General Knowledge - Personalities
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
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
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
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
Raghu Rai is well known for which one of the following areas?
- (a)
Research in Mathematics
- (b)
Photograph
- (c)
Water harvesting
- (d)
Pollution control
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
Which of the following
List I(Players) | List II(Specialisation) |
A.Heena Sidhu | 1.Discus |
B.Krishna | 2.Air-pistol event |
C.Ranjith Maheswary | 3.Triple jumper |
D.Vijendra Singh | 4.Wrestler |
- (a)
A B C D 2 1 3 4 - (b)
A B C D 1 3 4 2 - (c)
A B C D 3 2 1 4 - (d)
A B C D 4 1 2 3
Which of the following associations of artists and their art or instrument is wrong?
- (a)
Sarangi : Ravi Verma
- (b)
Painting : Gaganendranath Tagore
- (c)
Dance : Rukmini Devi Arundale
- (d)
Violin : Vaidyanathan
Who was the first Mathematician to treat zero as a number?
- (a)
S Ramanujan
- (b)
Brahmagupta
- (c)
Bhaskara
- (d)
Aryabhatta
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
Ratan Thiyam , the famous personality from Manipur, is known for his work in the field of
- (a)
sports
- (b)
music
- (c)
theatre
- (d)
social reform
Which of the following association of personality and their public office is wrong?
- (a)
Ajit Kumar Seth : Cabinet
- (b)
Shashikant Sharma: CAG
- (c)
Subba Rao : Governor, RBI
- (d)
Querishi : Cheif Election Commisioner
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
Who of the following published a famous pamphlet as 'Right of Man' and urged the people in England,America and France to fight for their liberty?
- (a)
Thomas jefferson
- (b)
Thomas Paine
- (c)
John Locke
- (d)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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
Which of the following is/are true about Sarojini Naidu?
1.She was the first woman President about of the Congress.
2.She was the first woman Governor of Independent India.
3.She was the first Health Minister of Independent India.
4.She wrote the Golden Bough.
Select the Correct answer using the codes given below
- (a)
1,2 and 4
- (b)
1 and 2
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
Only 2
Who of the following is an accomplished vocalist?
- (a)
Monu Mazumdar
- (b)
Shiv Kumar Sharma
- (c)
Satish Gujral
- (d)
Dinanath Mishra
Under whose reign was Newton honoured with a knighthood?
- (a)
King Charles II
- (b)
Queen Anne
- (c)
King James
- (d)
King William III and Queen Mary II
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
The name of Pierre Cardin is associated with which of the following fields?
- (a)
Painting
- (b)
Films
- (c)
Pop Music
- (d)
Fashion Designing
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
Who declared that his ultimate aim was to wipe 'every tear from every eye'?
- (a)
Rajendra Prasad
- (b)
Sardar Patel
- (c)
Jawaharlal Nehru
- (d)
Mahatma Gandhi
Consider the following statements.
1.Jyoti Amge Nagpur was declared the world's shortest adult by Guinness Book of World Records officials.
2.Her restricted height is due to a growth anomaly called achondroplasia.
- (a)
1 is correct
- (b)
2 is correct
- (c)
Both 1 and 2 are correct
- (d)
Neither 1 nor 2 is 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