Famous Personalities Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Samantha Fox is associated with pop music.

The English singer had a run of chart hits in the late 1980s, beginning with 'Touch Me (I Want Your Body)' in 1986, and was widely popular in India at the time.

Answer: B

Yuri Gagarin is called the Columbus of the Space Age.

On 12 April 1961 he became the first human in space, orbiting the earth once aboard Vostok 1 in a flight of 108 minutes. He died in a training aircraft crash in 1968.

Answer: D

Donald Trump was the 45th President of the United States.

He took office in January 2017 after defeating Hillary Clinton, having never previously held elected office or served in the military - the first President of whom that was true.

Answer: C

Baldev Singh was India's first Defence Minister.

He held the portfolio from 1947 to 1952, and had earlier represented the Sikhs at the Cabinet Mission talks and the partition negotiations. K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief, not a minister.

Answer: C

Nek Chand created the Rock Garden in Chandigarh.

A road inspector, he began it secretly in 1957 on government land, building sculptures from broken bangles, tiles and other waste. It was discovered in 1975 and preserved rather than demolished.

Answer: B

Arvind Panagariya was the first Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog.

An economist at Columbia University, he took the post when NITI Aayog replaced the Planning Commission on 1 January 2015, and served until 2017. The Prime Minister is the Aayog's chairperson.

Answer: A

Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam advocated the PURA model.

PURA stands for Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas. Kalam proposed connecting village clusters through physical, electronic, knowledge and economic connectivity, so that people need not migrate to towns to reach services and work. He set it out in India 2020.

Answer: C

It is Glenn McGrath.

The Australian fast bowler was called Pigeon for his thin legs. He took 563 Test wickets, the most by any fast bowler until Anderson passed him, bowling on a relentless line just outside off stump.

Answer: B

Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa was known as Kipper.

The name was given by British colleagues who found Kodandera Madappa hard to pronounce. He became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in 1949, and is one of only two officers to hold the rank of Field Marshal.

Answer: B

Gangubai Hangal was a name in music.

She was one of the great exponents of the Kirana gharana of Hindustani classical vocal music, known for a deep, powerful contralto. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2002.