GENERAL QUESTIONS ON " THEY ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE"
Q1. Who was the trusted lieutenant of Prophet Muhammad to become the first Caliph of a Muslim Empire?
Abu Bakr. 632 AD
Q2. A great poet and was the Prime Minister in the court of Akbar. Who was he?
Abul Fazl. Ain-I-Akbari and Akbar Nama are his works.
Q3. American statesman and was instrumental in establishing NATO. Who was He?
Acheson Dean.
Q4. American President responsible for abolition of slavery is............
Abraham Lincoln in 1864.
Q5. Who was the President of the political wing of the Irish Republican Army " The Sinn Fein"?
Adams Gerry.
Q6. What was the name of the party founded by Adolf Hitler?
Nazi Party.
Q7. Who was the Arab Historian who accompanied Muhammad Ghazni during his raids over India?
Alberuni.
Q8. Alexander the Great was the student of........?
Aristotle.
Q9. Alexander the Great was the King of.......?
Macedonia.
Q10. A great Persian poet who served under eleven Badshahs, 7 Sultans of Delhi and was also the inventor and exponent of Sitar. Who was he?
Aamir Khusroo.
Q11. Jacqueline Kennedy married whom after the death of her husband John F. Kennedy?
Aristotle Onasis. A Greek Shipping magnate.
Q12. Booker Prize Winner and an environmental activist. Who is that?
Arundhati Roy. She won the Booker Prize for "God of Small Things".
Q13. Who introduced the concept of "inferiority complex"?
Alfred Adler, Psychologist, Austria.
Q14. Who was "Deenabandhu" a close associate of Gandhiji?
Andrews C.F. - British ( CF = Charles Freer).
Q15. Aryabhatta, the famous astronomer was in the court of........?
Chandragupta Vikramaaditya (5/6th century).
Q16. An Indian great king embraced Buddhism after a war. Who was that and which war?
Asoka the Great - Kalinga War.
Q17. Who is considered as the "Father of Economics"?
Adam Smith - Scotland.
Q18. Who was called as "Pulayaraja" by Gandhiji?
Ayyankali - Kerala - a leader and organizer of Harijans.
Q19. Who is that Mynamarese leader, Nobel Laureate for Peace, fighting for democracy was under house arrest for over a decade ?
Aung San Suu Kyi.
Q20. Annie Beasant is known to us for her contribution to India's freedom and founding of Home Rule League, Theosophical Society etc., She was from which country?
Ireland.
Q21. Bachendri Pal is the first Indian woman to climb Mt.Everest. When did she do that?
23rd May 1984.
Q22. Who is known as the "Ghazal Queen of India"?
Begum Akhtar.
Q23. Balasaheb Thackeray is the leader of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. What was his earlier profession?
Cartoonist.
Q24. Who was called the "Father of Indian Unrest" by the Britishers?
Bal Gangadhar Thilak.
Q25. Bhagat Singh, the patriot, along with Sukh Dev and Raj Guru were hanged to death for which incident?
Lahore Conspiracy Case - (known as Second Lahore Conspiracy Case on 30th October 1928).
Q26. He was the PM of England when India attained freedom. Who was he and which political party he belonged to?
Clement Atlee - Labour Party.
Q27. Who was also known as "Kautillya"?
Chanakya - PM of Chandragupta Maurya 4th BC.
Q28. Who was the Scientific Advisor to Government of India and led the team of the Pokhran Nuclear Test in 1998?
Chidambaram.
Q29. During whose rule, Chengiz Khan attempted to invade India in the early 13th century?
Iltumish.
Q30. Where in India did Dalai Lama formed the Government in exile, after the upraisal in 1959?
Dharmshala in Himachal Pradesh.
Q31. What is the name of the Anglican Bishop who fought for the end of apartheid in South Africa?
Desmond Tutu.
Q32. Edwin Lutyens is famous for designing Rashtrapati Bhavan and other structures in Delhi. What is his nationality?
British.
Q33. Which poet is also called "Poet's Poet" and compared with Shakespeare and Milton?
Edmund Spencer.
Q34. Which scientist split the atom artificially and paved the way for "Nuclear Age" to usher in?
Ernest Walton - 1932 - along with John Cockcraft.
Q35. Who was called the "Papa Doc"?
Francois Duvalier - Dictator of Haiti 1957-1971.
Q36. Who was the close friend of Karl Marx who helped him to write the communist manifesto?
Friedreich Engels - Germany.
Q37. Who was the European Physician who served as a personal physician to Aurangazeb?
Francois Bernier, France.
Q38. Which Christian missionary's body is still preserved in a church in Goa?
Francis Xavier - Spanish - Bom Jesus Church.
Q39. Who is known as "Lady with the Lamp"?
Florence Nightingale.
Q40. Who is known as the "Father of English Poetry"?
Geoffrey Chaucer, British.
Q41. Which Sikh Guru was executed by Aurangazeb for refusing to convert to Islam?
Guru Tegh Bahadur - 9th.
Q42. Who introduced the "Gallup Poll" system?
George Horace Gallup - USA.
Q43. Who was the political guru of Gandhiji?
Gopalakrishna Gokhale.
Q44. Who is the forerunner in designing digital computer?
Howard Aiken - USA - Mathematician.
Q45. Who is called the father of medicine?
Hippocrates.
Q46. He was Secretary of State, USA, who negotiated peace in Vietnam and won Nobel Peace Prize in 1973. Who is he?
Henry Kissinger.
Q47. Which American President took the decision of dropping the Atom Bomb during WWII in Japan?
Harry Truman S.
Q48. Which African scholar visited India during the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq?
Ibn Batuta - 1333 AD.
Q49. Who invented the shorthand system of writing?
