25 GK Questions and Answers on Famous Personalities

1. Arya bhatt was a renowned Indian:

(a) Chemist (b) Astronomer

(c) Physician (d) None of these

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2. The Seventh Secretary General of the U.N.O. is:

(a) A German {b) An Australian (c) A Spanish (d) An African

3. Name of the first President of the Indian Republic is:

(a) C. Rajagopalachari (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (c) Dr. S. Radha Krishnan (d) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

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4. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) A.O. Hume (b) W.C. Bannerjee

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Pt. Jawahar Lai Nehru

5. Sitara Devi is a maestro of which of the following dance forms?

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(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Odissi

(c) Kathak (d) Kuchipudi

6. The first woman President of the Congress was:

(a) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

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(b) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

(c) Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani

(d) Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

7. Brahmo Samaj was founded by-

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(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Bai Gangadhar Tilak

(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (d) Lala Laipat Roy

8. Who led the ‘Ocean to Sky’ expedition?

(a) Sir Edmund Hillary (b) H.C. Sarin

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(c) Fin Wilson (d) Galileo

9. Name the first woman to climb the Mt. Everest:

(a) Junko Tabei (b) Smita Patil

(c) Virginia Wade (d) Pask Yung Sun

10. In which field did Charak distinguish himself? (a) Poetry (b) Literature

(c) Medicine and Surgery (d) Sanskrit and Grammar

11. Jules Verne of France was a famous:

(a) Painter and Sculptor (b) Author

(c) Musician (d) Mathematician

12. Name the first man or men who reached the South Pole:

(a) Robert Peary \b) Amundsen

(c) Byrd (d) John Cabot

13. Name the first man or men who reached the North Pole:

(a) Robert Peary (b) Amundsen

(c) Byrd (d) John Cabot

14. Name the first man or men who set foot on the Moon?

(a) Edwin E. Aldrin (b) Neil A. Armstrong (c) Edward White (d) Yuri Gagarian

15. Name the first man or woman who revolved in an orbit around the earth?

(a) Yuri Gagarian (b) Alexie Leonove

(c) Sepler (d) None of these

16. Name the first man or men who climbed Mt. Everest?

(a) Edmund Hillary (b) Norgay Tenzing (c) Both id) Neither

17. Who was the first Prime Minister of England?

(a) Benjamin Disraeli (b) Robert Walpole

(c) Lord North (d) Robert Blake

18. The Chairman of the Seventh Finance Commission was:

(a) Y.B. Chavan (b) K.V.K. Sundaram (c) J.M. Shelat (d) Jagjivan Ram

19. Who was the first Governor General of Pakistan?

(a) Liaqat Ali Khan (b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah

(c) Ayub Khan (d) Yahya Khan

20. Who was the first President of the Chinese Republic?

(a) Mao-tse-Tung (b) Chou-en-Lai

(c) Sun Yet Sen (d) Lin Yu Tang

21. Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of grant of Indian Independence?

(a) Winston Churchill (b) Lord Atlee

(c) Chamberlain (d) Heath

22. Mr T.N. Seshan won the 1996 Magsaysay Award for………………….

(a) Literature

(b) International Understanding

(c) Government Service

(d) None of these

23. The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly was:

(a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (b) Mrs. Indira Gandhi

(c) Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (d) Sucheta Kriplani

24. C. Rajagopalachari was the:

(a) Last Governor General of free India

(b) First Indian Governor-General of free India

(c) Last Governor-General of India

(d) None of these

25. Lord Canning was the:

(a) First Governor-General of India

(b) Last Governor-General of India

(c) First Viceroy of India

(d) None of these

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