Famous Personalities of India and World Test 51

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Famous Personalities of India and World Test 51

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Question 1
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An English playwright famously quoted, 'Animals are my friends and I don't eat my friends.' He wrote the famous play 'Pygmalion' Who was he?

A
George Bernard Shaw

B
Oscar Wilde

C
Isak Dinesen

D
Henrik Lbsen

Solution

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856, he was one the world's greatest playwrights. He produced over 60 plays mainly discussing social issues prevalent at that time in England. He was a strict vegetarian beginning in 1881 and remain vegetarian for 60 years until his death in 1950. His famous quote 'Animals are my friends and I don't eat my friends'. He also wrote the famous play 'Pygmalion'.
Question 2
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R.K. Narayan wrote a number of stories about a mischievous boy and his friends. The name of the boy is _____.

A
Krishna

B
Mowgli

C
Raju

D
Swami
Solution
- Swami and Friends was the first novel by R.K.Narayan. It is the first novel of the trilogy that is set in the fictional town of Malgudi.
- The novel is full of humour and irony. It falls in pre-independence days in India.
Question 3
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Read the given lines of a famous poet and identify him/her.

The woods are lovely,
dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

A
William Wordsworth

B
Christina Rossetti

C
Emily Dickinson

D
Robert Frost
Solution
- Robert Frost was an eminent American poet. He was highly appreciated and admired for his realistic portrayal of rural life and his great expertise on American colloquial speech.
- Most of his astonishing works circle around the rural life settings in New England during early 20th century.
Question 4
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The 'Meteor Crater' is a huge hole in the middle of the desert outside Flagstaff, Arizona. Who among the following first suggested that it was produced by a meteorite impact?

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B

C

D

Solution

Meteor Crater formed 50,000 years ago when an asteroid plunged through the Earth’s atmosphere and crashed into what would become central Arizona. Meteor Crater is also known as Barringer Crater after the first person to correctly suggest it was formed by a large meteorite impact.
Question 5
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This delightful limerick features in the 'Book of Nonsense' written by a writer who was known for his literacy nonsense who was he?

A
Edward Lear

B
R L Stevenson

C
Lewis Carroll

D
Gelett Burgess

Solution

Edward Lee was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author, and poet. He popularised the limericks form. He published 'A Book of Nonsense' in 1846, a volume of limericks which further had three editions and popularised the form and the genre of literary nonsense.
Question 6
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This famous writer wrote in Hindi and Urdu using the pen name 'Premchand'. He is well known for his novels 'Godaan' and 'Gaban'. What is his real name?

A
Rabindranath Tagore

B
Maithili Sharan Gupta

C
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava

D
Aniket Basu

Solution

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava famously known as Premchand was an Indian author of novels and short stories in Hindi and Urdu who pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western literary styles. He is well known for his novels 'Godaan' and 'Gaban'. His works depict the social evils of arranged marriages, the abuses of the British bureaucracy and exploitation of the rural peasantry by money lenders and officials.
Question 7
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This tale of Homer tells about what happened after the Trojan War to the great hero Odysseus, on his journey back home to his island of Lthaca. He and his crew faced many troubles with magical creatures like the Sirens, the one-eyed Cyclops and many more. What is the epic called?

A
Iliad

B
Shahnameh

C
Nibelungenlied

D
Odyssey

Solution

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is a sequel to Iliam, the other Homeric epic. The poem revolves around the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca and his journey home after the fall of Troy. The tale of Homer tells about what happened after the Trojan War to the great hero Odysseus. He and his crew faced many troubles with magical creatures like the Sirens, the one-eyed Cyclops and many more.
Question 8
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Who coined the famous quote 'Be yourself, everyone else is already taken'?

A
Oscar Wilde

B
Dr Seuss

C
Robert Frost

D
Mark Twain

Solution

Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays.
Question 9
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This politician was the first female Prime Minister of British. Known for her conservative views, she was also the first British Prime Minister to serve the country for three consecutive terms in the $${20}^{th}$$ century. She was admiringly called the 'Iron Lady'. Who are we talking about?

A
Hillary Clinton

B
Victoria Woodhull

C
Margaret Thatcher

D
Lillian Gish
Solution
- Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first female prime minister. She was known for her tough uncompromising, conservative political views, and became dubbed as ‘The Iron Lady’.
- She was a controversial figurehead of conservative ideology during her time in office.
Question 10
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Navdanya is a movement for Earth Democracy based on the philosophy of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' which means that the Earth is one family. Who is the founder of this movement?

A
Anil Agarwal

B
Vandana Shiva

C
Mike Pandey

D
Shekhar Kapur
Solution
- Navdanya is a network of seed keepers and organic producers spread across 22 states in India.
- Prof. Dr Vandana Shiva is a Physicist. In 1991, she founded Navdanya. Time Magazine identified her as an environmental hero in 2003. She received the Right Livelihood Award in 1993 and the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize.