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.
- Q41.
The Hindi poet known by the pen name 'Nirala' was:
A. Jaishankar PrasadB. Ramdhari SinghC. Suryakant TripathiD. Sumitranandan PanteasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q42.
Which pioneering Bengali stage actress serialised her autobiography 'Amar Katha' between 1910 and 1913?
A. Rassundari DeviB. Sarala Devi ChaudhuraniC. Binodini DasiD. Kanan DevihardAsked in DefenceView solution › - Q43.
The Statue of Unity in Gujarat was designed by the sculptor:
A. Anil Ram SutarB. Ram V. SutarC. Satish GujralD. Arun YogirajmediumAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q44.
Who became the first woman Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)?
A. Soumya SwaminathanB. N. KalaiselviC. Gagandeep KangD. Tessy ThomasmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q45.
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 › - Q46.
Who said, "The United Nations was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell"?
A. Dag HammarskjoldB. Kofi AnnanC. Franklin D. RooseveltD. Trygve LiemediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q47.
Which US President delivered the famous 'Gettysburg Address'?
A. Thomas JeffersonB. George WashingtonC. Abraham LincolnD. Franklin D. RoosevelteasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q48.
Which US President served two non-consecutive terms in the nineteenth century?
A. Andrew JacksonB. Ulysses S. GrantC. Theodore RooseveltD. Grover ClevelandmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q49.
Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France before the French Revolution, was born in:
A. FranceB. PrussiaC. SpainD. AustriamediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q50.
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 › - Q51.
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 › - Q52.
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 ›