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1.

Consider the following historical personalities.
1. Abdur Razzak
2. Duarte Barbosa
3. Marco Polo
4. Nicolo di Conti
What is the correct chronological order in which they visited India?
(a)4,1,2,3
(b)3,4,2,1
(c)2,3,4,1
(d)1,2,3,4
Comment
Answer is: BNA

2.

Who was the first chairman of the Planning Commission?
(a)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b)Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(c)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d)JB Kripalani
Comment
Answer is: BNA

3.

Ratan Thiyam, the famous personality from Manipur, is known for his work in the field of
(a)Sports
(b)Music
(c)Theatre
(d)Social reform
Comment
Answer is: CNA

4.

How is Leila Seth known as?
(a)First woman chairperson of the UPSC
(b)First woman Election Commissioner of India
(c)First woman chief justice of a high court in India
(d)First woman Governor of a state in India
Comment
Answer is: CNA

5.

Prof. Muhammad Yunus is renowned in which one of the following areas?
(a)International Economics
(b)Human Rights
(c) Freedom of Press
(d)Microcredit Concept
Comment
Answer is: DNA

6.

Which one of the following forms of dance is Shobhna Narayan known for?
(a)Kathak
(b)Bharatnatyam
(c)Odissi
(d)Kathakali
Comment
Answer is: ANA

7.

Who was the first Mathematician to treat zero as a number?
(a)S Ramanujan
(b)Brahmagupta
(c)Bhaskara
(d)Aryabhatta
Comment
Answer is: BNA

8.

The famous couple Jalabala Vaidya and Gopal Sharman are well known to be associated with
(a)Environmental education
(b)Painting
(c)Theatre
(d)Wildlife documentaries
Comment
Answer is: CNA

9.

Raghu Rai is well known for which one of the following areas?
(a)Research in Mathematics
(b)Photography
(c)Water harvesting
(d)Pollution control
Comment
Answer is: BNA

10.

Larry page and Sergey Brin are well known as
(a)creators of Bluetooth device
(b)founders of Google
(c)stem cells researchers
(d)scientists of human genome
Comment
Answer is: BNA

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