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.
- Q21.
The name of the mystic poetess Lal Ded (Lalleshwari) is associated with:
A. KarnatakaB. MaharashtraC. RajasthanD. KashmireasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q22.
Who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army after independence?
A. Sam ManekshawB. Rajendrasinhji JadejaC. K. S. ThimayyaD. K. M. CariappaeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q23.
The singer and composer Bhupen Hazarika belonged to which state?
A. AssamB. ManipurC. West BengalD. MeghalayaeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q24.
The Hindi poet known by the pen name 'Nirala' was:
A. Jaishankar PrasadB. Ramdhari SinghC. Suryakant TripathiD. Sumitranandan PanteasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q25.
The Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi is associated with which movement?
A. Chipko AndolanB. Bachpan Bachao AndolanC. Narmada Bachao AndolanD. Beti Bachao Beti PadhaoeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q26.
Which US President delivered the famous 'Gettysburg Address'?
A. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Abraham LincolnD. Franklin D. RoosevelteasyAsked in RailwayView solution ›