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Famous personalities.
1. Who is the father of Geometry?
Euclid
2. Professor Amartya Sen is famous in which of the fields?
Economics
3. Guru Gopi Krishna was a maestro of which dance format?
Kathak
4.Who declared that his ultimate aim was to wipe 'every tear from every eye'?
Jawaharlal Nehru
5.Ashok Pandit is known for his outstanding performance in which field?
Shooting
6.Pandit K. G. Ginde, was well known for his contribution in the field of?
music
7.
R. K. Laxman is a renowned?
Cartoonist
8.The first woman in space was
Valentina Tereshkova
9.Who is the Flying Sikh of India?
Milkha singh
10.Sanjay Dutt, a noted film actor was held under
TADA
11.Miss Universe 1994, Ms. Sushmita Sen hails from which of the following cities?
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New delhi
12. Which Indian is known as the father of plastic Surgery ?Answer: Sushruta
13.Who is the father of Ayurveda ?answer: Charaka
14.Who is known as the father of Indian Green Revolution ?Answer: M. S. Swaminathan
15.Which Indian is known as the father of plastic Surgery ?Answer: Sushruta
16.Who is known as 'Indian Bismarck'?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
17. Who was affectionately Known as the " Grand Old Man Of India"
Dadabhai Naoroji
18. Who was known as the 'Father of Lok sabha'
Mavlankar
19. Who has been sworn in as union Railway Minister after the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi
Mukul Roy
20. Who was the first Indian to make a movie?
Asha Bhonsle
21. Who said ‘At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom’?
Bill Gates
22. Who is known as the ‘saint of the gutters’?
Mahatma Gandhi
23. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Nightingale of India’?
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Sarojini Naidu
24. The first English newspaper in India was started by:
J.A. Hickey
25. Who was the largest serving Chief Minister in India?
Jyoti Basu
26. The first woman to climb Mont Everest was:
Florence Griffith Joyner
27. For 2013 who is the head of NTPC?
Arup Roy Choudhury
28. Who is the 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India?
Duvvuri Subbarao
29. Who can be regarded as India's first rap singer and what is the song?
Ashok Kumar's Railgadi
30. Who is the most famous child of Prakash and Prem Peshawaria?
Kiran Bedi
31. What was British's first trading post in India? What was the year?
Machilipatnam in 1611
32. Who was the ruler of Magadha at the time of Siddhartha Gautama's death?
Ajatashatru
33. Which actor turned politician was also a nominee for a Nobel prize?
Jayalalitha. She is a nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
34. Who is the first Indian to become a European star on television and what was the character?
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kabir bedi
35. Name the person who introduced caricature to Indian journalism.
Subramanya Bharathy
36. WHICH ACTRESS WON THE MISS WORLD PAGEANT IN 1994?
Aishwarya rai
37. Who launched the famous “Ek gaon, Ek panavtha” (One village, one well) movement?
Baba Adhav
38. Satyen Bose is excellent in which fields?
Motion picture
39. English education in India was introduced by:
Lord Macaulay
40. Who is the First Woman Speaker of India ?
Answer: Meira Kumar
41. Who is the first woman to become Chief Election Commissioner of India ?Answer: V.S. Ramadevi
42. First Indian Woman Minister of Indian Railways
Mamata Banerjee
43. First Indian Woman to Climb the ‘Mt. Everest’ twice.
Santosh Yadav
44. First Actress in Indian cinema
Smt. Devika Rani
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45. the highest-paid musical artist (rap songs also) in Bollywood
Yoyo honey singh
46 .Who wrote the book “The God Father”?
Mario Puzo
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