Person in News "Multiple Choice Questions"

1. Match the following
List I (well known Person) List II (Releated field)
A. Sant Sing Chatwal 1. Businessman
B. Ilaiyaraaja 2. Music Composer
C. Vinid Banga 3. Hotelier
D. Zohra Segal 4. Artiste.
     A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 2 1 4
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 2 4 3 1

2. Match the following
List I (well known person) List II (Related Fiedl)
A. Anil Bordia 1. Environmentalist.
B. B.M. Hegde. 2. Nuclear Scientist.
C. Bikash Sinha 3. Educationist
D. Ranjit Bhargava 4. Cardiologist.
     A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 4 2 1

3. Match the following
List I (well Known Person) List II (Related Field)
A. Bipin Chandra 1. Historian
B. N. Vaghul 2 Music Composer
C. N.M. Shroff 3. Bamker
D. Shrivias Khale. 4. Eye Speualist
     A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 3 4 2
(d) 1 4 3 2

4. Match the following
List I (well Known Person) List II (Related Field)
A. Ustand Sultan Khan 1. yurveda practioner
B. Kumudini Lakhia 2. Panchavadya Exponent
C. K.N. Marar 3. Sarangi player
D. E.T. Narayanan 4. Kathak exponent
     A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 3 4 1 2

5. Who won the common wealth writer’s prize for 2010 for his epic tale solo set in communist and post-communist Bulgaria.
(a) Rana Dasgupta
(b) Shisir Bose
(c) Ranjan Mukherjee
(d) Bilal Sangupta

6. Consider the following statements:
1. Social activist Ela Bhatt wins the Niwano peace prize for 2010 for her contribution to the uplift of poor women in india.
2. In 1972, She establish the self-enployed women’s association (SEWA)
Which of the above statement is / are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

7. Who won the Britain’s 30,000 highly regarded literary honour for women writers, that is Orange prize?
(a) Barbara kingsolver.
(b) Hilary mantel
(c) Zoe Plummer
(d) Kirsty cleaver

8. Match the following
List I (well Known Person) List II (Related Field)
A. Om kar shrikant Dadarkar 1. Shehnai
B. Murad Ali 2. Sarangi
C. V. Balaji 3. Hindustani vocal
D. Sanjeev shankar 4. Mridangam
     A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 4 2 1 3
(d) 1 2 3 4

9. Match the following
List I (well Known Person) List II (Related Field)
A. Manisa Nayak 1. Bharatanatyam
B. Indu devi 2. Odissi
C. Lingaraj pradhan 3. Kathak
D. Ragini chander . Manipuri
shekar
     A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 2 2 1 4

10. Match the following
List I (well Known Person) List II (Related Field)
A. Mysore A. Chandan Kumar 1. Historian
B. Manjula B. Murthy 2. Mohiniatan
C. Chinta R. Balakrishna 3. Kuchi pudi
     A B C
(a) 1 2 3
(b) 3 2 1
(c) 1 3 2
(d) 2 3 1

11. Consider the following statements.
1. This year’s(2010) Lokmanya Tilak Award was given to sheila dikshit.
2. The award consists of a gold medal, a memento , a citation and Rs 1 lakh.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

12. Consider the following statements :
1. The jantar mantar in Jaipur is now a world heritage monument.
2. It was built by maharaja Sawari Jai Sing II in the 18th century.
3. The samrat yantra in Jaipur is one of the largest sundials in the world.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 1 only
(c) 1 and 2
(d) All of the above

13. Who has been selected by the international mathemeatical union for the Leelavathi Award in recoginition of his out standing contribution at public outreach in mathemetics.?
(a) Simon Lehna Sing
(b) P.J. Cherin
(c) Harish Damodaran
(d) Raman K. Singh

14. Who has been chosen for the shram Ratna for 2008, the country’s highest Award given by the Ministry of Labour and Employment?
(a) Nagaraja
(b) V.E. Manohar
(c) R. Lalitha
(d) P.S. Das

15. Who was given the Tagore Award 2010. the award instituted by the Indian Institute of planning and Management (IIPM), Carries Rs 51 lakh in cash, a gold medal, a citation and a shawl.
(a) Pallav Bagla
(b) Shreeram Lagoo.
(c) Irom Sharmila.
(d) Kishori sing

Answers:

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (c)