1. Who created the first video game?

    Steve Jobs

    Willy Higginbotham

    Steve Wozniak

    All of them

2. Who developed the first oral contraceptive?

    Gregory Goodwin Pincus

    John Rock

    Jonas Salk

    G.R Talwar

3. Who produced the first detailed map of radio sources in the sky?

    J.S. Hey

    Martin Ryle

    Karl Jansky

    Arno A. Penzias

4. Where was the first hydroelectric power station installed?

    Bhakra Nangal

    Niagara Falls

    Tennesse Valley

    Willamette river

5. Who devised Formula Translator (FORTRAN), the first high level computer language?

    John Backus

    Ada Lovelace

    Christopher Strachey

    C.L. Moore

6. Where was the first nuclear powered electricity generator installed?

    Calder Hall

    Windscale

    Trombay

    Three Mile Island

7. Who produced the first comprehensive catalogue of stars using a telescope?

    Norman Lockyer

    Martin Ryle

    Bernard Lowell

    John Flemsteed

8. Which one of these is considered to be the first scientific society in the world?

    Acade'mie Royale des Sciences, Paris

    American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia

    Royal Society, London

    Academia del Lincei, Rome

9. Who drew the first map that was close to reality?

    Marco Polo

    Hecataeus

    Vasco da Gama

    Herodotus

10. Which gas was the first to be liquefied?

    Ammonia

    Nitrogen

    Helium

    Carbon dioxide

11. Who was the first person to create vacuum, which is now known by his name?

    Otto von Guericke

    Evangelista Torricelli

    Blaise Pascal

    Jan Baptista van Helmont

12. Which was the first measure of public hygiene taken purposely to stop the spread of diseases?

    Vaccination

    Cleanliness

    Quarantine

    Disinfection of ponds

13. Which is the first amino acid to be discovered?

    Cystine

    Glycine

    Asparagine

    Threonine

14. Which is the first subatomic particle to be discovered?

    Proton

    Neutron

    Electron

    Muon

15. Who discovered the first fossil bone of a dinosaur?

    James Hutton

    Georges Cuvier

    Gideon Algernon Mantell

    Alfred Russel Wallace

16. Which spacecraft was the first to circle the Moon?

    Apollo 11

    Zond 5

    Luna 1

    Apollo 2

17. By photographing the sun regularly what was the first thing that was discovered?

    Solar flare

    Sunspot

    Solar prominence

    Solar corona

18. Which company was the first to market a pocket calculator?

    Texas Instruments

    Casio

    Apple

    IBM

19. Which one of the fertilizers named was the first chemical fertilizer?

    Potassium sulphate

    Ammonium nitrate

    Super phosphate

    Sodium Nitrate

20. Which is the first metal to be discovered that was not known earlier in ancient or medieval times?

    Cobalt

    Lead

    Nickel

    Zinc