General Knowledge Quiz 32: Great Personalities Quiz

General Knowledge Quiz 32: Great Personalities Quiz

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1. Who is known as "Father of Mineralogy"?

Joan Abella
William Lawrence Bragg
Georgius Agricola
Norman Bowen

2. Bao Dai was the last emperor of this country. Name the country.

Myanmar
China
Vietnam
Japan

3. Name the martial arts form that was created by Kano Jigoro

Karate
Kung Fu
Taekwondo
Judo

4. Who is known as the originator of quantum theory?

Albert Einstein
Max Planck
Erwin Schrodinger
Werner Heisenberg

5. Name the famous scientist who was also the owner of the company Bofors AB, a Swedish arms manufacturer

Albert Einstein
Richard Feynman
Isaac Newton
Alfred Nobel

6. Who was the first Muslim to become the President of India?

APJ Abdul Kalam
Zakir Hussain
Hamid Ansari
Mohammad Hidayatullah

7. A recipient of International Lenin Peace Prize for the year 1964, she became the first mayor of Delhi in 1958. Who is she?

Aruna Asaf Ali
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Sarojini Naidu
Sucheta Kripalani

8. To which country Henrik Ibsen, often referred to as "the father of realism", belonged?

Italy
Norway
Sweden
Britain

9. Who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations?

Dag Hammarskjold
Kurt Waldheim
Trygve Lie
U Thant

10. With which one of the following will you associate Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman?

Mridangam
Tabla
Violin
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