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Each section contains 100 MCQs on Famous Personalities .
41
Who had taken over charge as the IGP of Kashmir Range?
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Swayam Prakash Pani had taken over charge as the IGP of Kashmir Range.
42
Who was elected as the new Chief Minister in Meghalaya after the assembly election in 2013?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Mukul Manda Sangma was sworn-in as the Meghalaya chief minister in 2013.
43
Who has been sworn in as Union Railway Minister after the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
After the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi, the Prime Minister accepted Trinamool Congress nominee Mukul Roy as the next Minister for Railways.
44
Phu Dorjee, the First Indian woman to climb without oxygen, climbed which of the peaks?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Phu Dorjee (also spelled Phu Dorji) was a Sherpa and the first Indian to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. He did so on 5 May, 1984 on a solo ascent from the South East Ridge.
45
Who was the UPA candidate for the 2017 Presidential election?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Meira Kumar was unanimously selected by the UPA party as their nominee for the 2017 Presidential election.
46
The first woman Governor of a state in free India was
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Sarojini Naidu was the first female to become the governor of an Indian state. She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.
47
Who among the following has been appointed as Maharashtra's Tiger Ambassador?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed as Maharashtra's Tiger Ambassador.
48
In December 2017, which union minister launched a new startup incubation centre called 'Centre for Entrepreneurship Oppurtunities and Learning' in Mangaluru?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Defence Minister, launched a new state-of-the-art incubation centre "Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Learning (CEOL)" at Mallikatta in Mangaluru, Karnataka on 29 December, 2017.
49
The famous activist Irom Chanu Sharmila is better known as 'The Iron Lady of . . . . . . . . '
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 14 March 1972), also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" ("the fair one") is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur, which is located on the north-eastern side of India.
50
Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is an exponent of
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma (born 13 January 1938) is an Indian music composer and Santoor player from the state of Jammu and Kashmir.