Q60 · UPPSC Prelims 2018 · Set B · General Studies

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Which of the following was invented by Wilhelm Roentgen?

A Radio
B X-Ray Machine
C Electric Bulb
D None of the above

Correct answer: (b) X-Ray Machine

Explanation

  1. A

    Radio

    Radio as a practical wireless system is associated with Marconi and with earlier work by Hertz, Bose and others, not with Roentgen. This option is not the key.

  2. B

    X-Ray Machine

    Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895 in Würzburg and produced the first medical radiographs. The X-ray machine rests on that discovery. This option is the official key.

  3. C

    Electric Bulb

    The practical incandescent electric bulb is associated with Edison, Swan and related inventors, not Roentgen. This option is therefore wrong.

  4. D

    None of the above

    Because the X-ray machine is correctly attributed to Roentgen’s discovery, none of the above is unnecessary. This option is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (b) X-Ray Machine. Röntgen’s 1895 discovery of X-rays founded radiography and the diagnostic X-ray apparatus. Radio and the electric bulb belong to other inventors. The stem asks what he invented among the list. Only (b) is his.