GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, entrepreneur and business man Alfred Nobel had acquired 355 patents worldwide when he died in 1896. He invented dynamite and experimented in making synthetic rubber, leather and artificial silk among many other things. Here is a list of 29 Swedish and 58 English patents.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ascanio Sobrero, born on this day in 1812, invented nitroglycerin. He just didn’t see any use for it-even though it became, in the hands of Alfred Nobel-yes, that Nobel-the active ingredient in dynamite.

Detailed explanation-3: -The founder of the prestigious Nobel Prizes made his fortune with a big bang by inventing dynamite, a stabilized form of nitroglycerin.