India Quiz 74: Personalities Quiz

India Quiz 74: Personalities Quiz

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1. Who is referred to as the "Joan of Aac of India"?

Begum Hazrat Mahal
Madam Bhikaiji Cama
Rani Lakshmibai
Aruna asaf Ali

2. Who is the youngest in the world and first Asian girl to swim in freezing water of Antarctica?

Lynne Cox
Bhakti Sharma
Arti Saha
Gaurvi Singhvi

3. Begum Hazrat Mahal, known for her valour and courage in standing up to the might of the British forces during India's first struggle of freedom against British in 1857, was the wife of

Wajid Ali Shah
Muhammad Amir Khan
Shah Alam II
Siraj ud-Daulah

4. Who was the Governor General of India during the 1857 mutiny?

Lord Canning
Lord Dalhousie
Lord William Bentick
Lord Curzon

5. According to popular tradition, the legendary king Vikramaditya of Ujjain established the Vikrama Samvat era after defeating

Sakas
Kushanas
Parthinas
Chalukyas

6. Who among the following defeated Indian player P V Sindhu to win the Indian Open Badminton Tournament in 2018?

Beiwen Zhang
Saina Nehwal
Cheung Ngan Yi
Ratchanok Intanon

7. King Bhoja, who is best known as a patron of arts, literature, and sciences, belonged to which one of the following dynasties?

Chalukya
Paramara
Chola
Pallava

8. "Pattinappalai" is a Tamil poetic work in praise of which of the Chola kings?

Vijayalaya Chola
Rajadhiraja Chola
Uttama Chola
Karikala Chola

9. With which sports is Sbhubhankar Sharma associated?

Hockey
Cricket
Golf
Chess

10. Ustad Mansur, the earliest artist to depict the dodo in colour, was an artist of which Mughal emperor's court?

Akbar
Shajahan
Humayun
Jahangir

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