Sir Isaac Pitman - British.
Q50. What is the name of the cine actress turned politician and Chief Minister of Tamilnadu (as of October 2012)?
J. Jayalalitha - AIADMK.
Q51. Who was the pioneer in identifying the life in plants?
Jagdish Chandra Bose - Scientist.
Q52. Who was called the "Maid of Orleans"?
Joan of Arc - French.
Q53. Who is known as " Lok Nayak"?
Jayaprakash Narayan.
Q54. " A thing of beauty is a joy forever" is the quote of ?
John Keats, British.
Q55. Whose quote is - "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely"?
John Acton - British Historian.
Q56. "You too Brutus" is a synonym related with......?
The killing of Julius Caesar by Marcus Junious Brutus, a friend.
Q57. John Milton, a British author of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. What is special about him?
He was blind for most part of his life.
Q58. Who is the famous politician to hold the office of CM for five consecutive terms?
Jyoti Basu, West Bengal - CPI (M). 21.6.1977 to 6.11.2000.
Q59. Who was called " Dr.Death" and why?
Dr. Kevorkian - USA - Medicine Doctor - Euthanasia activist - Known as "Dr.Death" for his helping the terminally ill patients.
Q60. Which two philosophers' thoughts influenced the French Revolution?
Jean Jacques Rosseau and Voltaire.
Q61. Five Year Plans are the brain child of ?
Joseph Stalin, Russia.
Q62. Who is considered as the father of modern day Turkey?
Kemal Ataturk.
Q63. Who was called the "King Maker" in Indian Politics?
K.Kamaraj - late Congress leader from Tamilnadu.
Q64. Father and son duo held the post of Foreign Secretary of India. Who were they?
K.P.Sivasankara Menon and K.P.S.Menon.
Q65. Late Krishna Menon, Defence Minister of India, has a unique record. What is it?
Longest speech in UN Assembly - 7 hrs and 48 mts on 23.1.1957 on Kashmir issue.
Q66. What is the name of the book of Leo Tolstoy that influenced Gandhiji?
War and Peace.
Q67. Which Indian politician/statesman was known as "Man of Peace"?
Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Q68. Louis Braille invented the 'Braille System" of learning for the blind. What is special about him?
He himself was blind from the age of three.
Q69. An ordinary labourer to form a movement and then became the President of the country. Name the person, country and the movement?
Lech Walesa - Electrician in Gdansk Port, Poland - formed the "Solidarity Movement" against the Government then and became the President in 1990 and remained in office for one term till 1995.
Q70. Who was the longest serving PM of Singapore and also responsible for the development of it?
Lee Kuan Yew - PM for 31 years.
Q71. What is the full name of Bhaba Amte, the social and environmental activist?
Muralidhar Devidas Amte.
Q72. ""Glasnost" and "Perestroika" policies are associated with which Russian leader?
Mikhail Gorbachev.
Q73. Montessori schools are play school for children. How did it get its name?
Because, such schools were first founded by Maria Montessori, Italy.
Q74. Mira Behn accompanied Gandhiji during the freedom movement. Who was Mira Behn?
Madeline Slade - British national.
Q75. A German and a Sanskrit Professor at Oxford University. Languages, specially German, teaching institutions are named after him throughout the world. Name him?
Max Muller.
Q76. Social activist and environmentalist who is actively voicing concern against Narmada Dam Project, through Narmada Bachao Andolan. Who is she?
Medha Patkar.
Q77. Indian and a famous Hollywood director of recent times. Who is he?
Manoj Night Shyamalan.
Q78. PM of which country was called "Iron Lady"?
England - Margaret Thatcher.
Q79. Who is considered as the father of modern astronomy?
Nicolas Copernicus - Poland - who firmly suggested that planets including Earth revolve around the Sun.
Q80. Who was Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda?
Margaret Elizabeth Nobel - an Irish woman.
Q81. Osama bin Laden is known to the world as the leader of Al Qaeda. What was he originally?
An engineer and a billionaire from Saudi Arabia.
Q82. Who was known as the "Man of Blood and Iron"?
Otto Van Bismarck - Architect of German empire.
Q83. Who developed the "Nuclear Fission" based on which atom bombs are developed?
Otto Hahn - Germany - Nobel Prize 1944.
Q84. Who is considered as the chief architect of the Five year plans in India?
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
Q85. Who is India's leading psephologist (election analysis)?
Prannoy Roy of NDTV.
Q86. Who is the first cine actor Indian to become CM of a state?
M.G.Ramachandran - Tamilnadu - 1977.
Q87. What is the original name of Rajneesh?
Ramesh Chandra Jain.
Q88. Came as a clerk of East India Co., and became a Governor of the British East India Co., Who was he?
Robert Clive.
Q89. An Indian King and a famous artist who gave "the Hindu epic characters a lively portrayal through his art is........?
Raja Ravi Varma, Kilimanoor Royal King, Kerala.
Q90. Who is the first to form a Communist Marxism led government in South America?
Salvador Allende - Chile - 1970
Q91. He was called the "liberator" and responsible for the creation and independence of a few countries in South America? Who was he?
Simon Bolivar - Bolivia is named after him.
Q92. Living scientific astrophysicist - considered next to Einstein - but due to certain nervous disorder is confined to wheel chair and can communicate only through computer. Who is he?
Stephen Hawking - British.
Q93. Who is world famous sand artist from India?
Sudharshan Patnaik - Puri - Orissa.
Q94. Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi (late) carnatic musician made the country proud by performing a concert at........?
The Silver Jubilee celebrations of the UN Assembly in 1970.
Q95. Who is called the "Grand Old Man of Indian Cinema"?
Sohrab Modi.
