GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Laszlo Biro invented ____
A
the fountain pen
B
the ballpoint pen
C
the space pen
D
the quill pen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Laszlo Biro invented the modern ballpoint pen. A native of Budapest, Hungary, Biro was working as a journalist when he noticed a fundamental difference between two types of ink.

Detailed explanation-2: -László Bíró Bíró was inspired to create the modern ballpoint pen after noticing that the ink used in newspapers dried much faster than that used in traditional fountain pens. He determined that a pen equipped with newspaper ink would not smudge as easily as one that used fountain pen ink.

Detailed explanation-3: -The pen may be mightier than the sword, but when Jewish-Hungarian journalist László Bíró invented the ballpoint pen in the 1930s clichéd sayings were probably the last thing on his mind.

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