Let’s go through each statement one by one and decide if it’s True or False based on what we know about Alexander Graham Bell.
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1.
Bell was an inventor of telephone
→ True. He is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.
2.
His place of birth was Edinburgh, Scotland.
→ True. He was born in Edinburgh in 1847.
3.
He was born in a family of professors.
→ True. His father and grandfather were both professors of elocution (speaking and voice).
4.
His parents had three sons.
→ True. He had two brothers: Melville and Edward. All three boys were born to Eliza Grace Symonds and Alexander Melville Bell.
5.
After attending the University of Edinburgh and the University College in London Bell received a formal education.
→ False. He attended those schools but did NOT complete a full formal degree — he left without graduating. So this statement is misleading and false.
6.
Because of two brothers’ death his family moved to Canada.
→ True. Both of his younger brothers died of tuberculosis, and the family moved to Canada in 1870 for health reasons.
7.
Alexander taught deaf people.
→ True. He worked as a teacher of the deaf and developed methods to help them speak.
8.
In 1876 Bell produced the first telephone call.
→ True. On March 10, 1876, he made the first successful telephone call: “Mr. Watson, come here!”
9.
Bell’s wife was deaf.
→ True. Mabel Hubbard, whom he married in 1877, was deaf.
10.
Alexander Bell was famous by his 16 patents.
→ False. He held over 18 patents during his lifetime — not just 16. Also, he was famous for many inventions, not just the number of patents.
11.
He was known as a creator of a telephone, a metal detector and a photophone.
→ True. He invented the telephone, the photophone (which transmitted sound on light beams), and also worked on a metal detector (though it didn’t save President Garfield).
12.
Bell died on August 2, 1922 because of tuberculosis.
→ False. He died on August 2, 1922 — correct date — but the cause was complications from diabetes, not tuberculosis. His brothers died of TB, not him.
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Final Answer:
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. True
9. True
10. False
11. True
12. False
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