Question:

Which of the followings is a WRONG combination?

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To solve inventor–invention MCQs, focus on world-famous contributions: - Carrier → Air Conditioning, - Bell → Telephone, - Nobel → Dynamite, - Otis → Elevator, - Dunlop → Tyre. Unfamiliar or odd-sounding matches (like "tiffin carrier") usually signal the wrong answer.
Updated On: Aug 23, 2025
  • Willis Haviland Carrier – Microwave compatible Tiffin Carrier
  • Alexander Bell – Telephone
  • Alfred Nobel – Dynamite
  • Elisha Graves Otis – Safety Elevator
  • John Boyd Dunlop – Pneumatic Tyre
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: Check each inventor and their real invention
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Willis Haviland Carrier is known as the

father of air-conditioning, not for microwave-compatible tiffin carriers.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the

telephone. (Correct)
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Alfred Nobel invented

dynamite, not "Dynamic". (Correct after correction)
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Elisha Graves Otis invented the

safety elevator. (Correct)
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John Boyd Dunlop invented the

pneumatic tyre. (Correct)


Step 2: Identify the incorrect pair
The combination given in option (A) is clearly wrong because

Carrier’s contribution was in air-conditioning technology, not tiffin carriers. \[ \boxed{\text{The wrong combination is (A).}} \]
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