General Knowledge 52: Personalities Quiz

General Knowledge 52: Personalities Quiz

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1. A senior officer of the British Army, he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres of 1915, losing his left eye and winning the Military Cross. He was a great lover of literature and has served as Viceroy of India. Who is he?

Archibald Wavell
Lord Irwin
Lord Chelmsford
The Earl of Willingdon

2. Where did Savitribai Phule establish the first Indian run girl's school in 1848?

Bangalore
Lucknow
Pune
Bombay

3. Who among the following was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority nation?

Benazir Bhutto
Khaleda Zia
Sheikh Hasina
Tansu Çiller

4. Who is known as "Grand Old Man of Gujarat"?

Dadabhai Naoroji
Mahadev Desai
Vallabhbhai Patel
Abbas Tyabiji

5. Who among the following wears the Piscatory Ring or the Ring of the Fisherman which was also used as the official signet until 1842?

Dalai Lama
The Pope
Japanese Emperor
Queen of England

6. Who among the following was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle?

Eileen Collins
Svetlana Savitskaya
Emily Howell Warner
Anousheh Ansari

7. "Babeuf's Conspiracy" or "The Conspiracy of the Equals" is associated with which country?

France
Germany
Italy
Russia

8. With which one of the following personalities will you associate Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma?

Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
Adolf Hitler
Napoleon Bonaparte

9. Who was the first woman of Indian origin to graduate with a degree in medicine?

Kadambini Ganguly
Chandramukhi Basu
Asima Chatterjee
Anandi Gopal Joshi

10. Duaghter of a former President, she is the longest serving prime minister in the history of her country. Who is she?

Khaleda Zia
Atifete Jahjaga
Benazir Bhutto
Sheikh Hasina

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