Famous Personalities MCQs

112. In December 2017, which union minister launched a new startup incubation centre called ‘Centre for Entrepreneurship Oppurtunities and Learning’ in Mangaluru?

A. Manohar Parrikar
B. Arun Jaitley
C. Sushma Swaraj
D. Nirmala Sitharaman
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Defence Minister, launched a new state-of-the-art incubation centre “Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Learning (CEOL)” at Mallikatta in Mangaluru, Karnataka on 29 December, 2017.

113. Who invented the Centigrade scale?

A. Anders Celsius
B. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
C. William Thomson
D. Wright Brothers
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Anders Celsius, regarded as the founder of Swedish astronomy, is best remembered as the inventor of the Celsius temperature scale (often called the centigrade scale), in which 0°C is the freezing point of water and 100°C is the boiling point.

114. Hari Prasad Chaurasia is a renowned player of :

A. Tabla
B. Sarod
C. Flute
D. Shehnai
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute, in the Hindustani classical tradition.

117. Among the following Presidents of India, who was also the Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement for some period?

A. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
B. Varahagiri Venkatagiri
C. Giani Zail Singh
D. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Giani Zail Singh is the President of India, who was also the Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement for some period. He was a politician with the Indian National Congress party and was the seventh President of India from 1982 to 1987.

118. M. Natrajan was

A. Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister
B. Chief Controller and Programme Director of Agni Missile System
C. Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
M. Natrajan was the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister.

120. Who was the first Indian to reach Antarctica?

A. Rakesh Sharma
B. Ram Charan
C. B. K. Dutta
D. K. Karuna Nautial
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Lieutenant Ram Charan, an Indian Navy meteorologist, was the first Indian to visit Antarctica when he accompanied an Australian polar expedition in 1960. He died in a road accident in 1961.