where did Donald George Bradman score 309 runs in a day in a Test?
    a) Birmingham
    b) Leeds
    c) Manchester
    d) Liverpool

    9) What was Donald George Bradman’s batting average in the Test series against India in 1947-1948?
    a) 100
    b) 178.75
    c) 188
    d) 200

    10) What was Donald George Bradman’s score in his last Test innings?
    a) 334
    b) 112
    c) 56
    d) 0

    Donald George Bradman Quiz Questions with Answers

    Don Bradman

    Don Bradman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    1) How may runs did Donald George Bradman score in his first Test?
    d) 18 and 1

    2) What happened after Donald George Bradman played his first Test?
    d) He was dropped for the next test.

    3) How many Test centuries did Donald George Bradman hit?
    d) 29

    4) How many Tests did Donald George Bradman play?
    b) 52

    5) How many Test triple centuries did Donald George Bradman hit?
    c) Two

    6) Who devised Bodyline to prevent Donald George Bradman from scoring runs?
    b) Douglas Jardine

    7) What was Donald George Bradman’s Test aggregate in 1930 England series?
    b) 974

    8) Where did Donald George Bradman score 309 runs in a day in a Test?
    b) Leeds

    9) What was Donald George Bradman’s batting average in the Test series against India in 1947-1948?
    b) 178.75

    10) What was Donald George Bradman’s score in his last Test innings?
    d) 0

    Originally posted 2017-02-24 22:34:58.

  • پاکستان کے بڑے شہروں کے نام کیسے پڑے، دلچسپ اور حیران کن معلومات*

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    *پاکستان کے بڑے شہروں کے نام کیسے پڑے، دلچسپ اور حیران کن معلومات*
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    *اســـلام آبــاد:-*
    1959ءمیں مرکزی دارالحکومت کا علاقہ قرار پایا۔ اس کا نام مذہب اسلام کے نام پر اسلام آباد رکھا گیا۔

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    *راولـپـنـــڈی:-*
    یہ شہر راول قوم کا گھر تھا۔ چودھری جھنڈے خان راول نے پندرہویں صدی میں باقاعدہ اس کی بنیاد رکھی۔

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    *کــــراچــــی:-*
    تقریباً 220 سال پہلے یہ ماہی گیروں کی بستی تھی۔ کلاچو نامی بلوچ کے نام پر اس کا نام کلاچی پڑگیا۔ پھر آہستہ آہستہ کراچی بن گیا۔ 1925ءمیں اسے شہر کی حیثیت دی گئی۔1947ءسے 1959ءتک یہ پاکستان کا دارالحکومت رہا۔

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    *لاھــــــــور:-*
    ایک نظریےکے مطابق ہندﺅں کے دیوتا راما کے بیٹے لاوا کے بعد لاہور نام پڑا، لاوا کو لوہ سے پکارا جاتا تھا اور لوہ (لاوا) کیلئے تعمیر کیا جانیوالا قلعہ ’لوہ، آور‘ سے مشہور ہوا
    جس کا واضح معنی ’لوہ کا قلعہ ‘ تھا۔ اسی طرح صدیاں گزرتی گئیں اور پھر ’لوہ آور‘ لفظ بالکل اسی طرح لاہور میں بدل گیا جس طرح سیوستان سبی اور شالکوٹ، کوٹیا اور پھر کوئٹہ میں بدل گیا۔
    اسی طرح ایک اور نظریئے کے مطابق دو بھائی لاہور
    ایک اور نظریئے کے مطابق دو بھائی لاہور اور قاصو دو مہاجر بھائی تھے جو اس سرزمین پرآئے جسے لوگ آج لاہور کے نام سے جانتے ہیں، ایک بھائی قاصو نے پھر قصور آباد کیا جس کی وجہ سے اس کا نام بھی قصور پڑا جبکہ دوسرے بھائی نے اندرون شہر سے تین میل دور اچھرہ لااور کو اپنا مسکن بنایا اور بعد میں اسی لاہو کی وجہ سے اس شہر کا نام لاہور پڑ گیا اور شاید یہی وجہ ہے کہ اچھرہ کی حدود میں کئی ہندﺅوں کی قبریں بھی ملیں۔

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    *حــــــیدر آبــاد:-*
    اس کا پرانا نام نیرون کوٹ تھا۔ کلہوڑوں نے اسے حضرت علیؓ کے نام سے منسوب کرکے اس کا نام حیدر آباد رکھ دیا۔ اس کی بنیاد غلام کلہوڑا نے 1768ءمیں رکھی۔

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    *پـشــــاور:-*
    پیشہ ور لوگوں کی نسبت سے اس کا نام پشاور پڑگیا۔ ایک اور روایت کے مطابق محمود غزنوی نے اسے یہ نام دیا۔

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    *کــــوئٹــــہ:-*
    لفظ کوئٹہ، کواٹا سے بنا ہے۔ جس کے معنی قلعے کے ہیں۔ بگڑتے بگڑتے یہ کواٹا سے کوئٹہ بن گیا۔

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    *ٹــــوبہ ٹیک سنــــگھ:-*
    اس شہر کا نام ایک سکھ “ٹیکو سنگھ” کے نام پہ ہے “ٹوبہ” تالاب کو کہتے ہیں یہ درویش صفت سکھ ٹیکو سنگھ شہر کے ریلوے اسٹیشن کے پاس ایک درخت کے نیچے بیٹھا رہتا تھا اور ٹوبہ یعنی تالاب سے پانی بھر کر اپنے پاس رکھتا تھا اور اسٹیشن آنے والے مسافروں کو پانی پلایا کرتا تھا سعادت حسن منٹو کا شہرہ آفاق افسانہ “ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ” بھی اسی شہر سے منسوب ہے.

