Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Famous Personalities-GK

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is known as the 'Bismarck of India' due to his efforts of consolidating the fragmented parts of a divided India i.e. Princely states and British India into a nation and prevented balkanization of India. Sardar was also known as the Iron man of India. A 182 metres high statue has been recently built as his memorial in state of Gujarat.

Vikram Shankar Pandit (born 14 January 1957) is an Indian-American banker and investor who was the chief executive officer of Citigroup from December 2007 to 16 October 2012 and is the current chairman and chief executive officer of The Orogen Group.

Kumar Mangalam Birla is the chairman of IIM Ahmedabad.

Thierry Delaporte is a French businessman and executive who currently serves as the CEO and managing director of the Indian IT services company Wipro.

Jaspal Rana is associated with Shooting. Jaspal Rana (born 28 June 1976) is an Indian shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category.

Walt Disney (1901 - 1966), the co-creator of Mickey Mouse and founder of The Walt Disney Company, was the original voice of Mickey.

6,117 Kuchipudi dancers set a new Guinness World Record by performing together in a single event at the Vijayawada district of Andhra Pradesh.

Bihar has celebrated its 106th foundation day on 22 March, 2018. A number of programmes have been organized throughout the state on the occasion. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a 3-day Bihar Diwas celebrations in Patna and also released 4 books- 'Ek Tha Mohan', 'Bapu Ki Chiththi', 'Champaran Ki Kahani' and 'Neel Ke Dhabbe' on this occasion. The 2018 theme for this year's celebrations is "Centenary of Champaran Satyagraha and Elimination of Dowry and Child Marriage". It was on this day when the British carved out the state from Bengal Presidency in 1912. Before that Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa were part of the Bengal province during the British rule.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first-ever Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) Parliamentary Conference in the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra (PBK) in Delhi on 9 January, 2018. Approx 124 Members of Parliament (MP) and 17 mayors from 23 countries will participate in this conference. The conference is a way of reaching out to the Indian community overseas by the Central government. The event will have two thematic sessions, the first one will have as special guest senior Congress leader and chairman of the parliamentary committee on external affairs, Shashi Tharoor. The session will be presided over by Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The second session will have Parliamentary Affairs minister Ananth Kumar as a special guest which will be chaired by Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician serving as the current president of Mexico since 1 December 2018.