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.
Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France before the French Revolution, was born in:
A. FranceB. PrussiaC. SpainD. AustriamediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q22.
The explorer Jacques Cartier, known for exploring the St. Lawrence River and naming Canada, was from:
A. FranceB. PortugalC. SpainD. EnglandmediumAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q23.
John Adams became the first US President to live in the White House on:
A. 4 March 1801B. 1 November 1800C. 4 July 1776D. 30 April 1789mediumAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q24.
Who is the chief architect of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir at Ayodhya?
A. B. V. DoshiB. Charles CorreaC. Hafeez ContractorD. Chandrakant SompuramediumAsked in PoliceView solution ›