TNPSC General Knowledge - Personalities
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Which of the following is correctly matched?
- (a)
Ms Swaminathan : Nuclear Scientist
- (b)
TN Kaul : Diplomat
- (c)
Ganga : Dancer
- (d)
Astral Boo : Cartoonist
Who among the following heads are matched correctly with the organisation?
1.Irina Bokova | UNESCO |
2.Babatunde Osotimehin | UNFPA |
3.Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi | UNHCR |
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
All of the above
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
Mario Miranda is well known as
- (a)
editor
- (b)
story writer
- (c)
cartoonist
- (d)
Politician
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
Consider the following statements
1.Mohammed Dilawar is the 'Sparrow Man of India'.
2.Preet Bharara is the Indo-American US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
None of these
Who among the following person is called 'Desert Fox'?
- (a)
Walter Scott
- (b)
Erwin Rommel
- (c)
Eisenhower
- (d)
Bismarck
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
- (a)
Anna Hazare : Anti corruption
- (b)
Dr Pramod Karan Sethi : Jaipur Foot
- (c)
Dr MS Swaminathan : Agriculture
- (d)
Dr Abdul Kalam : Development of Economics
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
How is Steve Fossett known as?
- (a)
As a crocodile hunter
- (b)
For completing the longest non stop flight around the globe in a balloon
- (c)
For swimming across Atlantic Ocean
- (d)
For climbing Mt Everest without any co-climber
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
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 is Arjun Vaipayee?
- (a)
Adopted son of AB Vaipayee
- (b)
Youngest Mountain Climber
- (c)
Youngest Director to win Bafta Award
- (d)
None of the above
Indian novelist, Anita Desai has been short-listed for the Booker Prize three times.Which of these works was not short-listed?
- (a)
Fire on The Mountain
- (b)
In Custody
- (c)
Clear Light of Day
- (d)
Fasting,Feasting
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
Morgan Freeman earned distinction in which of the following fields?
- (a)
Vocal Music
- (b)
Instrumental Music
- (c)
Acting
- (d)
Classical dance
Consider the following famous names
1.Amrita Sher Gil
2.Bikash Bhattacharjee
3.NS Bendre
4.Subodh Gupta
Who of the above is/are well known as artist(s)?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
1 and 4
- (c)
2,3 and 4
- (d)
1,2,3 and 4
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
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
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