RRB General Awareness - Personalities
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Which one among the following statements about Mohammad Nasheed of Maldives is not correct?
- (a)
He was the first President of Maldives to be elected through Mutiparty elections
- (b)
He become the President of Maldives in the year 2008.
- (c)
He was a strong advocate of the policies of longtime President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
- (d)
He has been advocating and promoting democracy and human rights in Maldives
Which of the following is correctly matched?
- (a)
Ms Swaminathan : Nuclear Scientist
- (b)
TN Kaul : Diplomat
- (c)
Ganga : Dancer
- (d)
Astral Boo : Cartoonist
Ms Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu is the first Indian woman
- (a)
to reach Antartica
- (b)
pilot inducted in India Air Force
- (c)
to ski to the South Pole
- (d)
to win the Gold Medal in Asian Boxing Championship
Arrange the following Vice-Presidents of India in the correct chronology of their tenures
1.VV Giri
2.M Hindayatullah
3.BD Jatti
4.G S Pathak
- (a)
1,4,3,2
- (b)
2,1,3,4
- (c)
3,2,1,4
- (d)
4,1,3,2
Which among the following famous dancers is not an exponent of the Odissi dance style?
- (a)
Sonal Man Singh
- (b)
Sanjukta Panigrahi
- (c)
Yamini Krishnamurthy
- (d)
Madhavi Mudgal
Match the following
List I(Scientists) | List II (Country) |
A.Archimedes | 1.Britain |
B.Alexander Graham | 2.Germany |
C.Nicolaus Copernicus | 3.Greece |
D.Albert Einstern | 4.USA |
5.Poland |
- (a)
A B C D 3 2 4 5 - (b)
A B C D 4 5 2 1 - (c)
A B C D 4 5 2 1 - (d)
A B C D 4 3 5 2
In which one of the following films did the Nobel Laureate Pearl S Buck collaborate?
- (a)
Shatranj Ke Khilari
- (b)
Guide
- (c)
Lawrence of Arabia
- (d)
Titanic
Robert Webster is known for his work associated with which one of the following?
- (a)
Cardiology
- (b)
Influenza virus
- (c)
HIV/AIDS
- (d)
Alzheimer
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are well-known as
- (a)
creators of Bluetooth device
- (b)
founders of Google
- (c)
stem cell researchers
- (d)
scientists of human genome
How is Garcia Marquez well-known as?
- (a)
Known for research in agriculture
- (b)
A renowned football coach
- (c)
A great writer who won the Nobel Prize for literature
- (d)
Known for research in railway
Who among the following person is called 'Desert Fox'?
- (a)
Walter Scott
- (b)
Erwin Rommel
- (c)
Eisenhower
- (d)
Bismarck
Which of the following
List I | List II |
A.Bhajan Sopori | 1.Bharatnatyam |
B.Birju Maharaj | 2.Exponent of Santoor |
C.Priyadarshini Govind | 3.Mridangam maestro |
D.TV Gopalakrihnan | 4.Kathak dancer |
- (a)
A B C D 2 1 4 3 - (b)
A B C D 3 1 4 2 - (c)
A B C D 2 4 1 3 - (d)
A B C D 3 4 1 2
Which of the following
List I | List II |
A.Vedantam Satyanarayana | 1.Kathakali dancer |
B.Kottakkal Sivaraman | 2.Kuchipudi dancer |
C.Raghunath | 3.Odissi dancer |
4.Bharatnatyam dancer |
- (a)
A B C 2 1 3 - (b)
A B C 2 1 4 - (c)
A B C 3 2 1 - (d)
A B C 4 2 3
Match the following
List I | List II |
A.Dr Raja RAmanna | 1.Plant Chemistry |
B.DR MS Swaminathan | 2.Nuclear Physics |
C.Prof UR Rao | 3.Thermodynamics and Astrophysics |
D.Prof Meghnad Saha | 4.Space Research |
5.Agricultural |
- (a)
A B C D 3 5 2 1 - (b)
A B C D 2 1 4 3 - (c)
A B C D 2 5 4 3 - (d)
A B C D 3 1 4 2
Match the following
List I(Dances) | List II(Exponents) |
A.Bharatanatyam | 1.Yamini Reddy |
B.Kuchipudi | 2.Alarmel Valli |
C.Kathak | 3.Madhavi Mudgal |
D.Odissi | 4.Vaishali Trivedi |
- (a)
A B C D 2 1 4 3 - (b)
A B C D 1 2 4 3 - (c)
A B C D 2 1 3 4 - (d)
A B C D 1 2 3 4
Professor Muhammad Yunus is renowned in which one of the following areas?
