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?

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’?

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?

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

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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