Q96. Who is the revolutionary poet from Tamilnadu whose patriotic songs ignited the youths towards freedom movement?
Subramania Bharati.
Q97. Who proposed the psychoanalysis method?
Sigmund Freud - Psychiatrist from Austria.
Q98. One of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ is believed to have visited India, Kerala and founded some churches. Who was he?
St. Thomas
Q99. Which Turkish warrior invaded and sacked Delhi?
Timur - 1398
Q100. Which famous singer rendered his voice for most songs of the famous hindi film actor Dilip Kumar?
Talat Mahmood.
Q101. Who was responsible for educational reforms in India?
Lord Maccaulay ( Thomas Babbington Maccaulay).
Q102. What is the nationality and original name of Mother Teresa?
Albanian - Agnes Gonxha Bejaxhui.
Q103. Who is known as " Golden Girl" and "Payyoli Express"?
P.T. Usha - the ace athlete of India from Kerala who was the first woman to reach the final of an event in Olympics - 400m hurdles - and miss out a medal by 1/100th of a second.
Q104. Varahamihira was a renowned astronomer, mathematician and philosopher. He served in the court of.......?
He was one of the nine gems in the court of Chandragupta Vikramaaditya.
Q105. He was one of India's famous tennis player from Tamilnadu, now a commentator and a producer of Hollywood films. Who is he?
Vijay Amritaraj.
Q106. Vijayalaxmi Pandit, Nehruji's sister, holds few political/diplomatic records. What are they?
1. First Indian woman minister of a state - UP 2. First Indian woman ambassador - Russia (Moscow). 3. First woman/Indian President of UN General Assembly.
Q107. What is the movement founded by Acharya Vinobha Bhave?
Bhoodan movement.
Q108. Who is considered as the father of India's white (milk) revolution?
Dr. Verghese Kurian - Kerala.
Q109. Called the "Iron Man of India" and completed successfully a major political process after independence. Who was he and what was it?
Sardar Vallabhai Patel - unification of princely states and formation of states - reorganization of states.
Q110. Cigar and the "V" for victory sign (by index and middle fingers) are synonym with which PM of a country?
Winston Churchill - UK.
Q111. "Butler Jeeves" the comical character was created by.......?
P.G.Wodehouse.
Q112. He was the President of USA during WWI - and was responsible for the creation of NAM - Who he is?
Woodrow Wilson.
Q113. Who is the world famous Indian born Israeli music composer and conductor?
Zubin Mehta.
Q114. Famous African leader to spend 27 years in prison to end apartheid in South Africa and then to become President. Who he is?
Nelson Mandela.
Q115. Hieun Tsang, the Chinese traveler called him the "One of the four lights of the world". Whom are we referring to?
Nagarjuna - I Century - Philosopher and scientist - in the court of Kanishka.
Q116. Who was the first to form non-congress and a communist led state government in India?
E M S Namboothiripad - Kerala - 1957.
Q117. Who is known as "Frontier Gandhi'?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan - for organizing the north west frontier people during the freedom struggle.
Q118. Who are the grandfather, father and son trio to be Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir?
Abdullah Sheikh - founder of National Congress and CM Farooq Abdullah - former CM Omar Abdullah - present CM (2011).
Q119. First PM of Indonesia and instrumental in getting freedom is.......
Abdul Rahman Tunku.
Q120. Who is considered as the spiritual head of the Shia Muslims around the world?
Aga Khan
Q121. Albert Einstein the discoverer of Theory of Relativity belongs to.......
Germany.
Q122. Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin is from........
Scotland
Q123. Nationality of Alexander Graham Bell is.......
USA.
Q124. Eiffel Tower and Panama Canal were designed and built by him. Name the famous French Engineer?
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
Q125. Name the famous Hollywood producer who gave us all some wonder thriller movies during 1970s to 1990s?
Alfred Hitchcock - British American.
Q126. Alan Octavian Hume was the founder of Indian National Congress. He is from.......
United Kingdom.
Q127. He was a famous British novelist and his brother was the first DG of UNESCO. Name them?
Aldous Huxley and Julian Huxley (respectively).
Q128. Full name of Anna Hazare is..............
Kisan Baburao Hazare.
Q129. Founder of Sony Corporation, the electronic giant company is.......
Akio Morita.
Q130. Full name of the founder of Nobel Prize is.......
Alfred Bernhard Nobel - Sweden - inventor of dynamite.
Q131. Founder of the WIPRO group of companies is.......
Azim Hasham Premji - one of the richest person in India/world.
Q132. She was the Miss World in 1994 and now married to a famous film star. Name her?
Aishwarya Rai - married to Abhishek Bachhan.
Q133. Acharya Ramanuja (11th Century) founded the Hindu religious .......
Rama Bhakti Movement.
Q134. First Indian to win the Booker Prize was.......
Arundhati Roy for "God of Small Things" - she is the cousin of Prannoy Roy of NDTV fame.
Q135. Andre Marie Ampere, a French Physicist gave us........
Ampere Law the SI Unit of current (Amps)
Q136. Amrit Kaur Rajkumari was the first ..............
Woman Cabinet Minister of India (Health Minister under Nehruji).
Q137. Eminent writer, founder of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamilnadu and a very popular Chief Minister. His name is ........
C.N.Annadurai
Q138. Founder of Auroville Township and Ashram at Puducherry is.......
Aurobindo Ghosh, Philosopher, Poet, Saint, Freedom Fighter
Q139. Name the Barbarian Leader who brought down the fall of Roman Empire?
Attila the Hun.
Q140. Full name of Mark Antony, the Roman General whose love for Cleopatra is known and committed suicide is.......
Antonius Marcus.
Q141. He was the student of Plato the Philosopher, and the teacher of Alexander Great. Name him?
