GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the inventor of the automobile assembly line?
A
Howard Aiken
B
Alexander Graham Bell
C
Karl Benz
D
Henry Ford
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After much trial and error, in 1913 Henry Ford and his employees successfully began using this innovation at our Highland Park assembly plant. What made this assembly line unique was the movement element.

Detailed explanation-2: -For What Is Henry Ford Best Known? Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company and invented the Model T car. He also introduced the moving assembly line method of production to car manufacturing.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first Ford assembly line at the Highland Park, Michigan plant was relatively crude. Here, in 1913, workers put V-shaped magnets on Model T flywheels to make one-half of the flywheel magneto. Each worker installed a few parts and simply shoved the flywheel down the line to the next worker.

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