Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Quiz 2

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Quiz 2

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1. Who among the following was the co-author of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's book "Envisioning an Empowered Nation"?

Arun Tiwari
Arun Shourie
Y S Rajan
Sivathanu Pillai

2. Dr. Abdul Kalam was elected as the president of India during the rule of which prime minister?

Dr. Manmohan Singh
H. D. Deve Gauda
I K Gujral
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

3. In which year did Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam receive Padma Vibhushan?

1997
1990
1992
1993

4. Kalam succeeded ................... as President of India

K R Narayan
Prathibha Patil
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Pranab Mukherjee

5. Name Alexi Carrel's book that influenced Dr. Abdul Kalam

Man the Unknown
Arms and the Man
Light from Many Lamps
A Little Dream

6. Name the programme launched by Dr. Abdul Kalam for the youth of India

What Can I Give Movement
India Against Corruption
Vision 2020
Ignited Minds

7. The state which declared Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's birhtday as "Youth Renaissance Day"?

Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Meghalaya

8. Where did kalam born ?

Trichy
Rameswaram
Tiruchirappalli
Madras

9. Which one of the following about Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is NOT true?
A. Dr. Kalam's first major project SLV-3 experimental flight failed
B. He used to distribute newspapers after school hours
C. Dr. Kalam was a receipient of Veer Savarkar Award
D. Kalam started his work as Scientific Adviser to President of India

Only C
Only D
Both A and D
Both B and C

10. Which one of the following is NOT true about Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?

He was a vegetarian
He was a non-vegetarian
He was a voracious reader
He was a bachelor

Personalities Quiz: Nelson Mandela Quiz 2 - True or False Quiz

Personalities Quiz: Nelson Mandela Quiz 2 - True or False Quiz

1. Mandela was a recipient of Pakistan's highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan. True or False

TRUE
FALSE

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

India Quiz 103: Personalities Quiz

India Quiz 103: Personalities Quiz

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1. Who was the Minister of Law in the first Nehru Cabinet?

Sardar Patel
Baldev Singh
B R Ambedkar
Syama Prasad Mookerjee

2. Who was the most searched personality on Google India in 2018?

Priyanka Chopra
Narendra Modi
Priya Varrier
Sapna Choudhary

3. Name the King mentioned in Markandeya Purana who gave away his kingdom, sold his family and agreed to be a slave to fulfill a promise he had made to the sage Vishwamitra.

Parikshit
Vikramaditya
Harishchandra
Jarasandha

4. Eustace Fernandes is known for the mascot of a young Indian girl used by a famous Indian brand. Do you know the brand?

Nirma
Amul
Parle-G
Onida

5. Who formed the council of eight ministers, called Ashta Pradhan, to administer his empire?

Vikramaditya
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Shivaji

6. Name the eminent Indian economist who developed Human Developmetn Index

Amartya Sen
Manmohan Singh
Bimal Jalan
Montek Singh Ahluwalia

7. Who made the India's first cell-phone call in 1995?

P V Narasimha Rao
Azim Premji
Jyoti Basu
Amitabh Bachan

8. With which one of the following will you associate Kavin Bharti Mittal?

Skype
Hike
Whatsapp
Twitter

9. In 1968, Mira Alfassa, a spiritual guru, established an experimental township Auroville with no barrier and as a universal town in Tamil Nadu. We know her by her popular name. Who are we referrring to?

Mother Teresa
Sister Niveditha
Anandamayi Ma
The Mother

10. Who was the first woman to receive Bharat Ratna?

Mother Teresa
Indira Gandhi
Aruna Asaf Ali
Sarojini Naidu

General Knowledge Quiz 45: Personalities Quzi

Personalities Quiz

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1. Who is known as the "Man of Peace" in India?

Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Lala Lajpat Rai
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri

2. Who mong the following won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2017 in English Language?

Payal Kapadia
Ruskin Bond
Paro Anand
Roopa Pai

3. Name the only test cricketer in the history to score a century in all 11 countries that have hosted Test matches

Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Younis Khan
Virat Kohli

4. Recipient of 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, this famous writer modestly told that Carl Sandburg, Isak Dinesen and Bernard Berenson deserved the prize. Who is he?

George Bernard Shaw
Pablo Neruda
Samuel Beckett
Earnest Hemingway

5. Samuel Colt, American inventor, is associated with the invention of

Refrigerator
Revolver
Fountain pen
Air Conditioner

6. Which cricketer is a member of the Australian rock band "Six & Out"?

Shane Warne
Scott Muller
Brett Lee
Glenn McGrath

7. Who among the following is recognised as the creator of the first modern atlas?

Anaximander
Abraham Ortelius
Martin Behaim
Captain James Rennell

8. Who coined the terms "Palaeolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages?

John Lubbock
Charles Lyell
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel

9. Who contributed the terms scientist, physicist, linguist and many other scientific terms?

Michael Faraday
William King
Galileo Galilei
William Whewell

10. Who introduced PH Scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution?

John Dalton
SPL Sorensen
Humphry Davy
Robert Boyle

General Knowledge Quiz 42: Personalities Quiz

General Knowledge Quoz 42: Personalities Quiz

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1. In honour of the prime minister of which country the Mahathir Award for Global Peace  instituted?

