Famous Personalities

1. Who was the first deputy Prime Minister of India?
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
2. With which Musical Instrument is the name of the great Maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, specially linked?
Veena
3. Who was the first President of Indian National Congress?
W C Banerjee
4. Who led 'Ocean to Sky' expedition?
Sir Edmund Hillary
5. Who was the first Women to climb Everest?
Junko Tabei
6. In which field Charaka distinguished himself?
Medicine and Surgery
7. Who reached the south pole first?
Amundsen

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8. Who reached the north pole first?
Roberty Peary
9. Who was the first Prime Minister of England?
Robert Walpole
10. Who was the first G overnor G eneral of Pakistan?
Muhammed Ali Jinnah
11. Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got Independence?
Clement Atlee
12.Who was the first President of Chinese Republic?
Sun Yat Sen
13. Who was the first Indian to get Nobel Prize?
Rabinthra Nath Tagore
14. The first Malayalam Cinema actor who received Bharat Ratna?
P J Antony
15. The first Indira Gandhi award for "International Justice and Harmony" was given to?
Nelson Mandela
16. Nelson Mandela got Nobel Prize on?
1993
17. Who said "there is neither a Hindu nor a Muslim, only man"?
Swamy Vivekananda

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18. The famous communist leader who lead the famous "Pattini Jatha" from Madras to Malabar?
A K Gopalan
19. R K Lakshman is associated with?
Cartoon
20. The author of "Panchatantra" was?
Vishnu Sarma
21. Railway service was introduced in India by?
Lord Dalhousie
22. Whose wrote the book "The Insider"?
P V Narasimha Rao
23. Who was the Agricultural Scientist who gave the leadership to "Green Revolution"?
Dr. M S Swaminathan
24. Salim Ali was associated with? 
Ornithology
25. Who started the State transport service in Travancore?
Sir. C P Ramaswamy Iyer
26. Who is called as " the Father of Indian Cinema"
Dada Sahib Phalke
27. The film "Pather Panchali" was directed by whom?
Satyajit Ray
28. The Novel "Pather Panchali" was written by?
Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhya
29. The Architect of Indian Constitution is?
Dr. B R Ambedkar
30. The first Indian film "Raja Harischandra" was released on?
May 3, 1913 at Coronation Cinema, Mumbai
31. Who coined the expression "Inquilab Zindabad"?
Mohammed Iqbal
32. The expression "Inquilab Zindabad" was first shout by whom?
Bhagat Singh
33. Who was the first Indian to go to Space?
Rakesh Sharma on 1984
34. "Abhay Ghat" is famous by the samadhi of?
Sri. Morarji Desai
35. "Discovery of India" was written by?
Jawaharlal Nehru
36. The first Martyr of India's freedom movement?
Mangal Paadey on March 29, 1857
37. Who was popular by the name "Jhansirani of Travancore"?
Annie Mascreen

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38. Who was the first musician to get the Country's highest Civilian Award "Bharatratna"?
M S Subbalakshmi in 1998
39. Who was the President of Indian National Congress when India got Independence?
Acharya Kripalani
40. Who is Popularly known as Deenabandhu?
C F Andrews
41. Who was the founder of the weeklies "Al Hilal'' and "Al Balagh"?
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
42. The founder of All Indian Trade Union Congress?
N M Joshi
43. The news paper "Samvad Kaumudi" was started by whom?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
44. Who was popular by the name "Patriot Saint of India"?
Swami Vivekananda
45. Who was the first person to get booker prize twice?
J M Coetzee
46. Who was the first Malayali holding the post of Chief Election Commissioner of India?
T N Seshan
47. Who was the founder of Young Indian Society?
V D Savarkar
48. Who was respectfully called as "Valia Diwanji" ? 
Raja Kesavadas 
49. Who is the "Father of Indian Renaissance"?
Sree Narayanaguru
50. Who wrote the books "Vedanta Saram", "Vedadikara Nirupanam"?
Chattambi Swamikal
51. Who was the founder of "Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangam"?
Ayyankali
52. Who was the founder of "Sahodara Sangham" and "Vidhya Poshini Sabha"?
Sahodaran Ayyappan
53. Whose autobiography is Ente Nadukadathal?
Swadeshabhimani Rama Krishna Pillai
54. Who was the First Congress Chief Minister?
R sankar
55. Who was the first Malayali Chairman of UPSC?
Dr. K G Adiyodi
56. Who was the first malayali Woman Judge in the Supreme Court?
Justice M Fathima Beevi
57. Who was the first British High Commissioner of free India?
V K Krishna Menon
58. Hariprasad Chourasya is associated with which Musical Instrument?
Flute
59. Who is popular by the name "Flying Sikh"?
Milka Singh
60. Who was the first field Marshall?
General F Manekshaw
61. Who declared that his ultimate aim was to wipe "every tear from every eye"?
Jawaharlal Nehru
62. Who is known as the "Saint of gutters"?
Mother Theresa
63. Who is the author of book 'Sword and the Pickle'?
Mulk Raj Anand
64. Taranath Shenoy is the first deaf and dumb swimmer in the world to swim across?
Straight of Gibraltar
65. "In Custody" an English Novel is written by?
Anita Desai
66. The book "The man who knew infinity" by Robert Kanigel is about?
Srinivasa Ramanujan
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