Famous Personalities Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Jim Yong Kim was President of the World Bank from 2012 to 2019.

A physician and anthropologist who had co-founded Partners in Health and led Dartmouth College, he was the first Bank president trained in medicine rather than in finance or politics.

Answer: A

Hillary Clinton was appointed Secretary of State by Barack Obama.

She served from 2009 to 2013, having been a Senator from New York and Obama's rival for the Democratic nomination in 2008. Condoleezza Rice was her predecessor under George W. Bush.

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.

Answer: D

Verghese Kurien is associated with the White Revolution.

He built the Amul cooperative at Anand and led Operation Flood from 1970, which made India the world's largest milk producer. The Green Revolution in foodgrains is associated with M.S. Swaminathan.

Answer: A

Julia Gillard became the first woman Prime Minister of Australia.

She took office in June 2010, replacing Kevin Rudd as Labor leader, and served until 2013. She is remembered internationally for her misogyny speech in the House of Representatives in 2012.

Answer: C

Sucheta Kripalani was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state.

She led Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967. She had been a member of the Constituent Assembly and sang Vande Mataram in the House on the eve of independence.

Answer: D

G.R. Viswanath was famous for the late cut.

The stroke plays the ball late, guiding it behind point with the face of an angled bat, and demands unusually fine timing. Viswanath scored a century in each of the Tests India won or drew after he made one - India never lost such a match.

Answer: B

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is associated with music.

A Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana gharana, he was renowned for his khayal and for the devotional abhangs and bhajans he sang. He received the Bharat Ratna in 2008.

Answer: A

Ramesh Krishnan is not a cricketer.

He is a tennis player who reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open and won India the Davis Cup final berth in 1987. Chetan Chauhan, G.R. Viswanath and Syed Kirmani all played Test cricket for India.

Answer: C

Nirmala Deshpande was a famous social activist.

A Gandhian who walked some 40,000 km across India with Vinoba Bhave in the Bhoodan movement, she later worked for communal harmony and for peace with Pakistan. She was nominated to the Rajya Sabha and received the Padma Vibhushan.