GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Carver invented over 300 uses for which plant?
A
The peanut plant.
B
The tomato plant.
C
The cabbage plant.
D
The pepper plant.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -George Washington Carver’s work resulted in the creation of more than 300 products from peanuts, contributing greatly to the economic improvement of the rural South. Below is a list of some of his peanut products.

Detailed explanation-2: -During World War I, there were shortages of crops and food and Carver began developing alternative uses for sweet potatoes, soybeans, and yes-peanuts. From the peanut–primarily used at that time to feed livestock–he developed hundreds of products, including plastics, synthetic rubber, and paper.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the “Father of the Peanut Industry, ‘’ George Washington Carver developed more than 300 uses for peanuts, including chili sauce, shampoo, shaving cream and glue, to help save agriculture in the South. His humanitarian efforts were well documented and his innovations were so popular that even Franklin D.

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