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    *ســــرگــــودھـا:-*
    یہ سر اور گودھا سے مل کر بنا ہے۔ ہندی میں سر، تالاب کو کہتے ہیں، گودھا ایک فقیر کا نام تھا جو تالاب کے کنارے رہتا تھا۔ اسی لیے اس کا نام گودھے والا سر بن گیا۔ بعد میں سرگودھا کہلایا۔ 1930ءمیں باقاعدہ آباد ہوا۔

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    *بہــــاولپــــور:-*
    نواب بہاول خان کا آباد کردہ شہر جو انہی کے نام پر بہاولپور کہلایا۔ مدت تک یہ ریاست بہاولپور کا صدر مقام رہا۔ پاکستان کے ساتھ الحاق کرنے والی یہ پہلی رہاست تھی۔ ون یونٹ کے قیام تک یہاں عباسی خاندان کی حکومت تھی۔

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    *ملــــتان:-*
    کہا جاتا ہے کہ اس شہر کی تاریخ 4 ہزار سال قدیم ہے۔ البیرونی کے مطابق اسے ہزاروں سال پہلے آخری کرت سگیا کے زمانے میں آباد کیا گیا۔ اس کا ابتدائی نام ”کیساپور“ بتایا جاتا ہے۔

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    *فیصــــل آبــاد:-*
    اسے ایک انگریز سر جیمزلائل (گورنرپنجاب) نے آباد کیا۔ اس کے نام پر اس شہر کا نام لائل پور تھا۔ بعدازاں عظیم سعودی فرماں روا شاہ فیصل شہید کے نام سے موسوم کر دیا گیا۔

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    *رحیــــم یار خــــاں:-*
    بہاولپور کے عباسیہ خاندان کے ایک فرد نواب رحیم یار خاں عباسی کے نام پر یہ شہر آباد کیا گیا۔

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    *عبدالحــــکیم:-*
    جنوبی پنجاب کی ایک روحانی بزرگ ہستی کے نام پر یہ قصبہ آباد ہوا۔ جن کا مزار اسی قصبے میں ہے۔ یہ قصبہ دریائے راوی کے کنارے آباد ہے.

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    *ســــاہیوال:-*
    یہ شہر ساہی قوم کا مسکن تھا۔ اسی لیے ساہی وال کہلایا۔ انگریز دور میں پنجاب کے انگریز گورنر منٹگمری کے نام پر ”منٹگمری“ کہلایا۔ نومبر 1966ءصدر ایوب خاں نے عوام کے مطالبے پر اس شہر کا پرانا نام یعنی ساہیوال بحال کردیا۔

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    *ســــیالکوٹ:-*
    2 ہزار قبل مسیح میں راجہ سلکوٹ نے اس شہر کی بنیاد رکھی۔ برطانوی عہد میں اس کا نام سیالکوٹ رکھا گیا۔

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    *گوجــــرانوالہ:-*
    ایک جاٹ سانہی خاں نے اسے 1365ءمیں آباد کیا اور اس کا نام ”خان پور“ رکھا۔ بعدازاں امرتسر سے آ کر یہاں آباد ہونے والے گوجروں نے اس کا نام بدل کر گوجرانوالہ رکھ دیا۔

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    *شیــــخوپـورہ:-*
    مغل حکمران نورالدین سلیم جہانگیر کے حوالے سے آباد کیا جانے والا شہر۔ اکبر اپنے چہیتے بیٹے کو پیار سے ”شیخو“ کہہ کر پکارتا تھا اور اسی کے نام سے شیخوپورہ کہلایا۔

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    *ھــــــــڑپہ:-*
    یہ دنیا کے قدیم ترین شہر کا اعزاز رکھنے والا شہر ہے۔ ہڑپہ، ساہیوال سے 12 میل کے فاصلے پر واقع ہے۔ کہا جاتا ہے کہ یہ موہنجوداڑو کا ہم عصر شہر ہے۔ جو 5 ہزار سال قبل اچانک ختم ہوگیا۔رگِ وید کے قدیم منتروں میں اس کا نام ”ہری روپا“ لکھا گیا ہے۔ زمانے کے چال نے ”ہری روپا“ کو ہڑپہ بنا دیا۔

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    *ٹیکســــلا:-*
    گندھارا تہذیب کا مرکز۔ اس کا شمار بھی دنیا کے قدیم ترین شہروں میں ہوتا ہے۔ یہ راولپنڈی سے 22 میل کے فاصلے پر واقع ہے۔ 326 قبل مسیح میں یہاں سکندرِاعظم کا قبضہ ہوا.

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    *بہاولــــنگـر:-*
    ماضی میں ریاست بہاولپور کا ایک ضلع تھا۔ نواب سر صادق محمد خاں عباسی خامس پنجم کے مورثِ اعلیٰ کے نام پر بہاول نگر نام رکھا گیا۔

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    *مظـفــر گــــڑھ:-*
    والئی ملتان نواب مظفرخاں کا آباد کردہ شہر۔ 1880ءتک اس کا نام ”خان گڑھ“ رہا۔ انگریز حکومت نے اسے مظفرگڑھ کا نام دیا۔

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    *مــــیانـوالـی:-*
    ایک صوفی بزرگ میاں علی کے نام سے موسوم شہر ”میانوالی“ سولہویں صدی میں آباد کیا گیا تھا۔

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    *ڈیرہ غــازی خــان:-*
    پاکستان کا یہ شہر اس حوالے سے خصوصیت کا حامل ہے کہ اس کی سرحدیں چاروں صوبوں سے ملتی ہیں۔

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    *جھــــنگ:-*
    یہ شہر کبھی چند جھونپڑیوں پر مشتمل تھا۔ اس شہر کی ابتدا صدیوں پہلے راجا سرجا سیال نے رکھی تھی اور یوں یہ علاقہ ”جھگی سیالu“ کہلایا۔ جو وقت گزرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ جھنگ سیال بن گیا اور پھر صرف جھنگ رہ گیا۔

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    Frances Cleveland Preston Quiz

    Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston was the wife of the President of the United States Grover Cleveland and the 27th First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897. Becoming First Lady at age 21, she remains the youngest First Lady in history. Source: Wikipedia

