everyday science MCQ #3268

Who invented the internal combustion engine?

everyday science MCQ #3268

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Who invented the internal combustion engine?

    • A) Franco Modigliani
    • B) Rudolf Diesel
    • C) Carl Benz
    • D) Jacques Besson

    Answer: Rudolf Diesel

    Explanation: Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine (a type of internal combustion engine using compression ignition) in 1897; however, the first practical ICE is generally credited to Nikolaus Otto (1876).