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Identify Personalities Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Sahitya Akademi award winner is the author of books like Swami and Friends, The English Teacher and The Guide. Identify him.

a)

RK Swaminathan

b)

RK Narayan

c)

KR Narayan

2.

This Indian social entrepreneur is popularly known as the ‘father of the white revolution’. His idea Operation Flood helped India gallop from a milk deficient country to being the highest producer in 1998. Identify him.

a)

Norman Borlaug

b)

MS Swaminathan

c)

Verghese Kurien

3.

This personality produced India's first sound feature film which was released in March 1931. Identify him.

a)

Raja Harishchandra

b)

Dadasaheb Phalke

c)

Ardeshir Irani

4.

Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World Title?

a)

Aishwarya Rai

b)

Sushmita Sen

c)

Reita Faria

d)

Diya Mirza

5.

Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?

a)

Dhan Gopal Mukerji

b)

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

c)

Arundhati Roy

d)

Aravind Adiga

6.

Who was the first woman President of India?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Pratibha Patil

c)

Sarojini Naidu

7.

Who was the first Indian woman in Space?

a)

Kalpana Chawla

b)

Sunita Williams

c)

Koneru Humpy

d)

None of the above

8.

Who was the first Indian in space?

a)

Vikram Ambalal

b)

Ravish Malhotra

c)

Rakesh Sharma

d)

Nagapathi Bhat

9.

This bollywood actor passed away recently due to Leukemia. Who was he?

a)

Rishi Kapoor

b)

Raj Kapoor

c)

Randhir Kapoor

10.

This bollywood actor died recently due to Colon infection. Who is he?

a)

Irrfan Khan

b)

Zayed Khan

c)

Mazhar Khan

d)

Kader Khan

11.

A Bengali poet, author and journalist and he composed Vande Mataram. Who is he ?

a)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

b)

Sarar Chandra Chattopadhyay

c)

Subhro Bandhopadhyay

d)

Hafiz Rashid Khan

12.

Who is the first Indian to win Miss Universe title?

a)

Aishwarya Rai

b)

Sushmita Sen

c)

Priyanka Chopra

d)

Diya Mirza

13.

Who is the first batsman to score double century in one day international match?

a)

Mahindra Singh Dhoni

b)

Sachin Tendulkar

c)

Kapil Dev

d)

Virat Kohli

14.

Who is the first indian to win Nobel Prize?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Who was the first President of India who died while in office?

a)

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

b)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

c)

Dr. Radhakrishnan

d)

Dr Zakir Hussain