Aristotle.
Q142. Indian born British national and a respected Economist, received his Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. Name him?
Amartya Kumar Sen.
Q143. America is named after ............
Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer.
Q144. Freedom fighter, first education minister of India and wrote the book "India Wins Freedom". Name the person?
Abul Kalam Azad.
Q145. Who founded the famous "Bose Corporation" of high quality sound systems?
Amar Gopal Bose.
Q146. Anders Celcius gave us the Centigrade Scale. He belongs to which country?
Sweden.
Q147. Who is the famous British author to create the "Sherlock Holmes" character?
Arthur Conan Doyle.
Q148. "Three Musketeers" is a famous work of a French Novelist. Name him?
Alexander Dumas.
Q149. Kadambari and Harsha Charitha are the great works of........?
Bana Bhatta - 7th century Sanskrit scholar.
Q150. Boris Becker of Germany is the .......?
Youngest Wimbledon Champion - 1985.
Q151. Who is the famous Indian mathematician to use the decimal system?
Bhaskaracharya - 1114-1185.
Q152. Siddhanta Shiromani is the famous work of.......?
Bhaskaracharya.
Q153. Who is the (only and first) famous Indian footballer to play in a foreign league?
Baichung Bhutia. Played in the II Division FC Bury Club of England.
Q154. Who is the first and only tennis player to win five consecutive Wimbledon titles?
Bjorn Borg - Sweden.
Q155. Benjamin Franklin, US statesman is instrumental in declaration of independence and drafting of the American constitution. What is the other scientific credit he holds?
Inventor of Lightning conductor.
Q156. Who is the first African to become UN Secretary General?
Boutros Boutros Ghali - Egypt - 1992-1996.
Q157. Who is the famous singer, composer of yester years and a Dadha Saheb Phalke award winner from Assam?
Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika (Bhupen Hazarika).
Q158. Who is the French Botanist to devise the system of plant classification based on natural affinities?
Bernard de Jussieu.
Q159. "Natya Shastra" is the famous work of........?
Bharatha Muni - 5th century - Sanskrit scholar.
Q160. Who played the role of Gandhi in Sir Attenborough's film and received an Oscar for the same?
Ben Kingsley.
Q161. Who was the well known dictator of Italy between 1922-1943?
Benitto Mussolini.
Q162. Dr.Zhivago was his famous work and received Noble Prize for the same. Who was he?
Boris Pasternak.
Q163. Who was the President of USSR when it disintegrated into different Countries?
Boris Yeltsin.
Q164. He was the first Roman Emperor and the month of August is named after him. Name the emperor?
Caius Octavianus Augustus.
Q165. Name the famous surgeon who first performed heart transplant?
Christian Barnard - South Africa.
Q166. What is the full name of Charlie Chaplin?
Charles Spencer Chaplin.
Q167. Charlemagne - known as Charles the Great was the founder of.......?
New Roman Empire - comprising Spain, Germany, Italy, Gaul etc., during 8th century.
Q168. Cleopatra was the Egyptian Queen who married Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony. She was the daughter of ..............?
Ptolemy XI.
Q169. Evolution Theory, Origin of Species and Descent of Man are the works of......?
Charles Robert Darwin.
Q170. He evolved "Wave theory of Light" and invented Pendulum Clock. Who was he?
Christian Huygens.
Q171. Who was the famous Hollywood producer whose famous films was "Ten Commandments" "Cleopatra" etc.,?
Cecil Blount DeMille. America.
Q172. Charles De Gaulle was the first President of France. Before that?
He was a General and a statesman.
Q173. Founder of the famous Good Year Tyre Co.,is.......?
Charles Good Year.
Q174. When Rome was in fire, .......was fiddling. Who was he?
Claudius Caesar Nero.
Q175. Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari was the first Governor General of free India. He founded a political party. What was its name?
Swatantra Party.
Q176. Zimbabwe was formerly known after him and there is a famous scholarship named after him. Who was that?
Cecil John Rhodes. He developed Rhodesia which later became Zimbabwe. Rhodes Scholarship is named after him.
Q177. What is the full name of Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Groups?
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani.
Q178. Who is known as "Father of Israel"?
David Ben Gurion - First PM of Israel 1948-1963.
Q179. What is the name of the author who wrote books on "Self Improvement"?
Dale Carnegie - America.
Q180. He was an American Civic Leader and sponsored a cup for Tennis. Who was he and what was the cup?
Dwight F. Davis.
Q181. Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of USA between 1953-1961. Before that?
Supreme Commander of NATO.
Q182. Who was the famous humanist and scholar responsible for Dutch Renaissance?
Desiderius Erasmus.
Q183. Who led an Indian Medical Mission during the war torn China and became a hero in 1938?
Dwarakanath Kotnis.
Q184. The only Indian Cine actor to receive Dadha Saheb Phalke Award 1994 and Pakistan's highest Civilian Award Nishan-e-Imtiaz in 1997?
Dilip Kumar.
Q185. Scottish explorer who discovered Zambesi river, Victoria Falls and Lake Nyasa (Malawi) is.......
David Livingstone.
Q186. " Hand of God Goal" - relate the famous football player?
Diego Maradona - Argentina.
Q187. Who is known as the "Grand Old Man of India"?
Dadha Bhai Naoroji.
Q188. Founder of Arya Samaj is.......
Dayanand Saraswati.
Q189. First woman to command a space ship is.......
Eileen Collins - USA.
Q190. Founder of "Du Pont" the rayon major co ., is......
Eleuth Ere Irenee Du Pont. French American.
Q191. Famous British author who wrote books on India like "Passage to India".......
Edward Morgan Foster (E.M.Foster).
