Ms Kim Campbell is the first woman Prime Minister of
Answer: B
Kim Campbell was the first woman Prime Minister of Canada.
She took office in June 1993 and served for about four months, losing the general election that October. She remains Canada's only woman Prime Minister.
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Who among the following is the founder of 'Azad Hind Fauj'?
Answer: A
Subhas Chandra Bose is credited with founding the Azad Hind Fauj.
Captain Mohan Singh raised the first Indian National Army in 1942 from prisoners taken at Singapore, but it was dissolved that December. Bose revived and reorganised it in 1943, added the Rani of Jhansi regiment, and led it to Imphal.
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Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna ?
Answer: B
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first posthumous recipient of the Bharat Ratna.
It was conferred in 1966, the year he died at Tashkent, hours after signing the agreement ending the war with Pakistan. He had given the country the slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'.
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The next UN Secretary-General was recently selected by the UN Security Council as
Answer: A
It was Antonio Guterres.
The former Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees was recommended by the Security Council in October 2016 and took office on 1 January 2017, succeeding Ban Ki-moon.
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Jaspal Rana is the name associated with which of the following games:
Answer: D
Jaspal Rana is associated with shooting.
A pistol shooter, he won gold at the 1994 Asian Games at fifteen and took nine Asian Games medals in all, as well as multiple Commonwealth Games golds. He received the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri, and later coached Manu Bhaker.
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Who is referred to as the Edison of India?
Answer: A
G.D. Naidu is called the Edison of India.
A self-taught inventor from Coimbatore, he built India's first indigenous motor and the first Indian-made electric razor, and held a large number of patents. He had barely any formal schooling.
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Hitendra Desai was famous in the which field?
Answer: C
Hitendra Desai was a figure in politics.
He was Chief Minister of Gujarat from 1965 to 1971, the state's third, and later served as a Union Minister.
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Who advocated the adoption of "PURA" model to eradicate rural poverty?
Answer: A
Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam advocated PURA.
PURA is Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas. Kalam proposed linking clusters of villages by physical, electronic, knowledge and economic connectivity, so that people need not migrate to towns for services and work. He set it out in India 2020.
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Professor Malcolm Adiseshaih had earned worldwide distinction in which of the fields?
Answer: C
Professor Malcolm Adiseshiah earned distinction in economics.
He was Deputy Director-General of UNESCO and founded the Madras Institute of Development Studies. He also served in the Rajya Sabha and received the Padma Bhushan.
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Name the American film cartoonist who created Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck?
Answer: B
Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Mickey Mouse first appeared in Steamboat Willie in 1928 and Donald Duck in 1934. Disney went on to make the first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1937.
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