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This section includes 328 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your FAMOUS PERSONALITIES knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
What is the sequence number of MS. Pratibha Patel as the President of the Republic India? |
| A. | 10th |
| B. | 11th |
| C. | 12th |
| D. | 13th |
| Answer» D. 13th | |
| 2. |
The country which has topped the Global Competitiveness Index, GCI 2016-17 released in September 2016. |
| A. | Switzerland |
| B. | Singapore |
| C. | United States of America |
| D. | Sweden |
| Answer» B. Singapore | |
| 3. |
Who was the largest serving Chief Minister in India? |
| A. | Indira gandhi |
| B. | Pawan chamling |
| C. | Mary eugenia charles |
| D. | Golda meir |
| Answer» C. Mary eugenia charles | |
| 4. |
Nobel laureate Muhammed Yunus belongs to which one of the following countries? |
| A. | Sri lanka |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Maldives |
| D. | Bangladesh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Who among the following was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress? |
| A. | Dadabhai naoroji |
| B. | Surendranath banerjee |
| C. | Gopal krishna gokhale |
| D. | Shankram nair |
| Answer» B. Surendranath banerjee | |
| 6. |
The late Nirmala Desh Pande was a famous |
| A. | Diplomat |
| B. | Astrologer |
| C. | Social activist |
| D. | Film star |
| Answer» D. Film star | |
| 7. |
From the following who is not a cricketer ? |
| A. | Ramesh krishnan |
| B. | Chetan chauhan |
| C. | G r vishwanath |
| D. | Syed kirmani |
| Answer» B. Chetan chauhan | |
| 8. |
The first Defence Minister of India was- |
| A. | K m cariappa |
| B. | Gopalaswami aiyangar |
| C. | Baldev singh |
| D. | Sardar patel |
| Answer» D. Sardar patel | |
| 9. |
Verghese Kurien is associated with ? |
| A. | Green revolution |
| B. | Music |
| C. | Founding nabard |
| D. | White revolution |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Who is referred to Edison of India ? |
| A. | G d naidu |
| B. | B v sundaram |
| C. | C v raman |
| D. | Srinivasa ramanujan |
| Answer» B. B v sundaram | |
| 11. |
Which one of the following has been appointed as the Secretary of State by Barack Obama, President of USA? |
| A. | Hillary clinton |
| B. | Joe biden |
| C. | Condoleezza rice |
| D. | Ben porritt |
| Answer» B. Joe biden | |
| 12. |
Who among the following was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest? |
| A. | Bachendri pal |
| B. | Santosh yadav |
| C. | Dicky dolma |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Santosh yadav | |
| 13. |
Who has been sworn in as Union Railway Minister after the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi? |
| A. | Muket rai |
| B. | Prasano dev barua |
| C. | Mukul roy |
| D. | Harihar banerji |
| Answer» D. Harihar banerji | |
| 14. |
Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers received "NISHAN-E-PAKISTAN" the highest civilian award in Pakistan? |
| A. | Morarji desai |
| B. | Rajiv gandhi |
| C. | Atal behari vajpayee |
| D. | Indira gandhi |
| Answer» B. Rajiv gandhi | |
| 15. |
With which of the following was Satyajit Ray associated? |
| A. | Classical dance |
| B. | Journalism |
| C. | Classical music |
| D. | Direction of films |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Who of the following has been inducted into National Academy of Engineering in the United States of America? |
| A. | Adi godrej |
| B. | Kumar mangalam birla |
| C. | Ratan tata |
| D. | N.r. narayana murthy |
| Answer» D. N.r. narayana murthy | |
| 17. |
Who amongst the following is the New Prime Minister of Israel after the general election held there in recent past? |
| A. | Lieberman |
| B. | Tzipi livini |
| C. | Shimon peres |
