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Each section contains 100 MCQs on Famous Personalities .
11
Name the British billionaire of Indian origin who is currently challenging market leader Tesla for making the world's largest lithium-ion battery.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Sanjeev Gupta, a British billionaire of Indian origin, is currently challenging market leader Tesla for making the world's largest lithium-ion battery.
12
Who among these union ministers in the PM Narendra Modi cabinet belongs to the Shiv Sena Party?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Anant Geete is from Shiv Sena Party.
13
Who is called Rawalpindi Express?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was nicknamed the "Rawalpindi Express" due to the city in which he was born.
14
Who discovered the X-rays?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Wilhelm Roentgen, Professor of Physics in Wurzburg, Bavaria, discovered X-rays in 1895 accidentally while testing whether cathode rays could pass through glass.
15
Castro Sibling is the new President of -
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Castro Sibling is not the president of any of the following countries.
16
Who took over as the new chairman of the Tata Sons owned Vistara Airline in 2016?
Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of Titan for a long time.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Bhaskar Bhatt took over as the new chairman of the Tata Sons owned Vistara Airline in 2016.
17
Who was the first Indian to reach Antarctica?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Lieutenant Ram Charan, an Indian Navy meteorologist, was the first Indian to visit Antarctica when he accompanied an Australian polar expedition in 1960. He died in a road accident in 1961.
18
Which artist decorated the handwritten copy of the Indian Constitution?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Nandalal Bose is known for decorating the handwritten copy of the Indian Constitution with his paintings.
19
Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Arvind Subramanian is an Indian economist and the former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, having taken charge of the position on 16 October 2014 to 20 June 2018 succeeding Raghuram Rajan.
20
In 2018, which Economist has been appointed as Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Research Department?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde appointed Gita Gopinath as Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Research Department.