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  • Question
  • What African-American inventor received 5 patents in the field of shoemaking?


  • Options
  • A. Elijah McCoy
  • B. Jan Ernst Matzeliger
  • C. Ernest Just
  • D. Lewis Latimer

  • Correct Answer
  • Jan Ernst Matzeliger 

    Explanation
    Matzeliger never benefited financially from his inventions. He died in 1889 at the age of 37 from tuberculosis.

  • More questions

    • 1. Cutaneous respiration occurs in

    • Options
    • A. Cockroach
    • B. Salamander
    • C. Crab
    • D. Parrot
    • Discuss
    • 2. ___________ is the second largest animal phylum.

    • Options
    • A. Mollusca
    • B. Chordata
    • C. Coelomates
    • D. Anneldia
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following is not a subatomic particle?

    • Options
    • A. neutron
    • B. ion
    • C. electron
    • D. proton
    • Discuss
    • 4. What is the primary component of natural gas?

    • Options
    • A. Nitrogen
    • B. Ethane
    • C. Propane
    • D. Methane
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which compound is an electrolyte?

    • Options
    • A. HCl
    • B. NaCl
    • C. HBr
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is a polymer?

    • Options
    • A. Glycerol
    • B. Amino acid
    • C. Nucleic acid
    • D. Fatty acid
    • Discuss
    • 7. There are approximately how many muscles in Human body ?

    • Options
    • A. 206
    • B. 310
    • C. 554
    • D. 700
    • Discuss
    • 8. Presence of large amounts of nutrients in waters also causes excessive growth of _________ algae.

    • Options
    • A. Biomagnification
    • B. Algal bloom
    • C. planktonic
    • D. Eutrophication
    • Discuss
    • 9. The charge on positron is equal to the charge on

    • Options
    • A. proton
    • B. electron
    • C. alpha- particle
    • D. neutron
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following is a false statement?

    • Options
    • A. As bond order increases the strength of the bond increases
    • B. Bond order is proportional to the bond length
    • C. Molecules with negative bond order are highly unstable
    • D. Bond order is inversely proportional to the bond length
    • Discuss


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