SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 41

SSC GD Constable (English) - 26th November 2021 Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q41

Who invented the electric bulb?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Thomas Alva Edison.

  • The first electric light bulb, was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 and patented on January 27, 1880.
  • Thomas Alva Edison exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, contributing inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone.
  • In 1877, Edison worked on a telephone transmitter that greatly improved on Alexander Graham Bell's work with the telephone.