Q192. Name the Greek Mathematician who proposed a number of geometrical theorems?
Euclid.
Q193. Who is known as the Father of Atom Bombs?
Enrico Fermi. Fermium (element No.100 is named after him).
Q194. Edmund Hillary, along with Tenzing Norgay were the first to climb Mount Everest in 1953. Name their nationalities?
New Zealand and India (respectively).
Q195. What is the full and original name of "Pele" the legendary Brazilian Footballer?
Edson Arantes De Nascimento.
Q196. Fa Hien was the first Chinese traveler to visit India during whose rule?
Chandragupta Vikramaaditya.
Q197. First to circumnavigate the world and discovered Pacific Ocean. Who was he?
Ferdinand Magellan - Portugal.
Q198. Who was the first woman to receive the "Order of Merit" honour of UK?
Florence Nightingale in 1907.
Q199. The French Engineer to build the Suez Canal is.......
Ferdinand Lessops.
Q200. The only President of USA to get elected for four consecutive terms is.......
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (1933-1945).
Q201. We all know Rukmani Devi Arundale as a famous Bharata Natyam dancer and composer. Who was Arundale?
George Stanley Arundale - British national married Rukmani Devi and also supported national education and the Swadeshi movement.
Q202. Who is considered as the maker of modern Assam?
Gopinath Bordoloi - Bharat Ratna 1999.
Q203. Gro Harlem Brundtland was the first woman PM of Norway. What other diplomatic records she holds?
Director General of WHO and now Special Envoy on Climate Change to the UN Secretary General (as of 2011).
Q204. Who is the German Engineer to invent the internal combustion engines?
Gottlieb Daimler.
Q205. Whose invention of color photography revolutionized the photography and film industry?
George Eastman.
Q206. Fallopian Tube (tube connecting ovaries to the uterus) was discovered by?
Gabriele Fallopio - anatomist - Italy.
Q207. Telescope was developed by.......
Galileo Galleili - Italian astronomer.
Q208. The tenth Sikh Guru who founded the Khalsa was.......
Guru Gobind Singh.
Q209. Who introduced the "Gallup Poll" system?
George Horace Gallup of USA.
Q210. ......was responsible for creating a united Italy with Mazzini.
Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Q211. The Pope to introduce the Gregorian Calendar was.......
Gregory XIII (1502-1585).
Q212. .....................is youngest ever chess world champion.
Garry Kasporov - Russia - in 1985.
Q213. Israel's first woman PM was...........
Golda Meir - 1969-1974.
Q214. Who discovered the basic laws of heredity?
Gregor Johann Mendel.
Q215. The Egyptian President to nationalize the Suez Canal in 1956 was.....
Gamel Abdel Nasser.
Q216. The most witty and satirical dramatist and philosopher of Ireland was......
George Bernard Shaw.
Q217. The Sultan of Brunei, one of the richest person in the world is.....
Hassanal Bolkiah.
Q218. Humphry Davy's contribution to the mining industry is.....
Invention of miner's safety lamp.
Q219. Founder of Ford Motors and Ford Foundation was.....
Henry Ford - USA.
Q220. Emperor of Ethiopia who ruled between 1930 - 1974 to be deposed was......
Haile Selassie I.
Q221. The Carthaginian general who fought twice against Rome and considered as the greatest general of antiquity was..............
Hannibal.
Q222. What is the real name of the Tin Tin series of comics ?
Georges Remi.
Q223. ................was the great revolutionary leader and the I President of N.Korea.
Ho Chi Minh.
Q224. The great poet who wrote, The Iliad, The Odyssey was.....
Homer.
Q225. Who was the author of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn during the 1930s that was a big controversy in USA due to the objectionable contents?
Henry Miller.
Q226. Who is considered as an inspiration of the visually handicapped people?
Helen Keller - Deaf and blind from very young age, but a good author and educator of the blind.
Q227. An influential leader in Europe, unified Germany and became the first Chancellor of United Germany was ..............
Helmut Kohl.
Q228. Great Admiral of UK who destroyed French Fleet but succumbed to the Wounds was.....
Horatio Nelson.
Q229. The First Asian to compose a full symphony to be performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London is......
Ilaiyaraja from the Tamil Film Industry.
Q230. Who was Ivan the Terrible?
First Tsar of Russia crowned in 1547.
Q231. The first woman PM of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on.....
31st October 1984.
Q232. An African ruler whose name became a synonym for persons with very harsh and cruel attitude is......
Idi Amin of Uganda.
Q233. Founder of the Society and Jesuits was.....
Ignatius of Loyola.
Q234. "Thorpedo" is his nick name and a great swimmer. Name him?
Ian Thorpe - Australia.
Q235. Who is the famous French physicist who gave us the "Charles Law" and "Guy Lussac's Law" on gases?
Jacques Charles.
Q236. "Gita Govinda" is his famous work. Who is this famous Sanskrit scholar?
Jaya Deva 12th Century.
Q237. Who became the first non-Italian and first Polish Pope?
John Paul II.
Q238. What is the full name of the scientist who gave us Joules Law?
James Prescot Joule.
Q239. What is the name of the famous Dalit Leader from Bihar, who was one of the longest serving Cabinet Minister of India?
Jagjivan Ram.
Q240. The first Indian to own a pilot license, fly an aircraft and start the first five star hotel in India was.....
Jamshedji Tata.
Q241. "Why England Slept" and "Profile in Courage" are works of a famous American President. Name him?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Q242. Name the famous educationist, Administrator, Vice Chancellor of Kerala and Bombay Universities later to become the Union Finance Minister in the first independent Indian Cabinet under Nehruji?
John Mathai.
Q243. "Paradist Lost" and "Paradise Regained" are the great works of........?