    Frances Cleveland Preston Quiz Questions

     

    1. When was Frances Clara Folsom born?
    a) 17 Mach 1854
    b) 5 April 1858
    c) 21 July 1864
    d) 9 December 1862

    2. Where was Frances Clara Folsom born?
    a) Buffalo
    b) New York
    c) Georgetown
    d) Florence

    3. Who bought Frances Clara Folsom’s first baby carriage?
    a) Emma Harmon
    b) Oscar Folsom
    c) Grover Cleveland
    d) Thomas Jex Preston

    4. Which college did Frances Clara Folsom attend?
    a) Vassar College
    b) Wells College
    c) St. Philomena’s College
    d) St. Catherine’s College

    5. When did Frances Clara Folsom marry Grover Cleveland?
    a) 6 January 1889
    b) 2 June 1886
    c) 28 September 1882
    d) 1 November 1881

    6. To whom did Frances Cleveland give birth on 9 September 1893?
    a) Ruth
    b) Marion
    c) William
    d) Esther

    7. What was Thomas Jex Preston’s profession?
    a) Archaeologist
    b) Lawyer
    c) Painter
    d) Sculptor

    8. When did Frances Cleveland Preston die?
    a) 4 February 1950
    b) 31 May 1949
    c) 17 August 1948
    d) 29 October 1947

    9. Where did Frances Cleveland Preston die?
    a) Jamestown
    b) Baltimore
    c) Richmond
    d) Princeton

    10. Which of the following is not true of Frances Cleveland Preston?
    a) First woman to marry in White House
    b) Youngest First Lady of USA
    c) First presidential widow in USA to remarry
    d) First woman Secretary of State of USA

    Frances Cleveland Preston Quiz Questions with Answers

     

    1. When was Frances Clara Folsom born?
    c) 21 July 1864

    2. Where was Frances Clara Folsom born?
    a) Buffalo

    3. Who bought Frances Clara Folsom’s first baby carriage?
    c) Grover Cleveland

    4. Which college did Frances Clara Folsom attend?
    b) Wells College

    5. When did Frances Clara Folsom marry Grover Cleveland?
    b) 2 June 1886

    6. To whom did Frances Cleveland give birth on 9 September 1893?
    d) Esther

    7. What was Thomas Jex Preston’s profession?
    a) Archaeologist

    8. When did Frances Cleveland Preston die?
    d) 29 October 1947

    9. Where did Frances Cleveland Preston die?
    b) Baltimore

    10. Which of the following is not true of Frances Cleveland Preston?
    d) First woman Secretary of State of USA

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    PPSC JUNIOR PATROL OFFICER PAST PAPERS 2017

