Prominent National Personalities
Prominent National Personalities: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Famous Sports Persons, Famous Personalities and Personalities of Indian History.
Important Questions on Prominent National Personalities
Freedom fighter Kanakiata Barua was martyred in:

Who among the following reached South Pole first ?

In , the Deccan Education Society was founded by whom in Pune?

Who was the main inspirator of the Young Bengal Movement?

Who among the following is known as Flying Sikh of India?

Name the women sportsperson, who became the first Indian women to hold an Honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the country's defence forces:

Recently, an Indian sportsman Neeraj Chopra clinches silver medal in Warsaw (Poland). With which sport he is associated with?

Name the assassin of John Lennon:

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below the lists.
List-I ( Person) | List-II ( Area) | ||
A | ECG Sudarshan | 1 | Economics |
B | PK Sethi | 2 | Long Distance swimming |
C | Mihir Sen | 3 | Orthopaedic surgery |
D | I G Patel | 4 | Physics |

Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Periyar’?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin and stamp mark the 350th birth anniversary of Sikh guru:

Name the women sportsperson, who became the first Indian woman to hold an Honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the country's defence forces:

Who is the founder of Patna's famous for his Super 30 programme, which coaches underprivileged students for JEE - Advanced?

Which of these Union Cabinet ministers have never served as the Chief Minister of any State or Union Territory?

Annamayya, a poet/singer of medieval times, belonged to which present Indian state?

Why was Sucheta Kadethankar in the news recently?

Which of these is not correctly matched regarding the region of Shahjahan?

Consider the following passage Jawaharlal Nehru was to write of her in 'A day will come when India also will remember her and cherish her.' Who is being referred in the above passage?

Who was the leader of the 'Red Shirts'?

Who laid the foundation of Congress Socialist Party in ?
