Objective Question on Famous Personalities

• Q.1 Jude Felix is a famous Indian player in which of the fields?

  1)Hockey

  2) Football

  3) Tennis

  4) Volleyball

  Correct Answer : Hockey

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• Q.2 Who is the father of Geometry?

  1)Aristotle

  2) Pythagoras

  3) Euclid

  4) Kepler

  Correct Answer : Euclid

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• Q.3 What is common between Kutty, Shankar, Laxman and Sudhir Dar?

  1)Film Direction

  2) Drawing Cartoons

  3) Instrumental Music

  4) Classical Dance

  Correct Answer : Drawing Cartoons

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• Q.4 Who was known as Iron man of India?

  1)Govind Ballabh Pant

  2) Jawaharlal Nehru

  3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  4) Subhash Chandra Bose

  Correct Answer : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

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• Q.5 The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is

  1)Ramanujam

  2) Rina Panigrahi

  3) Raja Ramanna

  4) Shakunthala Devi

  Correct Answer : Shakunthala Devi

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• Q.6 Who headed the first scientific group to leave for Antarctica in 1982?

  1)Dr. D.R. Sengupta

  2) Dr. S.Z. Kasim

  3) Dr. V. K. Raina

  4) Dr. H. K. Gupta

  Correct Answer : Dr. S.Z. Kasim

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• Q.7 Which among the famous danseuses is not an exponent of the Odissi dance style?

  1)Sanjukta Panigrahi

  2) Sonal Man Singh

  3) Yamini Krishnamurthy

  4) Madhavi Mudgal

  Correct Answer : Yamini Krishnamurthy

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• Q.8 The first Indian to swim across English channel was

  1)V. Merchant

  2) Mihir Sen

  3) Arati Saha

  4) P. K. Banerji

  Correct Answer : Mihir Sen

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• Q.9 Michael Jackson is a distinguished person in the field of?

  1)Pop Music

  2) Jounalism

  3) Sports

  4) Acting

  Correct Answer : Pop Music

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• Q.10 Ms Kim Campbell is the first woman Prime Minister of

  1)Portugal

  2) Switzerland

  3) Congo

  4) Canada

  Correct Answer : Canada

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• Q.11 Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

  1)Veena

  2) Sarod

  3) Sitar

  4) Violin

  Correct Answer : Sarod

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• Q.12 Who among the following was an eminent painter?

  1)Meherally

  2) V. Shantaram

  3) Uday Shanker

  4) Sarada Ukil

  Correct Answer : Sarada Ukil

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• Q.13 Dr. Joon Lew of korea, the recipient of international Gandhi Award is known for his service in the?

  1)Campaigning against AIDS

  2) Against Drugs

  3) Eradication of leprosy

  4) Against child labour

  Correct Answer : Eradication of leprosy

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• Q.14 Professor Amartya Sen is famous in which of the fields?

  1)Biochemistry

  2) Economics

  3) Electronics

  4) Geology

  Correct Answer : Economics

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• Q.15 Which of the following was Satyajit Ray associated with?

  1)Classical music

  2) Commercial art

  3) Film Direction

  4) Classical dance

  Correct Answer : Film Direction

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• Q.16 Who is known as 'Indian Bismarck'?

  1)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  2) Kamaraj

  3) Nehru

  4) Rajaji

  Correct Answer : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

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• Q.17 Who is Larry Pressler?

  1)Tennis player

  2) Painter

  3) Actor

  4) Politician

  Correct Answer : Politician

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• Q.18 The title of 'sparrow' given to

  1)Napoleon

  2) Major General Rajinder Singh

  3) T. T. Krishnamachari

  4) Sardar Patel

  Correct Answer : Major General Rajinder Singh

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• Q.19 Raja Ravi Verma, was famous in which of the fields?

  1)Painting

  2) Politics

  3) Dance

  4) Music

  Correct Answer : Painting

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• Q.20 Who is known as 'Desert Fox'?

  1)Bismarck

  2) Walter Scott

  3) Eisenhower

  4) Gen. Rommel

  Correct Answer : Gen. Rommel

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• Q.21 Naina Devi, was associated with field of?

  1)Social Service

  2) Stage acting

  3) Classical dance

  4) Vocal music

  Correct Answer : Vocal music

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• Q.22 Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which of the following fields?

  1)Social Service

  2) Journalism

  3) Literature

  4) Politics

  Correct Answer : Journalism

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• Q.23 Who is known as the 'Lady with the Lamp'?

  1)Sarojini Naidu

  2) Indira Gandhi

  3) Florence Nightingale

  4) Monalisa

  Correct Answer : Florence Nightingale

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• Q.24 Gangubai hangal is the name associated with

  1)Environment

  2) Music

  3) Literature

  4) Journalism

  Correct Answer : Music

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• Q.25 Who is known as 'Trimurthy of Carnatic Music'?