    JUNIOR PATROL OFFICER PAST PAPERS PPSC 2017

     
    Tarbela Dam is on ______ River.
    Indus
    Jhelum
    Ravi
    None of these
    Who is Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtoon Khawah (KPK)?
    Pavez Khatak
    Imran Khan
    Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti
    None of these
    Which personality represented Pakistan in UNO?
    Patras Bukhari
    Faiz Ahmad Faiz
    Perveen Shakar
    Munir Niazi
    Durand Line is between
    Pakistan and Afghanistan
    Pakistan and China
    Pakistan and Iran
    Pakistan and India
    How many Round Table Conferences were held?
    3
    5
    4
    2
    Who wrote “Friends, Not Masters”?
    Ayub Khan
    Zia-ul-Haq
    Zulifqar Ali Bhutto
    Quaid-e-Azam
    Youm-e-Takbeer is celebrated on the 28th of May each year in commemoration of
    Nuclear Test
    Independence Day
    Day of Deliverance
    None of these
    When first constitution of Pakistan was enacted?
    1956
    1962
    1973
    None of these
    Indus Basin Treaty was held in the reign of
    Ayub Khan
    Zia-ul-Haq
    Yahya Khan
    Zulifqar Ali Bhutto
    Dia Mir Bhasha Day is in
    Gilgit
    Chitral
    Mansehra
    Peshawar
    Quran revealed in _________ years.
    23
    25
    24
    21
    When Holy Prophet (PBUH) died?
    632 AD
    633 AD
    635 AD
    630 AD
    Who founded Baghdad?
    Al-Mansur
    Haroon-ur-Rashid
    Mamoon-ur-Rashid
    None of these
    Who wrote Spirit of Islam?
    Syed Ameer Ali
    Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
    Ch. Rehmat Ali
    Which province of Pakistan is least populated?
    Balochistan
    Punjab
    Sindh
    Khybar Pakhtoon Khawa
    Who introduced “Basic Democracy” for the first time in Pakistan?
    Ayub Khan
    Yahya Khan
    Zulifqar Ali Bhutto
    Zia-ul-Haq
    Which of the following was the Ottoman capital?
    Constantinople
    Baghdad
    Cairo
    None of these
    The tribe of Hazrat Usman (R.A) was
    Omayyad
    Adi
    Banu Tameem
    None of these
    Who was called Conqueror of Egypt (Fateh Misr)?
    Hazrat Sa’ad Bin Abi Waqas (R.A)
    Hazrat Ali (R.A)
    Hazrat Khalid Bin Walid (R.A)
    Hazrat Umar (R.A)
    Najashi was the king of
    Ethiopia
    Iran
    Syria
    Yemen
    Muhammad Bin Qasim is closely related to
    Hajjaj Bin Yousaf
    Haroon Rashid
    Mamoon Rashid
    Salah-ud-Din Ayubi
    How many chapters (Parahs) in Quran?
    30
    25
    114
    28
    Who was the first Muslim King of India?
    Qutab-ud-Din Aibak
    Muhammad bin Qasim
    Babar
    None of these
    River Tigris is in
    Iraq
    Iran
    Egypt
    Syria
    Ushr is
    1/10th
    1/20th
    1/25th
    1/40th
    Who wrote Kitab-ul-Hind?
    Al-Beroni
    Ibn-ul-Haitham
    Ibn-e-Batoota
    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
    Who was named as Saif-Ullah?
    Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed (R.A)
    Hazrat Ali (R.A)
    Hazrat Umar (R.A)
    Hazrat Sa’ad Bin Abi Waqas (R.A)
    Nature of Novels of Nasim Hijazi is
    Historical
    Political
    Romantic
    Social
    Native country of Alexander is
    Macedonia
    Iraq
    Abyssinia
    Syria
    Theory of Evolution is associated with
    Darwin
    Mandal
    Robin
    None of these
    Sherlock Holmes is associated with
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    Jonathan Aims
    Nancy Drew
    Tom Swift
    Taliban recently opened their office in
    Doha
    Abu Dhabi
    Dubai
    Muscat
    American President Barrack Obama’s political party is
    Democrates
    Republican
    Labour
    None of these
    Currently, GST in Pakistan is
    17%
    15%
    16%
    18%
    Who has portfolio of Defense?
    Nawaz Sharif
    Sartaj Aziz
    Zahid Hamid
    Ch. Nisar Ali Khan
    Who is president of Iran?
    Hussan Rohani
    Mahmoud Ahmdinejad
    Ali Khameni
    None of these
    Al-Taqseem Square is in
    Istanbul
    Cairo
    Islamabad
    Tunis City
    ICC Championship was played in
    England
    India
    Sri Lank
    West Indies
    Titanic is
    Ship
    Aeroplan
    Supersonic Fighter Jet
    Bullet Train
    Who was the president of America, during the American Civil War?
    Abraham Lincoln
    George Washington
    J.F Kennedy
    George W. Bush Senior
    Third Marshal Law in Pakistan was imposed on
    5 July 1977
    4 July 1977
    6 July 1977
    7 July 1977
    Which of the following Muslims was Pan-Islamism during 19th Century?
    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
    Syed Ameer Ali
    Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
    Sir Agha Kan
    Who is president of Syria?
    Bashar al-Assad
    Abdul Halim Khaddam
    Husni Mubarak
    Muhammad Mursi
    Which of the following American presidents was killed?
    1. F. Kennedy
    Richard Nixon
    George Washington
    None of these
    Aswan Dam is in
    Egypt
    Iran
    Iraq
    Saudi Arabia
    Who gifted Statue of Liberity to the United States of America
    France
    Germany
    Israel
    Great Britain
    Prague is capital of
    Czech Republic
    Poland
    Hungry
    Iceland
    Which of following Islamic countries has 2500 islands?
    Indonesia
    Malaysia
    Sudan
    Saudi Arabia
    Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in
    War of Waterloo
    War of Buxor
    War of Plassey
    None of these
    Who is incumbent British Prime Minister?
    David Cameron
    Tony Blair
    Barack Obama
    None of these
    Who compiled Guru Granth?
    Guru Nanak
    Guru Amardas
    Guru Ramdas
    Guru Karishn
    Who compiled Guru Granth?
    Guru Nanak
    Guru Amardas
    Guru Ramdas
    Guru Karishn
    Mother Teresa was
    Social Worker
    Politician
    Musician
    President
    Which of the following kings was assassinated?
    Martin Luther King
    Julius Caesar
    Alexander
    Napoleon Bonaparte
    By profession, Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh is
    Economist
    Scientist
    Doctor
    Lawyer
    Which was the capital of British Indian before Delhi?
    Kolkata
    Mumbai
    Madras
    Bangal
    Torah is associated with
    Hazrat Musa A.S
    Hazrat Dawood A.S
    Hazrat Musa A.S
    None of these
    Who is founder of All India Congress?
    1. O Hume
    Nehro
    Gandhi
    None of these
    Naqsh-e-Faryadi is written by
    Faiz Ahmad Faiz
    Ahmad Sarfraz
    Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
    Allama Iqbal
    Yen is currency of
    Japan
    China
    Hong Kong
    South Korea
    Pelle was famous player of
    Footbal
    Hockey
    Cricket
    Tannis
    Old name of Netherlands is
    Holland
    Iceland
    Federland
    Land of Republic
    In Roman counting, XV is
    15
    20
    5
    10
    Confucius is ancient philosopher of
    China
    Greek
    Russia
    America
    UNO Head quarter is located in
    New York
    Washington
    London
    Paris
    Mohanjo Daro is in
    Sindh
    Punjab
    KPK
    Balochistan
    Who introduced the Law of Motion?
    Newton
    Feraday
    Fleming
    Einstein
    Dermatology is disease of
    Skin
    Lungs
    Heart
    Brain
    Who introduced Principle of Gravity?
    Newton
    Einstein
    Mandal
    Ashamedas
    Solar eclipse occurs when
    Moon comes between Earth and Sun
    Earth comes between Moon and Sun
    Earth, Moon and Sun are in same line
    None of these
    Who was the first man at moon?
    Neil Armstrong
    Yuri Gagarin
    Buzz Aldrin
    None of these
    Rain fall in measured with
    Rain Gauge
    Rain Rode
    Rain Meter
    Hydro Meter
    Who is inventor of computer operating system “Windows”?
    Bill Gates
    Malinda Gates
    Steve Jobs
    Larry Page
    Bronchitis is associated with
    Lungs
    Heart
    Brain
    Respirator Cavity
    A person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place
    Scapegoat
    Sufferer
    Victim
    None of these
    On doing it daily, the task soon became a leisurely.
    Routine
    Programme
    Task
    Work
    Pick up the nearly associated word of “To be at arm’s length”
    Distance
    Work
    Sight
    Body
    Turn on one’s heel mean to return
    Quickly
    Sharply
    Instantly
    None of these
    Shortsightedness is
    Myopia
    Hydrophobia
    Hyperopia
    None of these
    Calculate: 9999+8888+777-?=19700
    36
    30
    35
    34
    Calculate: 0.8+0.05+0.369+0.7683=?
    1.9873
    1.9573
    1.7398
    1.9078
    Calculate: 6.837+3.1469=?
    9.9839
    15
    11
    8.2445
    Calculate: 15-6.837-3.1469=?
    5.0161
    5
    4.0161
    6.0161
    Ali earns Rs. 20.56 on first day, Rs. 32.90 on second and Rs. 20.78 on third day of week. If he spend half of the amount he earned in first three days of week, find out the remaining amount.
    Rs. 37.12
    Rs. 37
    Rs. 35.12
    Rs.36.12
    Solve: Under Root of 10 x Under Root of 250
    50
    100
    25
    10
    Find out the highest ratio
    7:15
    9:15
    25:29
    18:24
    If 314 men print 6594 papers in 10 minutes, then find out the average printing of each man in 1 minute.
    2.1
    2
    3.1
    4
    Calculate: 4.56+3.82+5.06=?
    13.44
    14.44
    12.44
    11.44
    Solve: 0.8/10=?
    0.08
    80
    88
    8
    How many figures up to 100 can be divided by 7?
    14
    13
    12
    10
    Water is _________ for life.
    Indispensable
    Inevitable
    Needed
    Required
    Objective Resolution was passed in
    1949
    1940
    1950
    1947
    First General Elections were held on in Pakistan in
    1970
    1985
    1998
    1957
    Deficit Financing is
    Printing new currency
    Paying back loan
    Brain drain
    None of these
    Alexander’s native land is
    Macedonia
    Germany
    Italy
    Britain
    There are how many planets in universe?
    8
    9
    10
    11
    Jabir Bin Hayan was a famous Muslim __________.
    Chemist
    Physicist
    Discoverer
    Teacher
    I will not join Army as it is against my
    Creed
    Ethics
    Beliefs
    Taste
    I will not be ________ to the mistakes made by him.
    Answerable
    Indispensable
    Reliable
    Accountable
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    Inventions and Inventors

