Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Famous Personalities-GK

11

Who is Kapil Sibal?

A) Coal Minister of India B) Civil Aviation Minister of India C) Telecom Minister of India D) Economic Advisor to Prime Minister of India

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Kapil Sibal is Telecom Minister of India.

12

Who is the MD and CEO of Allahabad Bank as of March 2018?

A) Chitra Ramakrishna B) Arundhati Bhattacharya C) Shikha Sharma D) Usha Ananthasubramaniam

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Usha Ananthasubramaniam is the MD and CEO of Allahabad Bank as of March 2018.

13

Dr. Urjit Patel, who has been appointed recently as Governor of Reserve Bank of India, was holding which position immediately prior to this appointment?

A) Chief Economist, IMF B) Deputy Governor, RBI C) Chief Economic Advisor D) Professor of Economics

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Dr. Urjit Patel was Deputy Governor of RBI before becoming Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

14

Who among the following was elected as President of the Sahitya Akademi in 2018?

A) Chandrashekar Kambar B) U. R. Ananthamurthy C) Vinayak Krishna Gokak D) Pratibha Ray

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

On February 12^th, 2018, famous Kannada litterateur Chandrasekhar Kambar was elected the new president of Sahitya Akademi.

15

Who became first female president of Singapore?

A) Carrie Lam B) Halima Yacob C) Jacindra Ardern D) Angela Merkel

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Halimah Binti Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician. She is the incumbent President of Singapore after being elected in an uncontested election in the 2017 Singapore presidential election. She is the first female president in the country's history.

16

Which one among the following statements regarding Rabindranath Tagore's concern for the natural world and environment is not correct?

A) Caring for nature on aesthetic grounds, as Tagore did, has now become one of the major environmental concerns in the developed countries of the world. B) Tagore's short stories and novels exhibit his concern for nature. C) Tagore's vision of education emphasized the need to generate environmental awareness among the students. D) Tagore's concern about the environment was activated by pragmatic and utilitarian considerations.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Tagore's vision of education emphasized the need to generate environmental awareness among the students is an incorrect statement.

17

Who among the following is the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission?

A) C. Rangarajan B) Vijay Kelkar C) Y. V. Reddy D) Rakesh Mohan

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Y. V. Reddy is the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission.

18

Who was awarded best actress award in the 64^th National Film awards function?

A) Surabhi C. M. B) Sonam Kapoor C) Iman Chakraborty D) Zaira Wasim

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Surabhi C. M., also known as Surabhi Lakshmi is an Indian film, television, and stage actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2016 for portraying the role of a struggling middle-aged mother in the Malayalam film Minnaminungu.

19

Who amongst the following has taken over as the President of Serbia after General elections held there in February 2008?

A) Boris Tadic B) Tomislav Nicolic C) Samak Sundaravej D) Novak Djokovic

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Incumbent President Boris Tadic was re-elected as President of Serbia in the second round with 51.61 percent of the votes cast, defeating challenger Tomislav Nikolic.

20

As of August 2018, who is the Chief Minister of Sikkim?

A) Biplab Deb B) Pawan Kumar Chamling C) Conrad Sangma D) Manik Sarkar

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

As of August 2018, Pawan Kumar Chamling is the Chief Minister of Sikkim.