  1)Muthuswami Dikshitar

  2) Purandardasa

  3) Swami Thirunal

  4) None of these

  Correct Answer : Muthuswami Dikshitar

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• Q.26 Guru Gopi Krishna was a maestro of which of the following dance forma?

  1)Kuchipudi

  2) Kathak

  3) Manipuri

  4) Bahratanatyam

  Correct Answer : Kathak

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• Q.27 Ms. Bachendri Pal had undertaken a unique expedition for focusing attention on which of these?

  1)One Nation one Family

  2) The Girl Child

  3) National Integration

  4) Sprit of Adventure

  Correct Answer : Sprit of Adventure

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• Q.28 Which of the following fields A. Nageshwara Rao is associated with?

  1)Sports

  2) Literature

  3) Motion Pictures

  4) Politics

  Correct Answer : Motion Pictures

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• Q.29 Jamini Roy was a famous?

  1)Producer

  2) Painter

  3) Dancer

  4) Actor

  Correct Answer : Painter

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• Q.30 In which field 'Aachan Maharaj' has distinguished himself?

  1)Dance

  2) Painting

  3) Drama

  4) Vocal music

  Correct Answer : Dance

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• Q.31 Hitendra Desai was famous in the which field?

  1)Social Service

  2) Politics

  3) Journalism

  4) Literature

  Correct Answer : Politics

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• Q.32 Who is the creator of the Rock Garden in Chandigarh?

  1)Pupal Jayakar

  2) Le Corbousier

  3) Glen Maxwell

  4) Nek Chand

  Correct Answer : Nek Chand

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• Q.33 Who is Tania Sachdev?

  1)Chess player

  2) Cricketer

  3) Swimmer

  4) Dancer

  Correct Answer : Chess player

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• Q.34 Limba Ram is associated in which fields?

  1)Politics

  2) Social Service

  3) Sports

  4) Cinema

  Correct Answer : Sports

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• Q.35 Ms. Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi is distinguished as the first lady

  1)Governor of a state

  2) Judge of the High court

  3) Judge of Supreme Court

  4) Judge of Session Court

  Correct Answer : Judge of Supreme Court

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• Q.36 The name of Pierre Cardin is associated with which of the following fields?

  1)Painting

  2) Films

  3) Pop Music

  4) Fashion Designing

  Correct Answer : Fashion Designing

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• Q.37 Who is well known collector of artefacts and curios?

  1)Wadeyar

  2) Salar Jung

  3) Rabindranath Tagore

  4) Motilal Nehru

  Correct Answer : Rabindranath Tagore

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• Q.38 Ms. Vijaya Mehta has earned distinction in which of the field?

  1)Theatre

  2) Film Direction

  3) Classical dance

  4) Journalism

  Correct Answer : Theatre

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• Q.39 Dr. M. S. Swaminathan has distinguished himself in which of the following fields?

  1)Medicine

  2) Agriculture

  3) Astrophysics

  4) Physics

  Correct Answer : Agriculture

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• Q.40 Satyen Bose has shown his excellence in which of the following fields?

  1)Motion Picture

  2) Classical Dance

  3) Drawing & Painting

  4) Stage Acting

  Correct Answer : Motion Picture

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• Q.41 Hari Prasad Chaurasia is a renowned player of

  1)Sitar

  2) Flute

  3) Sarod

  4) Tabla

  Correct Answer : Flute

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• Q.42 Miss Universe 1994, Ms. Sushmita Sen hails from which of the following cities?

  1)Mumbai

  2) Chandigarh

  3) New Delhi

  4) Bangalore

  Correct Answer : New Delhi

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• Q.43 Graham Green was associated with which of the fields?

  1)Literature

  2) Painting

  3) Music

  4) Science

  Correct Answer : Literature

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• Q.44 Which of the following pairs of artists and their areas of specialization is not correct?

  1)Pt. Ravi Shankar - Sitar

  2) Hari Prasad Chaurasia - Flute

  3) M. S. Subbulakshmi - Dance

  4) Ustad Zakir Hussain Khan - Tabla

  Correct Answer : M. S. Subbulakshmi - Dance

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• Q.45 Dr. V. Kurien is famous in the field of ?

  1)Atomic Power

  2) Poultry Farms

  3) Economic Reforms

  4) Dairy development

  Correct Answer : Dairy development

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• Q.46 Pandit K. G. Ginde, was well known for his contribution in the field of?

  1)Music

  2) Sanskrit

  3) Dance

  4) Ayurveda

  Correct Answer : Music

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• Q.47 Charles Correa has distinguished himself in which of the following fields?

  1)Painting

  2) Ballet

  3) Architecture

  4) Western Music

  Correct Answer : Architecture

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• Q.48 Who declared that his ultimate aim was to wipe 'every tear from every eye'?