    Inventions and Inventors

    A

    Air Brake : 
    George Westinghouse, U.S.A. 1911.
    Air Conditioning : 
    Willis Carrier, U.S.A. 1911.
    Airplane : 
    engine-powered, Wilbur and Orville Wright, U.S.A., 1903.
    Airship :
    Henri Giffard, France, 1852; Ferdin von Zeppelin, Germany, 1900.
    Antibiotics :
    Louis Pasteur, Jules-Francois Joubert, France, 1887; (discovery of penicillin) Alexander Fleming, Scotland, 1928.
    Antiseptic : 
    (surgery) Joseph Lister, England, 1867.
    Aspirin : 
    Dr. Felix Hoffman, Germany, 1899.
    Atom :
    (nuclear model of) Ernest Rutherford, England, 1911.
    Atomic Structure :
    Ernest Rutherford, England, 1911; Niels Bohr, Denmark, 1913.
    Automated Teller Machine (ATM) :
    Don Wetzel, U.S.A., 1968.
    Automobile :
    (first with internal combustion engine, 250 rmp) Karl Benz, Germany, 1885; (first with practical highspeed internal combustion engine, 900 rpm) Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, 1885; (first true automobile, not carriage with motor) Rene Panhard, Emile Lavassor, France, 1891; (carburetor, spray) Charles E. Duryea, U.S.A., 1892.
    Autopilot : 
    (for aircraft) Elmer A. Sperry, U.S.A., c.1910, first successful test, 1912, in a Curtiss flying boat.

    B

    Bacteria : 
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek, The Netherlands, 1683.
    Bakelite :
    Leo Hendrik Baekeland, U.S.A., 1907.
    Ball Bearing :
    Philip Vaughan, England, 1794.
    Ballon, Hot-air : 
    Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, France, 1783.
    Bar Codes :
    Monarch Marking, U.S.A. 1970.
    Barometer :
    Evangelista Torricelli, Italy, 1643.
    Bicycle :
    Karl D. von Sauebronn, Germany, 1816; (first modern model) James Starley, England, 1884.
    Big Bang Theory :
    (the universe originated with a huge explosion) George LeMaitre, Belgium, 1927; (modified LeMaitre theory labeled �Big Bang�) George A. Gamov, U.S.A., 1948; (cosmic microwave background radiation discovered) Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson, U.S.A. 1965.
    Blood, Circulation of :
    William Harvey, England, 1628.
    Bomb, Atomic : 
    J. Robert Oppenheimer et al., U.S.A., 1945.
    Bomb, Thermonuclear (hydrogen) :
    Edward Teller et al., U.S.A., 1952.
    Boyle�s Law :
    (relation between pressure and volume in gases) Robert Boyle, Ireland, 1662.
    Braille :
    Louis Braille, France, 1829.
    Bridges :
    (suspension, iron chains) James Finley, Pa., 1800; (wire suspension) Marc Seguin, Lyons, 1825; (truss) Ithiel Town, U.S.A., 1820.
    Bullet :
    (conical) Claude Minie, France, 1849.

    C

    Calculating Machine :
    (logarithms) John Napierm Scotland, 1614; (digital calculator) Blaise Pascal, 1642; (multiplication machine) Gottfried Leibniz, Germany, 1671; (�analytical engine� design, included concepts of programming, taping) Charles Babbage, England, 1835.
    Camera :
    George Eastman, U.S.A., 1888; (Polaroid) Edwin Land, U.S.A., 1948
    Car Radio : 
    William Lear, Elmer Wavering, U.S.A. 1929.
    Cells :
    Robert Hooke, England, 1665.
    Chewing Gum : 
    John Curtis, U.S.A., 1848; (chicle-based) Thomas Adams, U.S.A., 1870.
    Cholera Bacterium :
    Robert Koch, Germany, 1883.
    Circuit, Integrated :
    (theoretical) G.W.A. Dummer, England, 1952; Jack S. Kilby, Texas Instruments, U.S.A., 1959.
    Clock, Pendulum :
    Christian Huygens, The Netherlands, 1656.
    Clock, Quartz :
    Warren A. Marrison, Canada/U.S.A., 1927.
    Cloning, Animal :
    John B. Gurdon, U.K., 1970.
    Coca-Cola :
    John Pemberton, U.S.A., 1886.
    Combustion :
    Antoine Lavoisier, France, 1777.
    Compact Disk : 
    RCA, U.S.A., 1972.
    Compact Disk (CD) :
    Philips Electronics, The Netherlands; Sony Corp., Japan, 1980.
    Computed Tomography 
    (CT scan, CAT scan) :
    Godfrey Hounsfield, Allan Cormack, U.K. U.S.A., 1972
    Computers :
    (analytical engine) Charles Babbage, 1830s; (ENIAC, Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator, first all-electronic, completed) John Presper Eckert, Jr., John Mauchly, U.S.A., 1945; (UNIVAC, Universal Automatic Computer) 1951; (personal computer) Steve Wozniak, U.S.A., 1976.
    Computer Laptop :
    Radio Shack Corp., U.S.A., 1983.
    Concrete :
    Joseph Monier, France, 1877.