| D. | Benjamin netanyahu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Mohammed Azharuddin, former Indian Cricket Team Captain, represents ....................... constituency of Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha? |
| A. | Mirzapur |
| B. | Moradabad |
| C. | Meerut |
| D. | Mathura |
| Answer» C. Meerut | |
| 19. |
Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy who was the chief guest during the Republic Day Function 2008 is the- |
| A. | President of brazil |
| B. | Prime minister of brazil |
| C. | President of france |
| D. | Prime minister of france |
| Answer» D. Prime minister of france | |
| 20. |
The Indian representing an international organization who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with AI Gore of U.S. was : |
| A. | Rajendra pachauri |
| B. | Viswanathan subramanian |
| C. | R.n. tagore |
| D. | Mother teresa |
| Answer» B. Viswanathan subramanian | |
| 21. |
To whom the line A thing of beauty is a joy forever is attributed? |
| A. | John keats |
| B. | Charles dickens |
| C. | William wordsworth |
| D. | Jonathan swift |
| Answer» B. Charles dickens | |
| 22. |
Hrithik Roshan has turned down an offer to act in the Warner Brothers film, .... due to unavailability of dates. |
| A. | Escape from taliban |
| B. | Hamlet |
| C. | Three wall |
| D. | Hey ram! genocide in the land of gandhi |
| Answer» C. Three wall | |
| 23. |
Who is called as ?The Mozart of Madras? ? |
| A. | M s vishwanathan |
| B. | Ilaiya raja |
| C. | A r rahman |
| D. | Harris jayaraj |
| Answer» D. Harris jayaraj | |
| 24. |
Salim Ali was an eminent- |
| A. | Urdu poet |
| B. | Ornithologist |
| C. | Ghazal singer |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Ghazal singer | |
| 25. |
Former Central Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Mr. A. Raja belongs to which of the following parties? |
| A. | Congress |
| B. | Bjp |
| C. | Communist party of india |
| D. | Dmk |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Who is the present chief of ISRO? |
| A. | A. s. kiran kumar |
| B. | Anil kakodkar |
| C. | Madhavan nair |
| D. | M. arindam |
| Answer» B. Anil kakodkar | |
| 27. |
Which of the following is/are true about Sarojini Naidu? |
| A. | She was the first woman president of the congress |
| B. | She was the first woman governer in independent india |
| C. | She was the first health minister in independent india |
| D. | She wrote the famous golden bough |
| Answer» C. She was the first health minister in independent india | |
| 28. |
Yves Saint Laurent recently died. He was |
| A. | U.s.a film director |
| B. | First man to go to mars mission |
| C. | Renowned fashion designer |
| D. | An internationally renowned financial expert |
| Answer» D. An internationally renowned financial expert | |
| 29. |
M. Natrajan is |
| A. | Scientific advisor to the defence minister |
| B. | Chief controller and programme director of agni missile system |
| C. | Scientific advisor to the prime minister |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Chief controller and programme director of agni missile system | |
| 30. |
The birthday of which of the following leaders is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India? |
| A. | Dr. c. rajagopalachari |
| B. | Lala lajpat rai |
| C. | Dr. s. radhakrishnan |
| D. | Dr. rajendra prasad |
| Answer» D. Dr. rajendra prasad | |
| 31. |
The first person out of Tata family who has been selected to head the Tata group after Ratan Tata is: |
| A. | O.p. bhatt |
| B. | Cyrus mistry |
| C. | Kumar mangalam birat |
| D. | Noel tata |
| Answer» C. Kumar mangalam birat | |
| 32. |
The Planning Commission of India has set up a 12 member committee on financial sector reforms. Who is the Chairman of the Committee? |
| A. | Janki raman |
| B. | Raghuram rajan |
| C. | Rakesh mohan |
| D. | K.v kamath |
| Answer» C. Rakesh mohan | |
| 33. |