John Milton.
Q244. He was a close associate of Gandhiji, founded Satyagraha Ashram at Wardha and gifted a village to Gandhiji later to be called Sevagram. Who was he?
Jamnalal Bajaj.
Q245. Who is the Peruvian diplomat to become UN Secretary General between 1982-1991?
Javier Perez de Cuellar.
Q246. Name the philanthropist from Switzerland, whose book "A memory of Solferino " (on the war of Solferino) inspired the establishment of Red Cross International?
Jean Henri Dunant.
Q247. Johan Gunten Berg of Germany is credited with......?
Inventing the movable type cast printing machine with which he printed the Bible first, which later to be known as "Guntenberg Bible".
Q248. He was President of Tanzania and a respected leader from Africa. Name him?
Julius Nyere.
Q249. He was the trendsetter for athletes to participate and win medals in multi events in Olympics and is considered a legend. Name him?
Jesse Cleveland Owens - Jesse Owens - first man to win 4 track and field Gold medals in Olympics 1936 Berlin -100,200, long jump and 4 X 100 mts relay.
Q250. A microbiologist from USA, who first developed the Polio Vaccine?
Jonas Salk.
Q251. Kofi Anan, the former UN Secretary General belongs to.....?
Ghana.
Q252. Rajatarangini is a book on the history of Kashmir (till 10th century) by....
Kalhana - a Kashmiri poet of 11th century.
Q253. He was the author of "Das Kapital" and wrote the communist manifesto. Name him?
Karl Marx - German.
Q254. Former Indian Cricket Captain and known as "Haryana Hurricane".....
Kapil Dev Nikhanj.
Q255. Famous Odissi dancer and guru from Odisha is.....
Kelucharan Mahapatra.
Q256. His introduction of 50 overs limited cricket match revolutionized the interest in cricket. Name him.
Kerry Packer 1937 - an Australian media baron.
Q257. A famous journalist and author who wrote bookes like, Train to Pakistan, End of India and History of Sikhs etc.,
Kushwant Singh.
Q258. Creator of Phantom and Mandrake the Magician series of comics is.....
Lee Falk.
Q259. Famous Italian painter to paint the famous "Last Supper" and Monalisa" is
Leonardo Da Vinci.
Q260. Lakshmi Bhai who took part in the first war of independence is also known as........
Jhansi ki Rani and Rani Jhansi.
Q261. Le Corbusier was the architect to design Chandigarh. What is his real name?
Charles Edouard Jeanneret.
Q262. "The Common Man" is the most famous cartoon by.....
R.K.Laxman - India's greatest cartoonist.
Q263. Full name of Russian Leader Lenin is.....
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanon.
Q264. What is the name of the King who ruled France for 61 years in the modern days?
Louis XIV.
Q265. Dr. Mulk Raj Anand is a famous ....................
Author of Hindi novels and stories. His famous book was "Coolie".
Q266. What was the original name of Muhammad Ali the famous boxer?
Casius Clay.
Q267. Famous American actor to act in the film "God Father" is.....
Marlon Brando.
Q268. What is the full name of Madam Curie, the inventor of Radium and nobel laureate?
Marie Sklodowska Curie.
Q269. Who is the famous freedom fighter politician of India who lived for 100 years and was born on 29th February?
Morarji Ranchodji Desai
Q270. The only Indian politician leader to receive the highest civilian award of India and Pakistan is.....
Morarji Ranchodji Desai - Nishan-e-Pakistan 1990 and Bharat Ratna 1991.
Q271. Renowned Urdu poet of the 19th century was.....
Mirza Abdullah Khan Ghalib
Q272. The Libyan leader who ruled for almost 40 years and was ousted by public in 2011 is.....
Muammar al Gadaffi.
Q273. Russian author whose famous book was "Mother"........
Maxim Gorky.
Q274. Legendary basket ball player who played for Chicago Bulls in the NBA League, USA is......
Michael Jordan.
Q275. Creator of Kalashnikhov Rifles (AK 47 series) is.....
Mikhael Kalashnikov - Russia.
Q276. The Black Civil leader whose famous speech was "I have a Dream" and was assassinated in 1968......
Martin Luther King.
Q277. Lawyer, Freedom Fighter, President INC, Founder Hindu Maha Sabha and Benares Hindu University - Name him?
Madan Mohan Malaviya.
Q278. During WWII, Lord Mountbatten was the ................
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces.
Q279. Yugoslavian, influential leader of Europe and was life time President. Who was he?
Marshal Tito.
Q280. He was the Greek Ambassador for Seleucus, in the court of Chandragupta Maurya and wrote "Indica". Name him?
Megasthenes.
Q281. Eminent lawyer, freedom fighter, President of Muslim League and PM of Pakistan - name him?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Q282. The eminent lawyer who defended Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the "Sedition Case" in 1908 was.....
Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Q283. Who was the first President of Egypt, later to be house arrested for 17 years by Abdel Gamel Nasser only to be relased by Anwar Sadat in 1971?
Muhammad Naguib.
Q284. Name the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?
Karnam Malleswari - 2000 Sydney - weightlifting - bronze medal.
Q285. Name the queen of King Louis XVI of France, who was beheaded for treason during the French revolution?
Marie Antoniette.
Q286. Mata Hari of Netherland was a spy of Germany. What was her full name?
Margarethe Geertnuida Zelle.
Q287. Name the painter who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of Rome?
Michaelangelo.
Q288. Name the Indian film director who directed films like Salaam Bombay, Mississippi Masala, Moon Wedding etc.,
Mira Nair.
Q289. A German and the most famous Formula I driver is.....
Michael Schumacher.
