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Q1.Which is regarded as the first electronic general-purpose computer in the world?
Explanation: ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), built in the USA in 1945, is regarded as the first electronic general-purpose computer.
Q2.Who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone?
Explanation: Alexander Graham Bell is credited with patenting and demonstrating the first practical telephone in 1876.
Q3.Who demonstrated the world's first working television?
Explanation: John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer, demonstrated the world's first working television system in 1926.
Q4.Which is generally regarded as the first high-level computer programming language?
Explanation: FORTRAN, developed in 1957, is generally regarded as the first widely used high-level computer programming language.
Q5.Which was the first artificial satellite launched into space?
Explanation: Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, was the world's first artificial satellite.
Q6.Which was the world's first man-made nuclear reactor?
Explanation: Chicago Pile-1, built by Enrico Fermi's team in the USA in 1942, was the world's first man-made nuclear reactor.
Q7.Who discovered the first widely used antibiotic, penicillin?
Explanation: Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic, in 1928.
Q8.Who developed the world's first vaccine, for smallpox?
Explanation: Edward Jenner developed the world's first vaccine, for smallpox, in 1796.
Q9.The world's first successful human organ transplant, a kidney transplant, was performed under the leadership of which surgeon?
Explanation: Joseph Murray led the team that performed the first successful human kidney transplant in 1954.
Q10.Which was the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell?
Explanation: Dolly the sheep, born in Scotland in 1996, was the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell.
Q11.Who built the first successful petrol-powered automobile?
Explanation: Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1885-86, regarded as the first successful petrol-powered automobile.
Q12.Who achieved the first sustained, controlled airplane flight?
Explanation: The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, achieved the first sustained, controlled powered airplane flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk.
Q13.Who sent the first email in history?
Explanation: Ray Tomlinson sent the first email in 1971 and is credited with introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
Q14.Who created the world's first website?
Explanation: Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first website in 1991 while working at CERN.
Q15.Who made the first handheld mobile phone call?
Explanation: Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first handheld mobile phone call in 1973.
Q16.Where was the world's first nuclear weapon (atomic bomb) tested?
Explanation: The first nuclear weapon test, code-named Trinity, was conducted at a site in New Mexico, USA, in July 1945.
Q17.Who discovered X-rays, leading to the first X-ray image?
Explanation: Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895 and produced the first X-ray image of the human body.
Q18.Who is credited with the discovery of the electron?
Explanation: J. J. Thomson discovered the electron in 1897 through his experiments with cathode rays.
Q19.Who is credited with creating the first periodic table of chemical elements?
Explanation: Dmitri Mendeleev is credited with creating the first widely recognised periodic table of chemical elements in 1869.
Q20.Who invented Bakelite, generally regarded as the world's first fully synthetic plastic?
Explanation: Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, generally regarded as the world's first fully synthetic plastic.
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