Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the famous book 'The Discovery of India'. Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. Geoffrey Chaucer is considered the father of English literature. Michael Phelps has won the most gold medals in the Olympic Games. Leonardo da Vinci painted the famous masterpiece 'The Mona Lisa'. Gulzarilal Nanda served the shortest term as Prime Minister of India for only 26 days.

1. FAMOUS PERSONALITY

2. 1.Who wrote the famous book ‘The discovery of
India’?
a) Salman Rushaie
b) Aravind Adiga
c) Jawharlal Nehru
d) Anita Desai

3. 2.Winston Churchill, the former British prime
minister was a warded a noble prize for what?
Literature in 1953.
a) Medicine in 1944
b) Literature in 1953
c) Chemistry in 1899
d) Physiology in 1951

4. 3.Who is the father of English Literature?
a) Raja Rao
b) Geoffrey Chaucer
c) Mulk raj Anand
d) Micheal Madhusudan Dutt

5. 4.Who have won most gold medals in the
Olympic Games
a) Michael Phelps
b) Harmilk Sing
c) Charanjit Sing
d) Leslie Clandius

6. 5.“School failed me ,and I failed the school. It
bored me.”Which Scientists said this?
a) Albert Einstein
b) C.V. Raman
c) Venkatraman Radhakrishnan
d) Meghnad saha

7. 6.Who is the painter of the famous masterpiece
art ‘The Mona Lisa”?
a) Raja Ravi varma
b) LeonardodaVinci
c) Jamini Roy
d) Nandelal Bose

8. 7.Who was as the prime minister of India for
only 26 days?
a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b) Imran Khan
c) Gulzarilal Nanda
d) Rahul Gandhi

9. 8. ‘ My father was a saint . I am not’
a) Nimbraka
b) Ramananda
c) Sundardar
d) Indira Gandhi

10. 9.Who is the first ex-chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of India to be appointed as
a governor of a state ?
a) Subhash chandra garg
b) Arun Jaitley
c) Urjit Patel
d) Sathasivam

11. 10.Who was the former RBI governor of India?
a) Arvind Subramanian
b) Raguram Rajan
c) Rajiv Mahrishi
d) Hasmukh Adhia

12. 11.Who designed the Indian national flag?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Naveen Jindal
c) Pingali Venkayya
d) N.K.Sing

13. 12.Who is the current chief justice of India?
a) Sir Maurice Gwyer
b) Sir H.J .Kania
c) Ranjan Gogoi
d) Sir Patrick Spens

14. 13.Who was the founder of the Theosophical
Society in India and started the Home Rule
League?
a) Annie Besant
b) Acharya Narendra Dev
c) Lal-Bal-Pal
d) None of the above

15. 14.Who became the first woman to reach the
summit of Mount Everest , and the first
woman to ascend all Seven Summits by
climbing the highest peak on every continent?
a) Junko Tabei
b) Bachendri Pal
c) Santosh Yadav
d) Premlata Agarwal

16. 15. The first Women External Affair Minister of
India was:
a) Sushma Swaraj
b) Jayalalitha
c) Pratibha Patil
d) Indira Gandhi

17. 16.In what year was Rajiv Gandhi assassinated?
a) 1990
b) 1991
c) 1992
d) 1993

18. 17.Who is currently (2016) the Vice President of
India ?
a) Ms. Pratibha Patil
b) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
c) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
d) Krishan Kant

19. 18.Who was the1st Prime Minister of India?
a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) Gulzar Lal Nanda
d) None of the Above

20. 19.Who was the first Indian in space?
a) Vikram Ambalal
b) Ravish Malhotra
c) Rakesh Sharma
d) Nagapathi Bhat

21. 20.Who was the first Indian Scientist to win a
Nobel Prize?
a) C.V. Raman
b) Amartya Sen
c) Hargobind Khorana
d) Subramanian Chrandrasheka

22. 21. Who was the first Indian woman to win the
Miss World Title?
a) Aishwarya Rai
b) Sushmita Sen
c) Reita Faria
d) Diya Mirz

23. 22.Who was the first president of India?
a) Abdul Kalam
b) LalBahadur Shastri
c) Dr.Rajendra Prasad
d) Zakir Hussain

24. 23.Who declared that his ultimate aim was to
wipe 'every tear from every eye'?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Sardar Patel
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Mahatma Gandhi

25. 24.The first woman in space was
a) Valentina Tereshkova
b) Sally Ride
c) Naidia Comenci
d) Tamara Press

26. 25.Who was known as Iron man of India?
a) Govind Ballabh Pant
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel