Famous Personalities MCQs

25. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

A. Annie Besant
B. Mayawati
C. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D. Sucheta Kriplani
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Sucheta Mazumdar her married name, Sucheta Kripalani, (25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India’s first woman Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.

27. The theory of use and disuse was used to explain evolution by

A. Lamarck
B. Darwin
C. De Vries
D. Wallace
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1774 – 1829) was a French botanist who proposed two ideas that had great impact in the theory of evolution. The use or disuse theory explains that the parts of an organism that the organism uses most will undergo hypertrophy and will become more developed.

29. Who of the following has been inducted into National Academy of Engineering in the United States of America?

A. Adi Godrej
B. Kumar Mangalam Birla
C. Ratan Tata
D. N. R. Narayana Murthy
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Ratan Tata, the 75 year old Chairman emeritus of the Tata Group, was inducted as a Foreign Associate. Founded in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is a private, independent, non-profit institution that provides engineering leadership in service to the nation.