Kenya
Malaysia
Egypt
Sudan

2. John Pemberton is an American pharmacist best known for the invention of this popular brand. Can you name this brand?

Vicks
Coco-cola
Dettol
Halls

3. Mein Kampf is the autobiography of

Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Nabakov

4. Melba Hernandez was politician who played a vital role in the revolutionary war of her country. Name the country

France
Serbia
Russia
Cuba

5. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza is a satirical play about several political philosophies. Who is the author?

William Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw
Henrik Ibsen
Ben Jonson

6. The Laskar Awards named after American businessman Albert Lasker are given in the field of

Advertising
Management
Cinema
Medicine

7. Which fictional sports was devised by J K Rowling in her series Harry Potter?

Dragon Poker
Fizzbin
Quidditch
Hyperblade

8. Who has the distinction of being the youngest to win Man Booker Prize?

Arundhati Roy
Eleanor Catton
Jhumpa Lahiri
Martha Kearney

9. Who is considered as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?

Margaret Thatcher
David Lloyd George
Sir Henry Campbell
Robert Walpole

10. With which comic strip will you associate Charles M. Schulz?

Tintin
Garfield
Peanuts
Calvin and Hobbs

General Knowledge 39: Great Personalities

General Knowledge 39: Great Personalities

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1. Who was the chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) setup in 2010?

Kasturirangan
M S Swaminathan
Sunita Narain
Madhav Gadgil

2. John Pemberton is an American pharmacist best known for the invention of this popular brand. Can you name this brand?

Vicks
Coco-cola
Dettol
Halls

3. Name the Indian mathematician who is known for calculating the height of Mount Everest

Radhanath Sikdar
Sathyendranath Bose
Manindra Agrawal
Prasanta Chandra Mahanobilis

4. With which comic strip will you associate Charles M. Schulz?

Tintin
Garfield
Peanuts
Calvin and Hobbs

5. Chaitya Bhoomi is the memorial to which great Indian personality?

B R Ambedkar
Lala Lajpat Rai
Sardar Patel
Morarji Desai

6. Rang Rasiya is a Hindi film based on the life of a famous Indian painter. Who is he?

Abanindranath Tagore
Raja Ravi Varma
M F Husain
Nandalal Bose

7. Who is the first and only woman to win the National Award for Best Director?

Deepa mehta
Mira Nair
Kokona Sen Sharma
Aparna Sen

8. Who was the first recipient of Saraswati Samman?

Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Ramakant Rath
Vijay Tendulkar
Balamani Amma

9. Which fictional sports was devised by J K Rowling in her series Harry Potter?

Dragon Poker
Fizzbin
Quidditch
Hyperblade

10. "A Passion for Dance" is the autobiography of an Indian dancer. Who is she?

Rukmini Devi Arundale
Mallika Sarabhai
Shovana Narayan
Yamini Krishnamurthy

General Knowledge Quiz 38: Famous Personalities

General Knowledge Quiz 38: Famous Personalities

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1. In honour of the prime minister of which country the Mahathir Award for Global Peace was instituted?

Kenya
Malaysia
Egypt
Sudan

2. Mein Kampf is the autobiography of

Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Nabakov

3. Melba Hernandez was politician who played a vital role in the revolutionary war of her country. Name the country

France
Serbia
Russia
Cuba

4. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza is a satirical play about several political philosophies. Who is the author?

William Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw
Henrik Ibsen
Ben Jonson

5. The Laskar Awards named after American businessman Albert Lasker are given in the field of

Advertising
Management
Cinema
Medicine

6. Who has the distinction of being the youngest to win Man Booker Prize?

Arundhati Roy
Eleanor Catton
Jhumpa Lahiri
Martha Kearney

7. Who is considered as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?

Margaret Thatcher
David Lloyd George
Sir Henry Campbell
Robert Walpole

8. With which one of the following musical instrument will you associate Ustad Vilayat Khan?

Shehanai
Violin
Tabla
Sitar

9. Who created the first f hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) that combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) system with an electric propulsion system?

William C Durant
Henry Ford
Ferdinand Porsche
Thomas Edison

10. Snellen Chart is used to measure which one of the following abilities?

Hearing
Vision
Smell
Touch

General Knowledge Quiz 34: Personalities Quiz

General Knowledge Quiz 34: Personalities Quiz

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1. Who introduced the concept of Ombudsman in India?

