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What Galileo invented?
Options- A. Barometer
- B. Pendulum clock
- C. Microscope
- D. Thermometer
- Correct Answer
- Thermometer
ExplanationVarious authors have credited the invention of the thermometer to Cornelius Drebbel, Robert Fludd, Galileo Galilei or Santorio Santorio. The thermometer was not a single invention, however, but a development.Galileo Galilei also discovered that objects (glass spheres filled with aqueous alcohol) of slightly different densities would rise and fall, which is nowadays the principle of the Galileo thermometer (shown). Today such thermometers are calibrated to a temperature scale.
More questions
- 1. What is an FET?
Options- A. Farad Effect Transformer
- B. Field Effect Transformer
- C. Field Effect Transistor
- D. French Energy Transfer Discuss
Correct Answer: Field Effect Transistor
- 2. The greatest variety of animal and plant species is fund in
Options- A. temperate grasslands
- B. tropical moist forests
- C. tundra regions
- D. in hot deserts Discuss
Correct Answer: tropical moist forests
- 3. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a term
Options- A. of six years
- B. determined by the state legislative assembly of a state
- C. of four years
- D. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: of six years
- 4. The shallow seas found in the Atlantic basin include the
Options- A. Caribbean sea and Mediterranean
- B. Baltic and Arctic seas
- C. Gulf of Mexico
- D. All of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: All of the above
- 5. Coral reefs in India can be found in
Options- A. the coast of Orissa
- B. Waltair
- C. Rameshwaram
- D. Trivandrum Discuss
Correct Answer: Rameshwaram
- 6. Which of the following is the lightest metal?
Options- A. Mercury
- B. Lithium
- C. Lead
- D. Silver Discuss
Correct Answer: Lithium
- 7. The first graphical browser for the WWW was named:
Options- A. Netscape
- B. Veronica
- C. Mosaic
- D. Explorer Discuss
Correct Answer: Mosaic
- 8. What Designates where the next action occurs?
Options- A. Decode
- B. Highlight
- C. Select
- D. Mother board Discuss
Correct Answer: Select
- 9. 'Eight Lives' is a book written by
Options- A. Raja Ramana
- B. Savita Ambedkar
- C. Mahesh Yogi
- D. Raj Mohan Gandhi Discuss
Correct Answer: Raj Mohan Gandhi
- 10. In India the first television programme was broadcasted in
Options- A. 1959
- B. 1965
- C. 1976
- D. 1957 Discuss
Correct Answer: 1959
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