Q290. The famous tennis player who was stabbed in the back during one of her tournaments by a fanatic fan is.....
Monica Seles. Hamburg Open 1993.
Q291. Mike Tyson, world champion in Heavy Weight boxing, was involved in the "ear biting" incident against......
Evender Holyfield in 1997.
Q292. Who was considered as the "father of Green Revolution" throughout the world?
Norman Borlaug - US
Q293. Passage to England, Autobiography of an Unknown Indian are the famous works of an Indian author. Name him?
Nirad C. Chaudhary.
Q294. The first to climb Mount Everest twice (1965), which record remained unbeaten for two decades. Name him?
Nawang Gombhu. (died in April 2011).
Q295. Founder of the INFOSYS - a major IT company is.....
Narayanamurthy.
Q296. Napoleon Bonaparte, after the loss in the battle of Waterloo, was exiled to
St. Helena Island where he died in 1821.
Q297. Famous social reformer, religious leader and fought for the development of The backward classes, in Kerala, was......
Narayana Guru.
Q298. Famous author of India, whose works are Malgudi Days, Swami & Friends, Guide etc., is....
R.K.Narayan.
Q299. The first Dalit diplomat to become the President of India is.....
Kocheri Raman Narayanan (K.R.Narayanan).
Q300. The last Tsar of Russia, to be shot dead after the Russian Revolution in 1917 was......
Nicholas II.
Q301. What does P.V. stand for in P.V.Narasimha Rao, former PM of India?
Pamulaparti Venkata.
Q302. Indian origin, Trinidadian author to get Nobel Literature in 2001 was.....
Sir V.S.Naipaul. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul).
Q303. A renowned poet of Kerala, who founded Kerala Kala Mandalam was....
Vallathol Narayana Menon.
Q304. Osama Bin Laden was the leader of Al Qaeda outfit. Where was he shot dead?
Abbottabad, in Pakistan.
Q305. The famous Persian scholar, poet and astronomer whose famous work was "Rubaiyat"?
Omar Khayyam.
Q306. Name the Hindu King of Punjab who fought valiantly against the invasion of Alexander?
Porus.
Q307. The Portuguese navigator to discover Brazil is......
Pedro Alvarez Cabral.
Q308. Founder of Rotary International, a service organization, is.....
Paul Harris.
Q309. Chalukya Dynasty's most powerful ruler was.....
Pulakesin II.
Q310. The Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle and wrote "REPUBLIC" was.....
Plato.
Q311. The most dreaded leader of the militant organization "Khmer Rouge" and also PM of Kampuchea was.....
Pol Pot - Original name Saloth Sar - his autocratic and ruthless rule cost the lives of nearly two million people.
Q312. Who is considered as the father of Indian Chemical Industry?
Prafulla Chandra Roy.
Q313. Who is the only Indian to win both Billiards and Snooker world titles?
Pankaj Advani.
Q314. Raja Ramanna is a world renowned nuclear physicist. What is the other notable area in which he was proficient?
A famous musician. He was a good piano player and has performed concerts in India and abroad.
Q315. Who was the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa?
Swami Vivekananda.
Q316. Hollywood's famous film star to become President of USA between 1981 to 1988 was.....
Ronald Reagan.
Q317. The famous Hollywood director who gave us films like Gandhi, Jurassic Park, The Great Escape was..........
Sir Richard Attenborough.
Q318. Indian born British author who wrote "Jungle Books" for children and won Nobel Literature Prize in 1907 is......
Rudyard Kipling.
Q319. First Prime Minister of independent Zimbabwe and a respected leader in the world is.............
Robert Gabriel Mugabe.
Q320. The US President who had to resign owing to "Watergate Scandal" was.....
Richard Milhous Nixon.
Q321. Who gave us the Boyle's Law of gases?
Robert Boyle - Ireland.
Q322. Inventor of Bunsen Burner is.....
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen.
Q323. Famous author who wrote the "Harry Potter" series of books....?
J.K.Rowling - British.
Q324. The only Indian music composer to receive Oscar Award is.....
A.R. Rahman - for scoring music for "Slum Dog Millionaire" - 2008/2009.
Q325. The only poet who wrote National Anthem for two countries was.....
Rabindranath Tagore for India and Bangladesh.
Q326. R.L.Stevenson wrote famous books like, Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Dr.Jeckyll & Mr.Hyde. What is his nationality?
Scotland.
Q327. "Hindu View of Life" and "Indian Philosophy" are the great works of former President of India. Name him?
Dr.S.Radhakrishnan.
Q328. Who was known as "Bird man of India"?
Salim Ali the famous Ornithologist.
Q329. Who was known as "Indian Napoleon"?
Samudra Gupta.
Q330. Who is known as "Nightingale of India"?
Sarojini Naidu.
Q331. Who is the famous environmental activist who founded "Chipko Movement"?
Sunderlal Bahuguna.
Q332. Who are the Husband, wife and daughter trio to become Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka?
Solomon Bandaranaike, Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Q333. The first Indian to qualify in the ICS of the British service was.....
Surendranath Banerjee (S.N.Banerjee).
Q334. The famous Indian who co-founded Hotmail.com is.....
Sabeer Bhatia.
Q335. India's most respected scientific award is named after......
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar - famous scientist who is responsible for the establishment of various research institutions and CSIR.
Q336. Indian scientist after whom the elementary particle "Boson" is named after..
Satyendranath Bose.
Q337. Sergei Bubka is the world's famous Pole Vaulter whose record set in 1994 still remains unbeaten belongs to which country?
Ukraine.
Q338. Lahore born Indian and nephew of Sir C.V.Raman who also won Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 is.....
Subramanyan Chandrashekar.
Q339. Sean Connery is the most famous "James Bond" actor from Hollywood. What is his nationality?
