Who fits with this description 'Indian Cotton merchant, Banker, Congressman, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi'?
Answer: C
The description fits G.D. Birla.
He began in the jute and cotton trade, built one of India's largest industrial houses, financed Congress activity and Harijan welfare, and was a close associate of Gandhi - who was staying at Birla House in Delhi when he was assassinated in 1948.
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Who became chairperson of the Federal Reserve of the United States in 2014?
Answer: D
Janet Yellen became Chair of the Federal Reserve in February 2014.
She succeeded Ben Bernanke and was the first woman to hold the post, serving until 2018. She later became the first woman Secretary of the Treasury.
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For which field was Robin Williams known?
Answer: D
Robin Williams was known as an actor and comedian.
He began in stand-up and television with Mork & Mindy, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting in 1998. He also starred in Dead Poets Society and Mrs Doubtfire, and died in 2014.
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V.R Krishna lyer, who passed away in December 2014, was a/an
Answer: D
V.R. Krishna Iyer was an eminent jurist.
A judge of the Supreme Court from 1973 to 1980, he did much to open up public interest litigation, relaxing the rule on who may approach the court, and wrote judgments in a highly individual prose. He died in December 2014, aged 100.
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Ben kingsley is associated with which of the following fields?
Answer: D
Ben Kingsley is associated with motion pictures.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1983 for the title role in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. Born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to a Gujarati father and an English mother, he took the stage name early in his career.
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Who is well known collector of artefacts and curios?
Answer: C
Salar Jung was the celebrated collector of artefacts and curios.
Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III, Prime Minister of Hyderabad, spent a large part of his fortune assembling paintings, sculpture, textiles, arms and clocks from across the world. His collection is now the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad, one of the three National Museums of India.
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Name the President of India who was elected unopposed-
Answer: B
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was elected President unopposed.
He was chosen in 1977 without a contest, the only President so elected. He had earlier been the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and twice Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and had lost the presidential election of 1969 to V.V. Giri.
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Nobel laureate Muhammed Yunus belongs to which one of the following countries?
Answer: D
Muhammad Yunus belongs to Bangladesh.
He founded Grameen Bank and pioneered microcredit, lending small sums without collateral chiefly to rural women, and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the bank in 2006.
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The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary-General of Commonwealth is:
Answer: B
Kamalesh Sharma was the first Indian chosen as Commonwealth Secretary-General.
A career diplomat who had been India's High Commissioner in London, he held the office from 2008 to 2016.
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A.Nageswara rao is associated with which of the following fields
Answer: A
A. Nageswara Rao is associated with motion pictures.
Known as ANR, he acted in some 250 Telugu films over sixty years and founded Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad. He received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1990 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2011.
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