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GK - Famous People

Description: A collection of questions on famous personalities. Helpful for those preparing for UPSC, SSC and other competitive examinations.
Number of Questions: 25
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Tags: General Knowledge UPSC general studies History of India and Freedom Struggle General Awareness Who`s Who Who s who India INDIA World History
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Who founded the new religion Din-i-Elahi?

  1. Akbar

  2. Sikander Lodhi

  3. Qwaja Moinuddin Chisti

  4. Babur


Correct Option: A

Name the Indian political leader who served two times as acting Prime Minister of India

  1. Gulzari Lal Nanda

  2. Lal Bahadur Shastri

  3. N Sanjiva Reddy

  4. GS Pathak


Correct Option: A

Who was the first lady governor of a state in India?

  1. Sheila Kaul

  2. Sarla Grewal

  3. Sarojini Naidu

  4. Indira Gandhi


Correct Option: C

Who among the following inspired and initiated the renaissance of modern India?

  1. Aurobindo Ghosh

  2. Swami Vivekananda

  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

  4. Keshab Chandra Sen


Correct Option: C

Who among the following did not serve as the Vice President before becoming the President of India?

  1. Dr S Radhakrishnan

  2. Dr Zakir Hussain

  3. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

  4. R Venketaraman


Correct Option: C

Who is the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Congress party at any time in his political career?

  1. Charan Singh

  2. Chandrasekhar

  3. Deva Gowda

  4. AB Vajpayee


Correct Option: D

After which famous national leader is the Ahmedabad Airport named?

  1. Morarji Desai

  2. Kasturba Gandhi

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Sardar Vallabhai Patel


Correct Option: D

Who wrote the American declaration of Independence?

  1. George Washington

  2. Thomas Jefferson

  3. James Madison

  4. John Adams


Correct Option: B

Who among the following is associated with the invention of Jet Engine?

  1. James Watt

  2. Charles Parsons

  3. Orville and Wilbur Wright

  4. Frank Whittle


Correct Option: D

Who among the following is known as Iron Lady?

  1. Benazir Bhutto

  2. Indira Gandhi

  3. Margaret Thatcher

  4. Chandrika Kumaratunge


Correct Option: C

Who among the following was an advocate of radical humanism?

  1. Annie Besant

  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

  3. M. N. Roy

  4. V. D. Savarkar


Correct Option: C

Who among the following was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?

  1. Valentina Tereshkova

  2. Junko Tabei

  3. Santhosh Yadav

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

Who among the following is the youngest boxer to win the world heavyweight crown?

  1. Muhammad Ali

  2. Mike Tyson

  3. Peter McNeely

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

Who founded the Rotary Club?

  1. Michael Kalashnikov

  2. Paul Harris

  3. Pat Barker

  4. Paul Crutzen


Correct Option: B

Who was the first Indian to win the World Food Prize?

  1. V Kurien

  2. MS Swaminathan

  3. MGS Narayan

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

Who among the following was the first popularly elected President of Russia?

  1. Michael Gorbachev

  2. Boris Yeltsin

  3. Vladimir Putin

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

Who created Dolly, the first cloned sheep?

  1. Eric E Wieschaus

  2. Ian Wilmut

  3. James Watson

  4. Franscis Crick


Correct Option: B

Who is the only woman to have climbed Mount Everest twice?

  1. Santhosh Yadav

  2. Junko Tabei

  3. Bachendri Pal

  4. Rita Ang


Correct Option: A

Who is the chief architect of Green Revolution in India?

  1. V Kurien

  2. MS Swaminathan

  3. Norman Ernest Borlaug

  4. Sundar Lal Bahuguna


Correct Option: B

Who is known as the " Father of India' s White Revolution" ?

  1. V Kurien

  2. MS Swaminathan

  3. MGS Narayanan

  4. Hargobind Khorana


Correct Option: A

Who among the following former Presidents of America was also a film star and television artist?

  1. Theodore Roosevelt

  2. Ronald Reagan

  3. Wudro Wilson

  4. John F Kennedy


Correct Option: B

Who among the following described Gandhiji as " Half-naked Fakir" ?

  1. Joseph Stalin

  2. Mussolini

  3. Winston Churchill

  4. Muhammad Ali Jinnah


Correct Option: C

Who is the author of the book "Unto This Last", which profoundly influenced Gandhiji?

  1. John Ruskin

  2. Emerson

  3. Tolstoy

  4. Vivekananda


Correct Option: A

Who is regarded as the father of Russian Revolution?

  1. Kerensky

  2. Trotsky

  3. Karl Marx

  4. Lenin


Correct Option: D

Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state?

  1. Jayalalitha

  2. Padmaja Naidu

  3. Sucheta Kripalani

  4. Vijayalakshmi Pandit


Correct Option: C
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