Who invented the multi-matrix code known as the QR (Quick Response) Code in 1994? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Who invented the multi-matrix code known as the QR (Quick Response) Code in 1994?
A. Masahiro Hara
B. Tim Berners-Lee
C. Alan Turing
D. Norman Joseph Woodland
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
Masahiro Hara from the Japanese company Denso Wave invented the QR code in 1994 to track automobile components during assembly.

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Question #1 Report Error
The discovery of the first gas giant exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star (51 Pegasi b) was made by whom?
A. Carl Sagan
B. Clyde Tombaugh
C. Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz
D. Edwin Hubble

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz discovered 51 Pegasi b in 1995 using highly precise radial velocity measurements, winning a Nobel Prize.

Question #2 Report Error
Who discovered that the chemical element Vanadium exists within iron slag residues, verifying its modern entry?
A. Jöns Jacob Berzelius
B. Andrés Manuel del Río
C. Nils Gabriel Sefström
D. Martin Klaproth

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Del Río noticed it early in Mexico ('erythronium'), but Sefström isolated and confirmed the element in Swedish iron ores in 1830.

Question #3 Report Error
The structure of benzene ring ($C_6H_6$) was discovered by which chemist?
A. Robert Boyle
B. Friedrich August Kekulé
C. Dmitri Mendeleev
D. Antoine Lavoisier

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
Friedrich August Kekulé discovered the ring structure of benzene after famously having a daydream of a snake biting its own tail.