  1)Rajendra Prasad

  2) Jawaharlal Nehru

  3) Mahatma Gandhi

  4) Sardar Patel

  Correct Answer : Jawaharlal Nehru

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• Q.49 Who among the following is a social activist campaigning against child labour?

  1)Baba Amte

  2) Mira Nair

  3) Shabana Azmi

  4) Swami Agnivesh

  Correct Answer : Swami Agnivesh

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• Q.50 Ashok Pandit is known for his outstanding performance in which field?

  1)Shooting

  2) Wrestling

  3) Rafting

  4) Hockey

  Correct Answer : Shooting

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• Q.51 Who among the following is not a dramatist?

  1)Girish R. Karnad

  2) Badal Sircar

  3) Vijay Tendulkar

  4) Jayanta Mahapatra

  Correct Answer : Jayanta Mahapatra

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• Q.52 Shovna Narayan is a reputed personality in which of the following fields?

  1)Literature

  2) Classical dance

  3) Journalism

  4) Classical music

  Correct Answer : Classical dance

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• Q.53 Who headed the committee on 'computerisation' in Indian Banks(1988)?

  1)S. Venkitramanan

  2) M.Narasimhan

  3) C. Rangarajan

  4) R.N. Malhotra

  Correct Answer : C. Rangarajan

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• Q.54 Sanjay Dutt, a noted film actor was held under

  1)TADA

  2) Narcotics Act

  3) Act 302

  4) Anti - Defection Act

  Correct Answer : TADA

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• Q.55 Who is the famous Sarod player?

  1)Zakir Hussain

  2) Hari Prasad

  3) Ram Narain

  4) Amjad Ali Khan

  Correct Answer : Amjad Ali Khan

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• Q.56 Who fits with this description 'Indian Cotton merchant, Banker, Congressman, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi'?

  1)M. R. Jayakar

  2) V. S. Sastri

  3) G. D. Birla

  4) Jamanlal Bajaj

  Correct Answer : G. D. Birla

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• Q.57 Ustad Nisar hussain Khan earned distinction in which of the following fields?

  1)Instrumental music

  2) Vocal Music

  3) Classical dance

  4) Acting

  Correct Answer : Vocal Music

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• Q.58 Dr. Amiya Chakravarthy is known for his

  1)being literary Secretary to R. N. Tagore

  2) work in the Chipko movement

  3) composing music for Ray's films

  4) patenting a living organism

  Correct Answer : being literary Secretary to R. N. Tagore

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• Q.59 R. K. Laxman is a renowned

  1)Dancer

  2) Writer

  3) Cartoonist

  4) Journalist

  Correct Answer : Cartoonist

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• Q.60 Pandit Jasraj has established his reputation in which of the following fields?

  1)Music

  2) Literature

  3) Sanskrit

  4) Dance

  Correct Answer : Music

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• Q.61 Bismillah Khan was associated with?

  1)Sarod

  2) Shehnai

  3) Flute

  4) Tabla

  Correct Answer : Shehnai

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• Q.62 In which of the following dance forms 'Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra' is associated with?

  1)Odissi

  2) Bharathanatiyam

  3) Kathak

  4) Kathakali

  Correct Answer : Odissi

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• Q.63 Ben kingsley is associated with which of the following fields?

  1)Politics

  2) Social Service

  3) Sports

  4) Motion Pictures

  Correct Answer : Motion Pictures

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• Q.64 Who is the Flying Sikh of India?

  1)Mohinder Singh

  2) Navjot Singh

  3) Milkha Singh

  4) Joginder Singh

  Correct Answer : Milkha Singh

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• Q.65 Greta Garbo is associated with

  1)Classical dance

  2) Literature

  3) Journalism

  4) Acting

  Correct Answer : Acting

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• Q.66 The first woman in space was

  1)Valentina Tereshkova

  2) Sally Ride

  3) Naidia Comenci

  4) Tamara Press

  Correct Answer : Valentina Tereshkova

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• Q.67 Mr. Sham Lal has done commendable work in the field of?

  1)Politics

  2) Journalism

  3) Socail Service

  4) Trade Unionism

  Correct Answer : Journalism

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• Q.68 Ali Akbar plays which of the following musical instruments?

  1)Flute

  2) Tabla

  3) Sitar

  4) Sarod

  Correct Answer : Sarod

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• Q.69 Professor Malcolm Adiseshaih had earned worldwide distinction in which of the fields?

  1)Literature

  2) Defence

  3) Economics

  4) Medicine

  Correct Answer : Economics

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• Q.70 Samantha Fox is associated with

  1)Politics

  2) Pop Music

  3) Journalism

  4) Sports

  Correct Answer : Pop Music

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