Freud is associated with |
| A. | Detective work |
| B. | Physiology and medicine |
| C. | Psychology |
| D. | Leprosy control |
| Answer» D. Leprosy control | |
| 34. |
Castro Sibling is the new President of- |
| A. | Romania |
| B. | Cuba |
| C. | Israel |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
The name 'Indian National Congress' was given by- |
| A. | S.n. banerjee |
| B. | Feroz shah mehta |
| C. | Dadabhai naroji |
| D. | M.g. ranade |
| Answer» D. M.g. ranade | |
| 36. |
Who said - "Patriotisim is religion and religion is love for India"? |
| A. | Swami vivekananda |
| B. | Raj narain bose |
| C. | Bal gangadhar tilak |
| D. | Bankim chandra chatterjee |
| Answer» B. Raj narain bose | |
| 37. |
Who amongst the following is a famous Sarod player? |
| A. | Zakir hussain |
| B. | Hari prasad chourasia |
| C. | Shiv kumar sharma |
| D. | Amjad ali khan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
The name of the train "Shatabdi Express" refers to the centenary of |
| A. | Mahatma gandhi |
| B. | Indian national congress |
| C. | India's war of independence |
| D. | Jawaharlal nehru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
What was the claim to fame of Dr. Dwarka Nath Kotnis? |
| A. | He provided succour to the poor |
| B. | He set up hospitals in the difficult to reach regions of india |
| C. | He was a leading indian nationalist |
| D. | He laid down his life providing medical help to the eighth route army |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
To which personality Gandhiji gave the title "Deen Bandhu" ? |
| A. | C.r. das |
| B. | Aurobindo ghosh |
| C. | Vinoba bhave |
| D. | C.f andrews |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Who became the Chief Minister of Tripura after the elections held in Feb. 2013? |
| A. | Agatha sangam |
| B. | Manik sarkar |
| C. | Ikram obibi singh |
| D. | Prakash karat |
| Answer» C. Ikram obibi singh | |
| 42. |
Pablo Picasso, the famous painter was |
| A. | French |
| B. | Italian |
| C. | Flemish |
| D. | Spanish |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Who is called Rawalpindi Express? |
| A. | Sachin tendulkar |
| B. | Shoaib akhtar |
| C. | Rahul dravid |
| D. | Imran khan |
| Answer» C. Rahul dravid | |
| 44. |
Who is called as 'Chacha' in India ? |
| A. | Nehhru |
| B. | Gandhi |
| C. | Tiwari |
| D. | Kamraja |
| Answer» B. Gandhi | |
| 45. |
The president of World Bank? |
| A. | Jim yong kim |
| B. | Christine lagarde |
| C. | Prema cariappa |
| D. | Vijay l. kelkar |
| Answer» B. Christine lagarde | |
| 46. |
The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary-General of Commonwealth is: |
| A. | Krishna murthy |
| B. | Kamalesh sharma |
| C. | Rakesh verma |
| D. | Gopalaswami |
| Answer» C. Rakesh verma | |
| 47. |
Among the following Presidents of India, who was also the Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement for some period? |
| A. | Dr. sarvepalli radhakrishnan |
| B. | Varahagiri venkatagiri |
| C. | Giani zail singh |
| D. | Dr. shankar dayal sharma |
| Answer» D. Dr. shankar dayal sharma | |
| 48. |
The first woman Governor of a state in free India was |
| A. | Mrs. sarojini naidu |
| B. | Mrs. sucheta kriplani |
| C. | Mrs. indira gandhi |
| D. | Mrs. vijaya lakshmi pandit |
| Answer» B. Mrs. sucheta kriplani | |
| 49. |
In the context of global economy, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? |
| A. | Jp morgan : financial services chase |
| B. | Roche holding : financial services ag |
| C. | Wl ross & : private equity co. firm |
| D. | Warburg pincus : private equity firm |
| Answer» C. Wl ross & : private equity co. firm | |
| 50. |
Who Directed the film on the dacoit queen Phoolan Devi? |
| A. | Abbas mastan |
| B. | Shekhar kapoor |
| C. | Shashi kapoor |
| D. | Anil kapoor |
| Answer» C. Shashi kapoor | |