Mahatma Gandhi
L M Singhvi
Anna Hasare
Kiran Bedi

2. Who among the following holds the all time record for Olympic gold medals?

Michael Phelps
Larisa Latynina
Paavo Nurmi
Usain Bolt

3. The birthday of which statistician is celebrated as National Statistics Day in India?

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
C R Rao
Debabrata Basu
Jayanta Kumar Ghosh

4. Who played the lead role in the movie "Mangal Pandey: The Rising"?

Shah Rukh Khan
Aamir Khan
Akshay Kumar
Ajay Devgan

5. Name the Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of many Latin American countries like Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama?

Ali Lenin Aguilera
Oscar Arias Sanchez
Simon Bolivar
Fidel Castro

6. Name the Spanish explorer who led the expedition that conquered the Inca Empire?

Hernando de Soto
Panfilo de Narvaez
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes

7. Who was the Spanish explorer to become the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River?

Hernando de Soto
Francisco de Orellana
Juan Pardo
Louis Jolliet

8. With which one of the following incidents will you associate Madan Lal Pahwa?

Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Indo-China War

9. Who has been chosen for Vyas Samman 2017?

Mamta Kalia
Surinder Verma
Sunita Jain
Kamal Kishore Goyenka

10. Who is the author of "When Breath Becomes Air"?

Suasn Faludi
Paul Kalanidhi
Arundhati Roy
Sidhartha Mukherjee

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
Sitar

India Quiz 66 (Great Personalities Quiz)

India Quiz 66 (Great Personalities Quiz)

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1. Which Sikh guru was arrested, tortured and executed under the orders of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir?

Guru Tegh Bahadur
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Arjan Singh
Guru Har Gobind

2. Which Indian leader wrote the 'Shrimadh Bhagvad Gita Rahasya', popularly also known as 'Gita Rahasya' or 'Karmayog Shashtra'?

S Radhakrishnan
C Rajagopalachari
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi

3. Name the social reformer from Maharashtra who used to write articles under the pen name "Lokhitawadi"

Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Vinoba Bhave
Dhondo Kehav Karve
Jyotirao Phule

4. Who established the first Women's university in Indiain 1916?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Annie Besant
Dhondo Keshav Karve
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

5. Who gave the title "Rani" to Rahi Gaidinliu, the Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in Indi?

Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subash Chandra Bose
Rabindranath Tagore

6. Who founded the "Tattwabodhini Sabha" in 1839?

Debendranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Akshay Kumar Datta

7. Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri, also referred to as Jahangirnama, was written by

Jahangir
Ibn Batuta
Abdul Fazl
Malik Muhammad Jayasi

8. Who wrote the epic poem Padmavat about the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji's desire for the titular Padmavati, the Queen of Chittor?

Abul Faizi
Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Abul Hamid Lahori
Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni

9. Name the Mauryan emperor who commissioned the Great Stupa at Sanchi

Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara
Ashoka
Brihadratha

10. Which Mughal emperor bestowed the titl "Diwan-i-Ashraf" on Raja Todar Mal?

Akbar
Jahangir
Shahjahan
Babur

India Quiz 65 (Great Personalities Quiz)

India Quiz 65 (Great Personalities Quiz)

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1. "The status of women should also be raised and women should be trained to take a larger and a more intelligent interest in public affairs". Who said this?

Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bal Gangadar Tilak
Subhash Chandra Bose

2. Which Chola emperor built a new capital city called Gangaikonda Cholapuram to commemorate his victory over Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal?

Rajendra Chola I
Rajaraja Chola I
Virarajendra Chola
Kulothunga Chola I

3. He was born in Almora, India and won Nobel Prize in 1902. Who was he?

Rabindranath Tagore
C V Raman
Ronald Ross
Amartya Sen

4. Who among the following is the main proponent of Vishishtadvaita?

Swaminarayan
Sri Sankaracharya
Ramanuja
Pillai Lokacharya

5. The Shore Temple is one of the oldest structural stone temples of South India. Name the ruler of Pallava Kingdom who initiated the work

Mahendravarman I
Simhavarman III
Narasimhavarman II
Aparajitavarman

6. Who is known as the Napoleon of India?

Samudragupta
Vikramaditya
Chandragupta Maurya
Maharaja Ranjit Singh

7. Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad was the original name of this Mughal emperor. Who was he?

Akbar
Babur
Shahjahan
Humayun

8. Who is known as the "father of Indian nationalism"?

Mahatma Gandhi
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadar Tilak

9. Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth) in 1837?

Jyotirao Phule
Swami Dayanand Saraswari
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Annie Besant

10. The original name of the work which is a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, is Bhavarth Deepika. But it is popularly known in another name after its creator. Identify the work

Amarakosha
Ashtavakra Gita
Civaka Cintamani
Dnyaneshwari