CroatiaPitanje 18 · Culture and customs
The inventor of dactyloscopy, a system of identification by fingerprints, born on the island of Hvar and died in Argentina, is:
In the exam (Croatian)
Izumitelj daktiloskopije, sustava identifikacije pomoću otisaka prstiju, rođen na otoku Hvaru, a umro u Argentini, je:
- aAndrija MohorovičićAndrija Mohorovičić
- bIvan VučetićIvan VučetićCorrect answer
- cRuđer BoškovićRuđer Bošković
- dĐuro DeželićĐuro Deželić
Why?
It is Ivan Vučetić. He was born in Hvar, and in Argentina he developed the system of recognising people by their fingerprints (dactyloscopy).
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Source of the questions: Pravilnik o načinu provjere poznavanja hrvatskog jezika i latiničnog pisma, hrvatske kulture i društvenog uređenja u postupcima stjecanja hrvatskog državljanstva, Annex 1 (Narodne novine 6/2021). No official answers are published: the answers, the explanations and the English translations are ours (made with AI). This site is not official and is not affiliated with the Ministry of the Interior (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova). The exam itself is in Croatian.
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