Famous Personalities MCQs

81. Who was the first Vice-Chairman of the NITI Aayog?

A. Arvind Panagariya
B. Raghuram Rajan
C. Chandrashekhara Subramanyam
D. Rajiv Kumar
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Princeton University (Ph. D.) Arvind Panagariya (born 30 September 1952) is an Indian-American economist and a professor of economics at Columbia University, who served as first vice-chairman of the government of India think-tank NITI Aayog between January 2015 and August 2017.

86. Match List-I (Famous Person) with List-II (Well-known for): List-I List-II a. Mandakini Amte 1. Theatre direction b. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry 2. Social service and community leadership c. Romila Thapar 3. Dance d. Vanashree Rao 4. History writing

A. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Mandakini Amte – Social service and community leadershipNeelam Mansingh Chowdhry – Theatre directionRomila Thapar – History writingVanashree Rao – Dance

90. Paul Allen, who died in October 2018, was the co-founder of

A. Oracle
B. IBM
C. Microsoft
D. SAP
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft who helped usher in the personal computing revolution and then channeled his enormous fortune into transforming Seattle into a cultural destination, died in Seattle. He was 65. The cause was complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.