    D

    DDT :
    Othmar Zeidler, Germany, 1874.
    Detector, Metal :
    Gerhard Fisher, Germany/U.S.A., late 1920s.
    Deuterium :
    (heavy hydrogen) Harold Urey, U.S.A., 1931.
    DNA :
    (deoxyribonucleic acid) Friedrich Meischer, Germany, 1869; (determination of double-helical structure) F. H. Crick, England and James D. Watson, U.S.A., 1953.
    Dye :
    William H. Perkin, England, 1856.
    Dynamite :
    Alfred Nobel, Sweden, 1867.

    E

    Electric Generator (dynamo) :
    (laboratory model) Michael Faraday, England, 1832; Joseph Henry, U.S.A., c.1832; (hand-driven model) Hippolyte Pixii, France, 1833; (alternating-current generator) Nikola Tesla, U.S.A., 1892.
    Electron :
    Sir Joseph J. Thompson, U.S.A., 1897.
    Electronic Mail :
    Ray Tomlinson, U.S.A., 1972.
    Elevator, Passenger :
    Elisha G. Otis, U.S.A., 1852.
    E=mc2 
    equivalence of mass and energy) Albert Einstein, Switzerland, 1907.
    Engine, Internal Combustion :
    No single inventor. Fundamental theory established by Sadi Carnot, France, 1824; (two-stroke) Etienne Lenoir, France, 1860; (ideal operating cycle for four-stroke) Alphonse Beau de Roche, France, 1862; (operating four-stroke) Nikolaus Otto, Germany, 1876; (diesel) Rudolf Diesel, Germany, 1892; (rotary) Felix Wanket, Germany, 1956.
    Evolution :
    : (organic) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, France, 1809; (by natural selection) Charles Darwin, England, 1859.

    F

    Facsimile (fax) :
    Alexander Bain, Scotland, 1842.
    Fiber Optics : 
    Narinder Kapany, England, 1955.
    Film Photographic :
    George Eastman, U.S.A., 1884.
    Flashlight, Battery-operated Portable :
    Conrad Hubert, Russia/U.S.A., 1899
    Flask, Vacuum (Thermos) :
    Sir James Dewar, Scotland, 1892.
    Fuel Cell :
    William R. Grove, U.K., 1839

    G

    Genetic Engineering :
    Stanley N. Cohen, Herbert W. Boyer, U.S.A., 1973.
    Gravitation, Law of :
    Sir Issac Newton, England, c.1665 (published 1687).
    Gunpowder :
    China, c.700.
    Gyrocompass :
    Elmer A. Sperry, U.S.A., 1905.
    Gyroscope :
    Jean Leon Foucault, France, 1852.

    H

    Helicopter :
    (double rotor) Heinrich Focke, Germany, 1936; (single rotor) Igor Silorsky, U.S.A., 1939.
    Helium First Observed on Sun:
    Sir Joseph Lockyer, England, 1868.
    Home Videotape Systems 
    (VCR) :
    (Betamax) Sony, Japan, (1975); (VHS) Matsushita, Japan, 1975.

    I

    Ice Age Theory :
    Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American, 1840.
    Insulin :
    (first isolated) Sir Frederick G. Banting and Charles H. Best, Canada, 1921; (discovery first published) Banting and Best, 1922; (Nobel Prize awarded for purification for use in humans) John Macleod and Banting, 1923; (first synthesized), China, 1966.
    Internet :
    Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) at the Dept. of Defense, U.S.A., 1969.
    Iron, Electric : 
    Henry W. Seely, U.S.A., 1882.
    Isotopes : 
    Frederick Soddy, England, 1912.

    J

    Jet Propulsion :
    (engine) Sir Frank Whittle, England, Hans von Ohain, Germany, 1936; (aircraft) Heinkel He 178, 1939.

    L

    Laser :
    (theoretical work on) Charles H. Townes, Arthur L. Schawlow, U.S.A. Basov, A. Prokhorov, U.S.S.R., 1958; (first working model) T. H. Maiman, U.S.A., 1960.
    LCD (liquid crystal display) :
    Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland, 1970.
    Lens, Bifocal :
    Benjamin Franklin, U.S.A., c.1760.
    Light-Emitting Diode (LED) :
    Nick Holonyak, Jr., U.S.A., 1962.
    Light, Speed of :
    (theory that light has finite velocity) Olaus Roemer, Denmark, 1675.
    Locomotive :
    (steam powered) Richard Trevithick, England, 1804; (first practical, due to multiple-fire-tube boiler) George Stephenson, England, 1829; (largest steam-powered) Union Pacific�s �Big Boy�, U.S.A., 1941.
    Loud Speaker :
    Chester W. Rice, Edward W. Kellogg, U.S.A., 1924.