- (a)
International Economics
- (b)
Human Rights
- (c)
Freedom of press
- (d)
Microcredit Concept
Who among the following was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission?
- (a)
Dr Rajendra Prasad
- (b)
Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
- (c)
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- (d)
JB Kripalani
Which of the following associations of artists and their profession is wrong?
- (a)
Chidananda : Bengali Indian
- (b)
Balachander K : Tamil Indian Filmaker
- (c)
Soumitra Chatterjee : Assamese Play writer
- (d)
Bhyrappa : Kannada writer
The famous artist Uma Sharma is an exponent of which one of the following forms of dance?
- (a)
Bharatanatyam
- (b)
Kathak
- (c)
Kuchipudi
- (d)
Manipuri
Consider the following paragraph and identify the person referred to therein using the codes given below.
She joined the diplomatic corps in 1949 and became the first woman diplomat of India.She was the Ambassador to Hungary, Ghana and the Netherlands.
- (a)
CB Muthamma
- (b)
Nirupama Rao
- (c)
Chokila lyar
- (d)
Meera Kumar
Born Agnes Gonxha, this lady was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work.To which Indian city did she dedicate over forty years of her life tending to the needs of the poor,sick,orphaned and dying?
- (a)
Kolkata
- (b)
Darjeeling
- (c)
Hyderabad
- (d)
Chennai
What character did Walt create before Mickey Mouse? He was very similar in looks but the rights were stolen from Walt in 1928.
- (a)
Oswald the Rabbit
- (b)
Herbert the Mouse
- (c)
Nancy the Goat
- (d)
Archie the cat
MF Hussain, is also known as
- (a)
Michelangelo
- (b)
Socrates of India
- (c)
Plato of India
- (d)
Picasso of India
Satyen Bose has shown his excellence in which of the following fields?
- (a)
Stage Acting
- (b)
Drawing and Painting
- (c)
Classical Dance
- (d)
Motion Picture
Morgan Freeman earned distinction in which of the following fields?
- (a)
Vocal Music
- (b)
Instrumental Music
- (c)
Acting
- (d)
Classical dance
Consider the following statements
1.Gopalkrishna Gandhi was the Governor of West Bengal.
2.He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
3.His maternal grandfather was C Rajagopalachari(Rajaji).
- (a)
1 and 2 are correct
- (b)
2 and 3 are correct
- (c)
1 and 3 are correct
- (d)
All are correct
Who is he?
1.Tiger in the cricket fraternity.
2.India's first transcendental cricketer.
3.Nawab of Pataudi.
- (a)
Saif Ali khan
- (b)
Mansoor ali Khan
- (c)
Yusuf Khan
- (d)
Irfan Pathan
Consider the following pairs
1.Fauja Singh : Oldest Marathon Runner
2.Jyoti Amge : Shortest Women in the world
3.Chandra Bahadur Dangi : Shortest man in the world
Which of the following is rightly matched?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
2 and 3
- (d)
All of the above
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I(Person) | List II(Company) |
A.Steve Jobs | 1.Google |
B.Sherly Sanderg | 2.Apple |
C.Larry Page | 3.Yahoo |
D.Ross Levinson | 4.Facebook |
- (a)
A B C D 2 1 4 3 - (b)
A B C D 3 1 4 2 - (c)
A B C D 2 4 1 3 - (d)
A B C D 3 4 1 2
Justice Dalveer Bhandari was associated with
- (a)
He became member of UN Human Rights Council
- (b)
He was elected to the International Court of Justice
- (c)
Direction General of world Trade Organisation
- (d)
Secretary-General of SAARC