Famous Personalities General Knowledge MCQs - 20
1. Name the English political economist who took profound interest in political economy and author of Theory. Moral Sentiment and Wealth of Nations
(a) Adam Smith ✓
(b) David Ricardo
(c) John Marshall
(d) John Maynard Keynes
2. Who is the author of the famous works Antegone, Electra Oedipus, Tyrannus, Characterised by high passion and morality
(a) Sophocles ✓
(b) Socrates
(c) George Hardy
(d) None of them
3. Dr. Ahmad Sukarno was the President of
(a) Malaysia
(b) Indonesia ✓
(c) Maldives
(d) None of them
4. U. Thant, secretary-general of United Nations from 1961-71 belonged to.
(a) Thailand
(b) Singapore
(c) Burma ✓
(d) Brazil
5. Name the famous astronomer of Iran whom George Sarton attributes 64 scientific books and he also worked as scientific advisor to Halaku Khan.
(a) Al Biruni
(b) Ibn Sina
(c) Ibn Battutah
(d) Nasiruddin Tusi ✓
6. Name the American writer whose works include Innocent Abroad, The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn etc.
(a) Charles Dickins
(b) William Wordsworth
(c) Mark Twin ✓
(d) Earnest Hemingway
7. Name the person who took part in the Round Table Conference of 1930-32 and was the first foreign minister of Pakistan.
(a) Chaudhary Muhammad Ali
(b) Sakindar Mirza
(c) Ghulam Muhammad
(d) Sir Muhammad Zafarullah ✓
8. Which of the President of USA was involved in Watergate Scandal?
(a) Richard M Nixon ✓
(b) Ronald Reagon
(c) George Bush
(d) Johnson
9. Who is the only person to win the two Nobel Prizes for Peace and Chemistry?
(a) Bertrand Russel
(b) Romain Rolland
(c) Ems Ludwig
(d) Dr. Linus Pauling ✓
10. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, On 21 July 1969, these words were uttered by
(a) Neil Armstrong ✓
(b) Ernest Rutherford
(c) Albert Schweitzer
(d) None of them
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