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The first windmill used for the production of electric power was built in which of the following countries?


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France
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Scotland
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Switzerland
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Afghanistan
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Solution

The correct option is A Scotland
The first windmill used for the production of electric power was built in Scotland in July 1887. It was built by Prof James Blyth of Anderson's College, Glasgow. Its height was 10 metres. Wind turbine was installed in the garden of his holiday cottage. It was used to charge accumulators developed by the Frenchman Camille Alphonse Faure, to power the lighting in the cottage.

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