Scotland.
Q340. The legendary woman tennis player who is married to Andre Agassi, another famous tennis player is......
Steffei Graf, German married to Andre Agassi of USA.
Q341. Karnataka/India's most famous literary personality whose famous work is "Chomana Dudi". Name him?
Shivarama Karanth.
Q342. Who invented the telegraphy and dot-dash code for telegrams?
Samuel Morse.
Q343. India's most respected Director whose famous films include Pather Panchali, Aparajitha and Charulata. He won Oscar for Lifetime Achievement and Bharat Ratna in 1992. Name this famous personality?
Satyajit Ray.
Q344. First woman to enter the space twice is.....
Svetlana Savitskaya - Russia.
Q345. The famous Orthopaedic Surgeon who developed the Jaipur Foot is.....
Dr.P.K.Sethi. Won Magasasay Award 1981.
Q346. What was the poison used to kill Socrates on the grounds of corrupting the young minds?
Hemlock ( a poison from plants).
Q347. Great exponent of Carnatic Music on a western string instrument - Mandolin - is.....
Uppalapu Srinivas. (Mandolin U.Srinivas).
Q348. India's father of Green Revolution, Padma Vibhushan, Magasasay Award winner and World Food Prize Winner is......
M.S.Swaminathan.
Q349. Reformer and reviver of Hinduism and founded the "Advaita" philosophy is.
Sankaracharya 8th century.
Q350. Grand Trunk Road and introduction of currency are his contributions. Whom are we talking about?
Sher Shah Suri.
Q351. Who is known as "Father of Bangladesh"?
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Q352. The Indian/British author whose book "Satanic Verses" was a big controversy in Islamic countries, is.....
Salman Rushdie.
Q353. The Myanmar diplomat who became UN Secretary General is....
Sithu U.Thant.
Q354. Former UN Under Secretary General, who withdrew from the contest of UN Secretary General, Foreign Affairs Minister, and a Member of the Lok Sabha is....
Shashi Tharoor from Kerala.
Q355. The first woman to climb Mt. Everest twice and now a ITBP official is....
Santosh Yadav.
Q356. Tantiya Tope was an active fighter during the 1857 revolt. What is his original name?
Ramachandra Pandurang Tope.
Q357. The famous Tamil poet who gave us 1330 epithets (couplets) on every aspect of human life and value is.....
Tiruvalluvar.
Q358. American President who authored the "Declaration of Independence" is.....
Thomas Jefferson (3rd).
Q359. "Teddy Bear" is named after which US President?
Theodore Roosevelt.
Q360. The famous wax modeler who founded a famous museum in London is.....
Madame Tussaud.
Q361. Mother Teresa founded the "Missionaries of Charities" in Kolkatta belongs to which country?
Albanian.
Q362. Who is known as "Golden Girl" and "Payyoli Express"?
P.T.Usha (P.T== Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil). She missed a medal in the Olympics by 1/100th of a second in the 400 m hurdles.
Q363. "Kamasutra" the famous book on the art of sex was written by.....
Vatsyayana - 5th century.
Q364. The longest serving monarch of United Kingdom is.....
Queen Victoria - 1837 to 1901 - 64 years. (the present queen Elizabeth is in power since 1953 - 59 years).
Q365. What is the original name of Swami Vivekananda?
Narendranath Dutta.
Q366. What is the original name of Lenin?
Vladimir Illich Lenin.
Q367. What is the name of the party founded by Lenin?
Bolshevik Party.
Q368. The first Indian to receive Magasasay award is.....
Vinobha Bhave.
Q369. Dr.Verghese Kurien is famous for .....?
Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation, Anand, Gujarat and the White Revolution in India.
Q370. Viswanath Pratap Singh was formerly a politician, Union Minister and Prime Minister of India. He belonged to a royal family. Name it?
Princely State of Manda, near Allahabad, UP. He was the 41st Raja Bahadur.
Q371. Founder of "Disney World" is.....
Walter Elias Disney.
Q372. Who is the only person to serve four terms (different spells) as PM of Britain and also the oldest to serve as PM (84 years when he quit)?
William Ewart Gladstone.
Q373. Who is the famous British Indologist who mastered 28 languages?
Sir William Jones. (1746-1794).
Q374. Who is the first Indian to become a world champion in any sport?
Wilson Jones - Billiards.
Q375. The world's greatest music composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is from....
Austria.
Q376. The First Black African to get Nobel Literature is.....
Wole Soyinka - Nigeria.
Q377. The British Chemist and Physicist who discovered the element "Thallium" is....
William Crooks.
Q378. The great British poet whose works include The Prelude, The Recluse and The Solitary Reaper is....
William Wordsworth.
Q379. Yuri Gagarin is the first man to go into space. What is the height at which he orbited above the earth?
340 Kms.
Q380. The world famous American Jewish violinist is .....
Yehudi Menuhin.
Q381. Yasser Arafat was the leader of the Palestine movement. What is his full name?
Mohammed Abdel Raouf Arafat-al-Oudwa-al-Husseini.
Q382. Followers of Zoroastrianism in India are known as.....?
Parsees.
Q383. He was the President of India, during the Operation Blue Star, Indira Gandhi's assassination and during the Sikh Riots in Delhi in 1984 and died of a car accident is......
Gyani Zail Singh.
Q384. Indian born world famous Musician and conductor of Israel's Philharmonic Orchestra is......
Zubin Mehta.
Q385. The Indian world famous Tabla maestro is.....
Zakir Hussain.
Q386. Who is the first Pakistani national to receive Nobel Prize?
Abdus Salam for Physics in 1979 - incidentally he is also the first Muslim Nobel Laureate for Science.
