Famous Personalities & Founders Questions with Solutions
This topic covers famous personalities from India and the world: leaders, reformers, scientists, entrepreneurs and their nicknames, along with the founders of organisations, companies, institutions, religions and movements. Questions often use popular titles such as 'Iron Man of India' (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel) or 'Nightingale of India' (Sarojini Naidu), or ask who founded an organisation, such as the Ramakrishna Mission (Swami Vivekananda). Grouping people by field and by title makes revision faster and helps you spot wrong options. Practise the famous personalities questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q1.
Who founded the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh?
A. Sheikh Mujibur RahmanB. Amartya SenC. Fazle Hasan AbedD. Muhammad YunuseasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q2.
Where was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose born?
A. Cuttack (Odisha)B. Dhaka (Bangladesh)C. Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)D. Kolkata (West Bengal)easyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q3.
Sir C.V. Raman received the Nobel Prize in which field?
A. ChemistryB. LiteratureC. MedicineD. PhysicseasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q4.
Who created the famous Rock Garden of Chandigarh?
A. Le CorbusierB. Charles CorreaC. Nek Chand SainiD. Satish GujraleasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q5.
Which Portuguese explorer led the first expedition to sail around the world (1519-1522)?
A. Bartolomeu DiasB. Vasco da GamaC. Ferdinand MagellanD. Pedro Álvares CabraleasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
The ideal 'Oru jathi, oru matham, oru daivam manushyanu' (one caste, one religion, one God for humankind) was given by:
A. Sree Narayana GuruB. AyyankaliC. Vaikunda SwamiD. Chattampi SwamikaleasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q7.
Satyendra Nath Bose, after whom the 'boson' is named, is best known for his work in:
A. Quantum mechanics (quantum statistics)B. Nuclear fissionC. Scattering of lightD. Theory of relativityeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q8.
Who is known as the 'Father of the Indian nuclear programme'?
A. Homi J. BhabhaB. Raja RamannaC. A. P. J. Abdul KalamD. Vikram SarabhaieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q9.
Who is called the 'Bismarck of India'?
A. Subhas Chandra BoseB. Jawaharlal NehruC. Bal Gangadhar TilakD. Sardar Vallabhbhai PateleasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q10.
Who is popularly called the 'Iron Lady of India'?
A. Vijaya Lakshmi PanditB. Indira GandhiC. Sucheta KripalaniD. Sarojini NaidueasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q11.
By what nickname was the music director R. D. Burman popularly known?
A. Bappi DaB. ShonuC. Dada MoniD. Pancham DaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q12.
Jayaprakash Narayan was popularly known as:
A. RajarshiB. DeshbandhuC. Lok NayakD. NetajieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q13.
The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai was built by:
A. Ratanji TataB. J. R. D. TataC. Dorabji TataD. Jamsetji TataeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q14.
Who is known as the 'Milkman of India'?
A. Norman BorlaugB. Tribhuvandas PatelC. Verghese KurienD. M. S. SwaminathaneasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q15.
India Gate in New Delhi was designed by the architect:
A. George WittetB. Robert Tor RussellC. Herbert BakerD. Edwin LutyenseasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q16.
What was the real name of the Hindi-Urdu writer Munshi Premchand?
A. Dhanpat Rai SrivastavaB. Ghanshyam Das GuptaC. Nawab Rai SaxenaD. Sahib Singh VermaeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q17.
Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe title?
A. Harnaaz SandhuB. Lara DuttaC. Sushmita SenD. Aishwarya RaieasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q18.
Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World crown?
A. Aishwarya RaiB. Persis KhambattaC. Zeenat AmanD. Reita FariaeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q19.
Who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006?
A. Ban Ki-moonB. Kofi AnnanC. Boutros Boutros-GhaliD. Javier Pérez de CuéllareasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q20.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the Nobel Prize in 2009 in which field?
A. Physiology or MedicineB. PhysicsC. ChemistryD. EconomicseasyAsked in PoliceView solution ›