General Awareness: Famous Personalities Set 2
- 1.The name of Pierre Cardin is associated with which of the following fields?
- A.
Painting
- B.
Films
- C.
Pop Music
- D.
Fashion Designing
- 2.Who is well known collector of artefacts and curios?
- A.
Wadeyar
- B.
Salar Jung
- C.
Rabindra Nath Togore
- D.
Motilal Nehru
- 3.Ms. Vijaya Mehta has earned distinction in which of the field?
- A.
Theater
- B.
Film Direction
- C.
Classical Dance
- D.
Journalism
- 4.Dr. M. S. Swaminathan has distinguished himself in which of the following fields?
- A.
Agriculture
- B.
Medicine
- C.
Astrophysics
- D.
Physics
- 5.Satyen Bose has shown his excellence in which of the following fields?
- A.
Stage Acting
- B.
Drawing and Painting
- C.
Classical Dance
- D.
Motion Picture
- 6.Charles Correa has distinguished himself in which of the following fields?
- A.
Painting
- B.
Ballet
- C.
Architecture
- D.
Western Music
- 7.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
- 8.Ashok Pandit is known for his outstanding performance in which field?
- A.
Wrestling
- B.
Kabaddi
- C.
Shooting
- D.
Swimming
- 9.Who among the following is a social activist campaigning against child labour?
- A.
Baba Amte
- B.
Shabana Amzi
- C.
Mira Nair
- D.
Swami Agnivesh
- 10.Pandit K. G. Ginde, was well known for his contribution in the field of?
- A.
Music
- B.
Sanskrit
- C.
Dance
- D.
Ayurveda
- 11.Who fits with this description 'Indian Cotton merchant, Banker, Congressman, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi'?
- A.
M. R. Jayakar
- B.
V. S. Sastri
- C.
G. D. Birla
- D.
Jamanlal Bajaj
- 12.Pandit Jasraj has established his reputation in which of the following fields?
- A.
Music
- B.
Literature
- C.
Sanskrit
- D.
Dance
- 13.Ustad Nisar hussain Khan earned distinction in which of the following fields?
- A.
Vocal Music
- B.
Instrumental music
- C.
Acting
- D.
Classical dance
- 14.R. K. Laxman is a renowned
- A.
Dance master
- B.
Writer
- C.
Cartoonist
- D.
Journalist
- 15.Dr. Amiya Chakravarthy is known for his
- A.
Work in the Chipko movement
- B.
Composing music for Ray's films
- C.
Being literary Secretary to R. N. Tagore
- D.
Patenting a living organism
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