Famous Personalities General Knowledge MCQs - 13
1. Name the Polish astronomer known for his discovery of heavenly bodies, their movement around the sun and that the sun is the centre of the universe
(a) Nicolaus Copernicus ✓
(b) Robert Wilhelm
(c) Robert Boyle
(d) Yuri Gagarin
2. Who was the first Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and Prime Minister durinq 1958-64
(a) Joseph Stalin
(b) Andre Gromeako
(c) Lenin
(d) Nikita Khrushchev ✓
3. Name the statesman who established a commonwealth in Britain and became its head with the title ‘Lord Protector' and ruled the country between 1653-58.
(a) Roger Bacon
(b) Oliver Cromwell ✓
(c) Richard Simon
(d) Richard Dalton
4. Came to India as a clerk in the East India Company, became Commander-in-Chief and fought against French in India. He defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah in the battle of Plassey. We are talking about
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) D H Lawrence
(c) Robert Clive ✓
(d) None of them
5. What did Rudolf Diesel, a German engineer invent in 1893?
(a) Diesel engine ✓
(b) Gun powder
fc) Magnifying glass
(d) None of them
6. Name the Famous English writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907
(a) Bernard Shaw
(b) Rudyard Kipling ✓
(c) Lock John
(d) D.H. Lawrence
7. He ruled India from 1539-45 and paid lot of attention to administrative reforms. The Grand Trunk Road was built during his rule. We are talking about
(a) Sakindar Lodhi
(b) Humayun
(c) Ibrahim Lodhi
(d) Sher Shah Suri ✓
8. Name the renowned Auste n Psychologist, who developed the theory of psychoanalysis and authored the Interpretation of Dreams and The Ego and the Id
(a) David Harvey
(b) George Mendal
(c) Sigmund Freud ✓
(d) William Henry
9. Stalin became the Prime Minister of former USSR in
(a) 1941 ✓
(b) 1943
(c) 1940
(d) 1942
10. Who played an important role in the Chinese revolution of 1911 and became the first President of the Chinese Republic in 1912.
(a) Chung He
(b) Sat Yat Sen ✓
(c) Lao Tze
(d) Lin Biao
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