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Class 5–6 General Knowledge: Inventors and discoverers practice questions

Practise inventors and discoverers for Classes 5 and 6. Try the 8-question quiz below and see each answer explained straight away, then read all 8 questions with answers underneath. Free, no sign-up.

All inventors and discoverers questions with answers

1. Who discovered the law of gravity after watching an apple fall?

   1. A. Isaac Newton ✓
   2. B. Albert Einstein
   3. C. The Wright brothers
   4. D. Alexander Graham Bell

   Answer: Isaac Newton. The answer is Isaac Newton.

2. Who developed the theory of relativity?

   1. A. Alexander Fleming
   2. B. Thomas Edison
   3. C. Albert Einstein ✓
   4. D. Charles Darwin

   Answer: Albert Einstein. The answer is Albert Einstein.

3. Who discovered penicillin?

   1. A. Charles Darwin
   2. B. Thomas Edison
   3. C. Alexander Fleming ✓
   4. D. The Wright brothers

   Answer: Alexander Fleming. The answer is Alexander Fleming.

4. Who put forward the theory of evolution?

   1. A. The Wright brothers
   2. B. Alexander Fleming
   3. C. Charles Darwin ✓
   4. D. Alexander Graham Bell

   Answer: Charles Darwin. The answer is Charles Darwin.

5. Which American inventor is famous for developing a practical electric light bulb?

   1. A. Isaac Newton
   2. B. Alexander Fleming
   3. C. Thomas Edison ✓
   4. D. Johannes Gutenberg

   Answer: Thomas Edison. The answer is Thomas Edison.

6. Which two brothers built and flew the first aeroplane?

   1. A. Johannes Gutenberg
   2. B. The Wright brothers ✓
   3. C. Thomas Edison
   4. D. Charles Darwin

   Answer: The Wright brothers. The answer is The Wright brothers.

7. Who invented the printing press with movable type in Europe?

   1. A. Johannes Gutenberg ✓
   2. B. Alexander Fleming
   3. C. Albert Einstein
   4. D. Alexander Graham Bell

   Answer: Johannes Gutenberg. The answer is Johannes Gutenberg.

8. Who invented the telephone?

   1. A. Alexander Fleming
   2. B. Isaac Newton
   3. C. Alexander Graham Bell ✓
   4. D. Johannes Gutenberg

   Answer: Alexander Graham Bell. The answer is Alexander Graham Bell.

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