    M

    Machine Gun :
    (multibarrel) Richard J. Gatling, U.S.A., 1862; (single barrel, belt-fed) Hiram S. Maxim, Anglo-American, 1884.
    Magnet, Earth is : 
    William Gilbert, England, 1600.
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) : 
    Raymond Damadian, Paul Lauterbur, U.S.A., early 1970s.
    Matchstick/box : 
    (phosphorus) Francois Derosne, France, 1816; (friction) Charles Sauria, France, 1831; (safety) J. E. Lundstrom, Sweden, 1855.
    Metric System : 
    Revolutionary government of France, 1790-1801.
    Microphone : 
    Charles Wheatstone, England, 1827.
    Microscope : 
    (compound) Zacharias Janssen, The Netherlands, 1590; (electron) Vladimir Zworykin et al., U.S.A., Canada, Germany, 1932-1939.
    Microwave Oven : 
    Percy Spencer, U.S.A., 1947.
    Missile, Guided : 
    Wernher von Braun, Germany, 1942.
    Motion, Laws of : 
    Isaac Newton, England, 1687.
    Motion Pictures : 
    Thomas A. Edison, U.S.A., 1893.
    Motion Pictures, Sound : 

    Motor, Electric : 

    Motorcycle : 
    (motor tricycle) Edward Butler, England, 1884; (gasoline-engine motorcycle) Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, 1885.
    Moving Assembly Line : 
    Product of various inventions. First picture with synchronized musical score : Don Juan, 1926; with spoken diologue : The Jazz Singer, 1927; both Warner Bros.

    Michael Faraday, England, 1822; (alternating-current) Nikola Tesla, U.S.A., 1892.

    O

    Ozone : 
    Christian Schonbein, Germany, 1839.

    N

    Neutron : 
    James Chadwick, England, 1932.
    Nuclear Fission : 
    Otto Hahn, Fritz Strassmann, Germany, 1938.
    Nuclear Reactor : 
    Enrico Fermi, Italy, et al., 1942.
    Nylon : 
    Wallace H. Carothers, U.S.A., 1937.

    P

    Pacemaker : 
    Clarence W. Lillehie, Earl Bakk, U.S.A., 1957.
    Paper : 
    China, c.100 A.D.
    Parachute : 
    Louis S. Lenormand, France, 1783.
    Pen : 
    (fountain) Lewis E. Waterman, U.S.A., 1884; (ball-point) John H. Loud, U.S.A., 1888; Lazlo Biro, Argentina, 1944.
    Phonograph : 
    Thomas A. Edison, U.S.A., 1877.
    Photography : 
    (first paper negative, first photograph, on metal) Joseph Nicephore Niepce, France, 1816-1827; (discovery of fixative powers of hyposulfite of soda) Sir John Herschel, England, 1819; (first direct positive image on silver plate) Louis Dagauerre, based on work with Niepce, France, 1839; (first paper negative from which a number of positive prints could be made) William Talbot, England, 1841. Work of these four men, taken together, forms basis for all modern photography. (First color images) Alexandre Becquerel, Claude Niepce de Saint-Victor, France, 1848-1860; (commercial color film with three emulsion layers, Kodachrome) U.S.A. 1935.
    Photovoltaic Effect :
    (light falling on certain materials can produce electricity) Edmund Becquerel, France, 1839.
    Planetary Motion, Laws of : 
    Johannes Kepler, Germany, 1609, 1619.
    Plastics : 
    (first material nitrocellulose softened by vegetable oil, camphor, precursor to Celluloid) Alexander Parkes, England, 1855; (Celluloid, involving recognition of vital effect of camphor) John W. Hyatt, U.S.A., 1869; (Bakelite, first completely synthetic plastic) Leo H. Baekeland, U.S.A., 1910; (theoretical background of macromolecules and process of polymerization on which modern plastics industry rests) Hermann Staudinger, Germany, 1922; (polypropylene and low-pressure method for producing high-density polyethylene) Robert Banks, Paul Hogan, U.S.A., 1958.
    Polio, Vaccine : 
    (experimentally safe dead-virus vaccine) Jonas E. Salk, U.S.A., 1952; (effective large-scale field trials) 1954; (officially approved) 1955; (safe oral live-virus vaccine developed) Albert B. Sabin, U.S.A. 1954; (available in the U.S.A.) 1960.
    Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) : 
    Eugen Baumann, Germany, 1872.
    Printing : 
    (block) Japan, c.700; (movable type) Korea, c.1400, Johann Gutenberg, Germany, c.1450; (lithography, offset) Aloys Senefelder, Germany, 1796; (rotary press) Richard Hoe, U.S.A. 1844; (linotype) Ottmar Mergenthaler, U.S.A., 1884.
    Printing Press, Movable Type : 
    Johannes Gutenburg, Germany, c.1450.
    Proton : 
    Ernest Rutherford, England, 1919.
    Pulsars : 
    Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell Burnel, England, 1967.

    Q

    Quantum Theory : 
    (general) Max Planck, Germany, 1900; (sub-atomic) Niels Bohr, Denmark, 1913; (quantum mechanics) Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, Germany, 1925.

    R

    Rabies Immunization : 
    Louis Pasteur, France, 1885.
    Radar : 
    (limited range) Christian Hulsmeyer, Germany, 1904; (pulse modulation, used for measuring height of ionosphere) Gregory Breit, Merle Tuve, U.S.A., 1925; (first practical radar-radio detection and ranging) Sir Robert Watson-Watt, England, 1934-1935.
    Radio : 
    (electromagnetism theory of) James Clerk Maxwell, England, 1873; (spark coil, generator of electromagnetic waves) Heinrich Hertz, Germany, 1886; (first practical system of wireless telegraphy) Guglielmo Marconi, Italy, 1895; (first long-distance telegraphic radio signal sent across the Atlantic) Macroni, 1901; (vacuum electron tube, basis for radio telephony) Sir John Fleming, England, 1904; (regenerative circuit, allowing long-distance sound reception) Edwin H. Armstrong, U.S.A., 1912; (frequency modulation-FM) Edwin H. Armstrong, U.S.A., 1933.
    Radiocarbon Dating, Carbon-14 Method : 
    (discovered) Willard F. Libby, U.S.A., 1947; (first demonstrated) U.S.A., 1950.
    Razor : 
    (safety) King Gillette, U.S.A., 1901; (electric) Jacob Schick, U.S.A., 1928, 1931.
    Refrigerator : 
    Alexander Twining, U.S.A., James Harrison, Australia, 1850; (first with a compressor) the Domelse, Chicago, U.S.A., 1913.
    Remote Control, Television : 
    Robert Adler, U.S.A., 1950.
    Richter Scale : 
    Charles F. Richter, U.S.A., 1935.
    Rifle : 
    (muzzle-loaded) Italy, Germany, c.1475; (breech-loaded) England, France, Germany, U.S.A., c.1866; (bolt-action) Paul von Mauser, Germany, 1889; (automatic) John Browning, U.S.A., 1918.
    Rocket : 
    (liquid-fueled) Robert Goddard, U.S.A., 1926.
    Rotation of Earth : 
    Jean Bernard Foucault, France, 1851.
    Rubber : 
    (vulcanization process) Charles Goodyear, U.S.A., 1839.

