CroatiaPitanje 40 · Culture and customs
One of the most important Croatian inventors of the early 20th century, the creator of the mechanical pencil and the fountain pen with solid ink, is:
In the exam (Croatian)
Jedan od najznačajnijih hrvatskih izumitelja s početka 20. stoljeća, tvorac mehaničke olovke i nalivpera s krutom tintom je:
- aFerdinand BudickiFerdinand Budicki
- bDragutin NovakDragutin Novak
- cVladimir PrelogVladimir Prelog
- dEduard Slavoljub PenkalaEduard Slavoljub PenkalaCorrect answer
Why?
It is Eduard Slavoljub Penkala. He invented the mechanical pencil and the fountain pen, and in Zagreb he also built one of the first Croatian aeroplanes.
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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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