Famous Personalities : General Knowledge Questions and Answers

Q61. Who is the only Indian to have won the United Nations Award in the field of human rights?

[A] Baba Amte

[B] Kanshi Ram

[C] Ela Bhatt

[D] Verghese Kurien

Q62. What is the Name of first cricketer of India to have a cricket stadium in the name of him?

[A] Saurav Ganguly

[B] Virender Sehwag

[C] Sachin Tendulkar

[D] Sunil Gavaskar

Q63. Who among the following was known as ‘Devanam Piya’?

[A] Amoghavarsha

[B] Ashoka

[C] Kharavela

[D] Kanishka

Q64. Who became the first Asian women to sail around the world?

[A] Sirimavo Bandaranaike

[B] Cleopatra

[C] Ujwala Patil

[D] Golda Meir

500+ Famous Personalities Quiz Questions & Answers

Q65. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s pen name

[A] Kamala Kanta

[B] Sripantha

[C] Vanu Singh

[D] Jisu Dasgupta

Q66. The Famous personality best known for the instrument Tabla

[A] Ravi Sankar

[B] Bundu Khan

[C] Zakir Hussain

[D] P. Mani Iyer

Q67. Who among the following was given the title ‘Quaid-i-Azam’?

[A] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

[B] Jawaharlal Nehru

[C] Muhammad Ali Jinnah

[D] Mahatma Gandhi

Q68. Who has become the First Female Pilot in the Indian Navy?

[A] Garima Sharma

[B] Rakhi Kumari

[C] Shubhangi Swaroop

[D] Ritu Kumari

Q69. Hitendra Desai was known as outstanding in which field?

[A] Politics

[B] Journalism

[C] Social Service

[D] Literature

Q70. Kuldip Nayarr, a journalist was appointed as a high commissioner in 

[A] Sri Lanka

[B] Australia

[C] UK

[D] Pakistan