    S

    Saccharin : 
    Constantine Fuhlberg, Ira Remsen, U.S.A., 1879.
    Safety Pin : 
    Walter Hunt, U.S.A., 1849.
    Saturn, Ring Around : 
    Christian Huygens, The Netherlands, 1659.
    Seismograph : 
    (first accurate) John Bohlin, Sweden, 1962.
    Sewing Machine : 
    Elias Howe, U.S.A., 1846; (continuous stitch) Isaac Singer, U.S.A., 1851.
    Spectrum : 
    Sir Isaac Newton, England, 1665-1666.
    Steam Engine : 
    Thomas Savery, England, 1639; (atmospheric steam engine) Thomas Newcomen, England, 1705; (steam engine for pumping water from collieries) Savery, Newcomen, 1725; (modern condensing, double acting) James Watt, England, 1782; (high-pressure) Oliver Evans, U.S.A., 1804.
    Steel, Stainless : 
    Harry Brearley, U.K., 1914.
    Stethoscope : 
    Rene Laennec, France, 1819.
    Submarine : 
    Cornelis Drebbel, The Netherlands, 1620.

    T

    Tank, Military : 
    Sir Ernest Swinton, England, 1914.
    Tape Recorder : 
    Valdemar Poulsen, Denmark, 1899.
    Teflon : 
    DuPont, U.S.A., 1943.
    Telegraph : 
    Samuel F. B. Morse, U.S.A., 1837.
    Telephone : 
    Alexander Graham Bell, U.S.A., 1837.
    Telephoe, Mobile : 
    Bell Laboratories, U.S.A., 1946.
    Telescope : 
    Hans Lippershey, The Netherlands, 1608; (astronomical) Galileo Galilei, Italy, 1609; (reflecting) Isaac Newton, England, 1668.
    Television : 
    Vladimir Zworykin, U.S.A., 1923, and also kinescope (cathode ray tube) 1928; (mechanical disk-scanning method) successfully demaonstrated by J. L. Baird, Scotland, C. F. Jenkins, U.S.A., 1926; (first all-electric television image) Philo T. Famsworth, U.S.A., 1927; (color, mechanical disk) Baird, 1928; (color, compatible with black and white) George Valensi, France, 1938; (color, sequential rotating filter) Peter Goldmark, U.S.A., first introduced, 1951; (color, compatible with black and white) commercially introduced in U.S.A., National Television Systems committee, 1953.
    Thermodynamics : 
    (first law : energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one from to another) Julius Von Mayer, Germany, 1842; James Joule, England, 1843; (second law : heat cannot itself pass from a colder to a warmer body) Rudolph Clausius, Germany, 1850; (third law : the entropy of ordered solids reaches zero at the absolute zero of temperature) Walter Nernstm Germany, 1918.
    Thermometer : 
    (open-column) Galileo Galilei, c.1593; (clinical) Santorio Santorio, Padua, c.1615; (mercury, also Fahrenheit scale) Gabriel D. Fahrenheit, Germany, 1714; (centigrade scale) Anders Celsius, Sweden, 1742; (absolute-temperature, or Kelvin, scale) William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, England, 1848.
    Tire, Pneumatic : 
    Robert W. Thompson, England, 1845; (bicycle tire) John B. Dunlop, Northern Ireland, 1888.
    Transformer, Electric : 
    William Stanely, U.S.A., 1885.
    Transistor : 
    John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, William B. Shockley, U.S.A., 1947.
    Typewriter : 
    Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden, U.S.A., 1867.

    V

    Velcro : 
    George de Mestral, Switzerland, 1948.
    Video Disk : 
    Philips Co., The Netherlands, 1972.
    Vitamins : 
    (hypothesis of disease deficiency) Sir F. G. Hopkins, Casimir Funk, England, 1912; (vitamin A) Elmer V. McCollum, M. Davis, U.S.A., 1912-1914; (vitamin B) McCollum, U.S.A., 1915-1916; (thiamin B1) Casimir Funk, England, 1912; ( riboflavin, B2) D. T. Smith, E. G. Hendrick, U.S.A., 1926; (niacin) Conrad Elvehjem, U.S.A., 1937; (B6) Paul Gyorgy, U.S.A., 1934; (vitamin C) C. A. Hoist, T. Froelich, Norway, 1912; (vitamin D) McCollum, U.S.A., 1922; (folic acid) Lucy Wills, England, 1933.

    W

    Wheel : 
    (cart, solid wood) Mesopotamia, c.3800-3600 B.C.
    Windmill : 
    Persia, c.600.
    World Wide Web : 
    (developed while working at CERN) Tim Berners-Lee, England, 1989; (development of Mosaic browser makes WWW available for general use) Marc Andreeson, U.S.A., 1993.

    X

    X-ray Imaging : 
    Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, Germany, 1895.
    Xerography : 
    Chester Carlson, U.S.A., 1900.

    Z

    Zero : 
    India, c.600; (absolute zero temperature, cessation of all molecular energy) William Thompson, Lord Kelvin, England, 1848.