Famous Persons interview questions – page 3

Which one of the following is the first geostationary telecommunication satellite of India?

1. APPLE
2. ARYABHATIA
3. ROHINI
4. INSAT-1A

Who discovered ‘North Pole’?

1. Captain Cook
2. John Cobot
3. Amundson
4. Robert Peary

ORT(Oral Rehydration Therapy) is associated with the treatment of

1. Anaemia
2. Beriberi
3. Cancer
4. Diarrhea

Who is associated with the invention of ‘Nylon’?

1. Dr Wallace H Carothers
2. Louis Pasteur
3. John Corbutt
4. J Nicephore Niepce

Who among the following scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son?

1. Albert Einstein
2. Henrico Fermi
3. Max Planck
4. William Henry Bragg

Chanda Kochhar leads to which of the organization?

1. ACC Cement
2. Dabur
3. HDFC Bank
4. ICICI Bank

Dhanvantari name is associated with

1. Classical music
2. Indian Medicine
3. Sanskrit poetry
4. Sanskrit grammar

The first navigator to sail round the world was

1. Magellan
2. Amundsen
3. Columbus
4. Macro polo

Who amongst the following is the New Prime Minister of Israel after the general election held there in recent past?

1. Benjamin Netanyahu
2. Shimon Peres
3. Tzipi Livini
4. Lieberman

Which one of the following has been appointed as the Secretary of State by Barack Obama, President of U.S.A.?

1. Ben Porritt
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Joe Biden
4. Condoleezza Rice

Jamini Roy distinguished himself in the field of

1. Painting
2. Sculpture
3. Theatre
4. Badminton

Who was known as Iron man of India?

1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Gandhi
4. Subhash Chandra Bose

The holy book of the Parsis is 

1. Gita
2. Bible
3. Zend Avesta
4. Torah

The last Mahakumbh of the 20th Century was held at

1. Allahabad
2. Ujjain
3. Haridwar
4. Nasik

The first talkie film of India was

1. Kismat
2. Kangan
3. Alam Ara
4. Harishehandra

Rajasthani and Pahari Schools were famous for

1. Sculpture
2. Dancing
3. Painting
4. Music

Zakir Hussain is associated with

1. Violin
2. Sarod
3. Sitar
4. Tabla

 ‘Dandia’ is a popular dance of

1. Punjab
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Maharashtra
4. Gujarat

Hindi is the ___ largest speaking language in the world.

1. Third
2. Fourth
3. Fifth
4. Ninth

The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is

1. Raja Ramanna
2. Rina Panigrahi
3. Ramanujam
4. Shakunthala Devi

What is the interval between two ‘Maha Kumbha’ melas at the same place?

1. 4 years
2. 6 years
3. 8 years
4. 12 Years

The first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest was

1. Reita Fariya
2. Asha Agarwal
3. Arati Saha
4. Bachendri Pal

The late Nirmala Deshpande was a famous

1. Social activist
2. Film star
3. Astrologer
4. Diplomat

Who was known as the ‘Father of Lok Sabha’?

1. Anantasayanam
2. Bashyam
3. Zakir Hussain
4. Mavlankar

Mallika Sarabhi is associated with which of the following fields?

1. Sports
2. Classical music
3. Social service
4. Classical dance

Who is known as the ‘Columbus of the Space Age’

1. Kalpana Chawla
2. Leela Seth
3. Yuri Gagarin
4. Mithali Raj

Who invented Radar?

1. Robert Watson Watt
2. Humphrey Davy
3. Max Planck
4. Henrey Backquerel

Michael Jackson was a distinguished personality in which of the following fields?

1. Sports
2. Acting
3. Journalism
4. Pop music

Father of anatomy

1. Theophrastus
2. Andreas Vesalius
3. Aristotle
4. None of these

Shovna Narayan is a reputed personality in which of the following fields?

1. Classical music
2. Classical dance
3. Journalism
4. Literature