Alexander Graham Bell MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. When was Alexander Graham Bell born?

1. March 3, 1845
2. March 3, 1847
3. March 3, 1849
4. March 3, 1850

2. Bell co-founded which major telecommunications company?

1. AT&T
2. Verizon
3. Bell Canada
4. Western Union

3. What was Bell’s invention, the photophone, used for?

1. Sound Transmission through Air
2. Sound Transmission through Light
3. Video Transmission
4. Electricity Generation

4. Bell was inspired by which earlier inventor’s work?

1. Thomas Edison
2. Samuel Morse
3. Elisha Gray
4. Hermann von Helmholtz

5. What profession did Bell originally pursue?

1. Scientist
2. Teacher
3. Doctor
4. Engineer

6. Which device did Bell invent to help locate bullets in the body?

1. X-ray Machine
2. Metal Detector
3. Stethoscope
4. Electrotherapy Device

7. Bell’s telephone was demonstrated at which event in 1876?

1. Paris Exhibition
2. Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
3. Chicago World’s Fair
4. London Science Fair

8. What was Bell’s first spoken message over the telephone?

1. “Hello, are you there?”
2. “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”
3. “Testing, 1, 2, 3”
4. “Can you hear me now?”

9. Bell’s mother influenced his interest in which area?

1. Music
2. Medicine
3. Acoustics
4. Engineering

10. In which year did Alexander Graham Bell die?

1. 1920
2. 1922
3. 1925
4. 1930

11. Bell was a strong advocate for which scientific principle?

1. Evolution
2. Eugenics
3. Relativity
4. Electromagnetism

12. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?

1. Scotland
2. England
3. Canada
4. United States

13. What was the name of Bell’s experimental aircraft?

1. The Flyer
2. Silver Dart
3. Aerodrome
4. Air Glide

14. Which U.S. president praised Bell’s invention of the telephone?

1. Ulysses S. Grant
2. Rutherford B. Hayes
3. William McKinley
4. Theodore Roosevelt

15. Bell was the first to experiment with which communication method?

1. Radio Waves
2. Optical Communication
3. Wireless Telegraphy
4. Sound Recording