Famous Persons interview questions – page 2

Name the person popularly known as Gurudev

1. Dr. S. Radhakrishan
2. Ramakrishna Parmahamsa
3. Tagore
4. Narayana Guru

The chairman of ‘Hockey India’ is

1. Vidya Stoks
2. Shahruk Khan
3. Mariamma Koshy
4. None of these

Safdar Hashmi is a name associated with

1. Journalism
2. Instrumental music
3. Drawing and painting
4. None of these

Freud is associated with

1. Leprosy control
2. Psychology
3. Physiology and medicine
4. Detective work

Kalidas was

1. An astronomer during the Gupta period
2. A dramatist during Harshvardhana’s reign
3. A poet during the Gupta period
4. None of these

The title of ‘Desert Fox’ is given to

1. Joan of Arc
2. Gen Rommel
3. Hitler
4. Prince Bismarck

Who is considered as ‘trimutri’ (Trinity) of Carnatic music?

1. Muthuswami Dikshitar
2. Thyagaraja
3. Swami Thirunal
4. Purandardasa

Who was Dr. Salim Ali?

1. Ornithologist
2. Sericulturist
3. Space scientist
4. Geologist

Altmas Kabir has been appointed as

1. CJI
2. Chief Election Commissioner
3. ISRO Chief
4. None of these

M. S. Subbulakshmi has distinguished herself in the field of

1. Bharathanatyam
2. Vocal Music
3. Playing Violin
4. Kathak

Prof. Amartya Sen has earned worldwide distinction in which of the following fields/areas?

1. Astrophysics
2. Biochemistry
3. Economics
4. Geology

Dr. Joon Lew of Korea, a recipient of International Gandhi Award is known for his service in which of the following?

1. Eradication of leprosy
2. Campaign against AIDS
3. Elimination of child labour
4. Fight against drugs

Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of IIM Ahmedabad?

1. N.R. Narayana Murthy
2. A.M. Naik
3. M. Damodaran
4. Sanjiv Gupta

The theory of use and disuse was used to explain evolution by

1. Wallace
2. De Vries
3. Darwin
4. Lamarck

The first National Security Advisor of India who died recently is

1. Brajesh Mishra
2. Dinesh Thakur
3. Anil Bordia
4. None of these

In which field ‘Aachan Maharaj’ has distinguished himself?

1. Vocal Music
2. Painting
3. Dance
4. Drama

What is common between kutty, Shankar, Laxman and Sudhir Dar?

1. Drawing Cartoons
2. Classical dance
3. Instrumental music
4. Film direction

Who amongst the following is the Secretary General of UNO?

1. Hugo Chavez
2. Bann-Ki-Moon
3. Shashi Tharoor
4. Koffi Annan

Name of S.Chandrashekhar is associated with which of the following subjects?

1. Astrophysics
2. Fluid Mechanics
3. Chemistry
4. Cosmology

Who said “Patriotisim is religion and religion is love for India”?

1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Raj Narain Bose
4. Swami Vivekananda

Who invented ‘Penicillin’?

1. Louis Pasteur
2. William Harvey
3. Edward Jenner
4. Alexander Fleming

Who invented the ‘Hydrogen Bomb’?

1. Samuel Cohen
2. Edward Teller
3. Robert Oppenheimer
4. Albert Einstein

The ‘telephone’ was invented by

1. Alexander Graham Bell
2. Thomas Barrow
3. J.L. Braid
4. G. Marconi

Who invented ballpoint pen?

1. Joseph F. Glidden
2. Jacques Montgolfier
3. George Biro
4. John J. Loud

Who is known as the ‘Father of Geometry?

1. Kepler
2. Aristotle
3. Pythagoras
4. Euclid

Who developed the first ‘automatic automobile’?

1. Karl benze
2. Rudolf Diesel
3. Henry Ford
4. Goatleab Daimler

Electron was discovered by

1. Albert Einstein
2. Max plank
3. Ernest Rutherford
4. Joseph Thomson

Who discovered ‘Solar system’?

1. Copernicus
2. Galileo
3. John Hadley
4. Newton

The computer was invented by

1. Bill Gates
2. Chester Floyd Carlson
3. Charles Babbage
4. Michel Faraday

Paper was invented in

1. China
2. India
3. Brazil
4. Switzerland