PERSONALITIES MCQS SET 11

PERSONALITIES MCQS SET 11

101) Which of the following is/are true about Sarojini Naidu?
1. She was the first woman President of the Congress.
2. She was the first woman Govenor of independent India.
3. She was the first Health Minister of independent India.
4. She wrote the Golden Bough.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1, 2 and 4
B) 1 and 2
C) 1 and 3
D) Only 2
Answer: Only 2
   
102) Consider the following paragraph and Identify the person referred to therein using the codes given below.
She joined the diplomatic corps in 1949 and became the first woman diplomat of India. She was the Ambassador to Hungary, Ghana and the Netherlands.
A) CB Muthamma
B) Nirupama Rao
C) Chokila lyar
D) Meera Kumar
Answer: Nirupama Rao
   
103) What is the name of Edison's motion picture invention?
A) Film
B) Kinetoscope
C) Phonoscope
D) Moviescope
Answer: Kinetoscope
   
104) With which one of the following dance forms is Madhavi Mudgal associated?
A) Bharatanatyam
B) Odissi
C) Kathak
D) Kathakali
Answer: Odissi
   
105) Match the following
List - l       List II
(Indian Scientists)       (Areas)    
A. SK Vasal       1. Agriculture
B. CNR Rao       2. Medical Science
C. P Venugopal      3. Physics
D. BV Fiao      4. Poultry
Codes
A B C D
A) 2 4 1 3
B) 1 3 2 4
C) 2 3 1 4
D) 1 4 2 3
Answer: 1 3 2 4

106) Under whose reign was Newton honoured with a knighthood?
A) King Charles II
B) Queen Anne
C) King James II
D) King William III and Queen Mary II
Answer: Queen Anne
   
107) Born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. This lady was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. To which Indian city did she dedicate over forty years of her life tending to the needs of the poor, sick, orphaned and dying?
A) Kolkata
B) Darjeeling
C) Hyderabad
D) Chennai
Answer: Kolkata
   
108) Indian novelist. Anita Desai has been short-listed for the Booker Prize three times. Which of these works was not short-listed?
A) Fire on The Mountain
B) In Custody
C) Clear Light of Day
D) Fasting, Feasting
Answer: Fire on The Mountain
   
109) Ravi Shankar is a well-known Indian instrumentalist in the world. He is recognised for bringing the Indian classical music tradition to the West. This was done through his association with which of the following people?
A) George Harrison
B) John Lennon
C) Oprah Winfrey
D) Michael Jackson
Answer: George Harrison
   
110) What character did Walt Disney create before Mickey Mouse? He was very similar in looks but the rights were stolen from Walt in 1928.
A) Oswald the Rabbit
B) Herbert the Mouse
C) Nancy the Goat
D) Archie the Cat
Answer: Oswald the Rabbit