Famous Personalities of India and World Test 52

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Famous Personalities of India and World Test 52

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Question 1
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If you can keep your head
when all about you
Are losing theirs and
blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself
when all men doubt you,
But make allowance
for their doubting too;
These inspirational lines come from the poem of a very famous poet and writer. Name him/her.

A
Maya Angelou

B
William Ernest Henley

C
Alfred Tennyson

D
Rudyard Kipling

Solution

The above lines are from Kipling's poetry called 'If'. Rudyard Kipling was an English author famous for an array of works like 'Just So Stories' and 'The Jungle Book.' He received the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Question 2
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Who is believed to be the 'Father of Virology, a study of viruses and the diseases caused by them?

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Solution
- Beijerinck, Martinus was a Dutch microbiologist who was the first person to use the term "virus".
- He originated selective culture techniques, also known as enrichment culturing, and was the first to isolate a wide range of microorganisms.
Question 3
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She was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. The Guinness Book of World Records listed her as the best-selling novelist of all time. Identify her.

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Solution

Agatha Christie is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world’s longest-running play – The Mousetrap. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation.
Question 4
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Dr. Seuss was an American writer best known for penning some popular children's books. Which among these is not his creation?

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If I Ran the Zoo

B
Green Eggs and Ham

C
The Secret Garden

D
Horton Hears a Who!
Solution
- Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, was an American writer and cartoonist who published over 60 books.
- The Secret Garden is one of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s most popular novels.
Question 5
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This great Queen's many children and grandchildren made alliances by marriage with many royal families of Europe because of which she was fondly called the 'Grandmother of Europe' who are we talking about?

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Queen Elizabeth I

B
Queen Mary

C
Queen Elizabeth II

D
Queen Victoria
Solution
- Queen Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901. She became Empress of India in 1877.
- Victoria's reign saw great cultural expansion; advances in industry, science and communications; and the building of railways and the London Underground.
- She is often called the Grandmother of Europe because many of Europe's monarchs were her relatives.
Question 6
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For how many years did Rip Van Winkle sleep?

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$10$ years

B
$15$ years

C
$20$ years

D
$50$ years
Solution
- The story 'Rip Van Winkle' was written by Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle is the main character in the story. The story takes place in New York near the Catskill Mountains. The time frame is in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War, which took place from 1775-1783.
- Rip Van Winkle escapes to the mountains to get away from his wife, who wants him to do work on their farm. He meets a group of men, accepts a drink from them, and then falls asleep for 20 years. When he goes back to his town, many things have changed.
Question 7
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Which one of these is not a female protagonist of Jane Austen?

A
Elizabeth Bennet

B
Mrs Norris

C
Scarlett O'Hara

D
Mary Crawford
Solution
- Jane Austen was a Georgian era author, best known for her social commentary in novels including 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Pride and Prejudice,' and 'Emma.'
- Katie Scarlett O'Hara is the main character in 1936's Gone With the Wind novel by Margaret Mitchell.
Question 8
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He was a naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He wrote the book 'The Origin of Species'. Who is he?

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Solution
- Charles Darwin was a British naturalist who developed a theory of evolution based on natural selection. His most famous work, On the Origin of Species, explains the theory of evolution by natural selection, providing numerous supporting examples.
- The theory proposes that the fittest individual organisms, those with the characteristics best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Question 9
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Sir Isaac Newton was a physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. Newton is a unit of measurement for ______.

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Time

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Distance

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Mass

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Force
Solution
- In physics, a newton (N) is the metric unit of force. It was named after Sir Isaac Newton. One newton is equal to 1 kilogram meter per second squared.
- In plain English, 1 newton of force is the force required to accelerate an object with a mass of 1 kilogram 1 meter per second per second.
Question 10
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Who has authored the book 'An Era of Darkness : The British Empire in India'?

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Solution
- An author, politician, and former international civil servant, Shashi Tharoor straddles several worlds of experience. In the book, An era of darkness: The British Empire in India, he aggregates all the arguments required to establish that British colonial rule was an awful experience for Indians and he does so with complete debater’s skill.