Famous Personalities of India and World Test 55

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Famous Personalities of India and World Test 55

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Question 1
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Homer's epic poems Iliad and Odyssey are the oldest known literary sources of mythology.

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Latin

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Greek

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Anglo - Saxon

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Roman
Question 2
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He is the founder and former chairman of the Inditex fashion group, best known for its global brand Zara. As of January $$2018$$, he is the richest man in Europe and the wealthiest retailer in the world. Identify him/her.

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Solution

Amancio Ortega is one of the richest men in Europe and the wealthiest retailer in the world. He co-founded Inditex, known for its Zara fashion chain with his ex-wife Rosalia Mera in 1975. He earns more than $400 million in dividends a year.
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He was the first poet from the Arab world to receive the Tagore Peace Award. He was chosen for promoting the human values of love and peace via his poetic works. Who is he?

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Shihab Ghanem became the first Arab to receive India's Tagore Peace Prize. The prize is to commemorate the birth anniversary of India's poet, philosopher and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Ghanem wrote 31 Arabic poems and 36 English poems and had published 45 books mainly in Arabic verse.
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The British primatologist featured in the given picture is also an anthropologist and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, she is best known for her 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Identify her.

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Dian Fossey

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Birute Galdikas

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Joy Adamson

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Jane Godall
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Willem Einthoven was a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented a common medical tool which is in use today. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in $$1924$$ for his invention. What was his invention?

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X-ray machine

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CAT Scanner

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ECG

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MRI

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Willem Einthoven was a Dutch doctor and physiologist who invented a common medical tool which is in use today extensively known as ECG- The electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) is a diagnostic tool that is routinely used to assess the electrical and muscular functions of the heart.
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V.S. Naipaul is a famous writer who has won both Booker Prize and Nobel Prize in Literature. Which among these is not a literary work of V.S. Naipaul?

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Half A Life

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River of Smoke

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A Bend In the River

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Magic Seeds

Solution

River of Smoke (2011) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh. It is the second volume of the Ibis trilogy. The novel has a rich tapestry of characters from various cultural and geographical backgrounds whose common interest is trade with China. The plot is set in Fanqui town, a small strip of land used by foreigners to trade with local Chinese traders, a year before the first opium war.
Question 7
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Clyde Tombaugh is credited with the discovery of this object on the fringes of our Solar System in $$1930$$. He did so by systematically imaging the night sky in pairs of photographs, then examining each pair and determining whether any objects had shifted position. Name the object.

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Ceres

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Triton

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Deimos

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Pluto

Solution

Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997) was from a farming family in Illinois and had an interest in astronomy from a young age, inspired by seeing Saturn’s rings and Jupiter’s moons using his uncle’s telescope is a dwarf planet.It is the ninth largest and tenth-most-massive known object directly orbiting the Sun.
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He is an English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and actor, well-known as the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis and as a solo artist. His most successful singles include 'One More Night', 'Sussudio' and 'Another day in Paradise'. Which rock star are we talking about?

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Philip Davis Charles Collins is an English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and actor, he is also well-known as the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis and as a solo artist. The Beatles left a great impression on Collins, including their drummer Ringo Starr. In 2002 he received the Disney Legend award.
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This ex-Prime Minister of Portugal and diplomat succeeded Ban Ki-moon as the 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees between $$2005$$ and $$2015$$. Who is he?

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Antonio Guterres who is presently serving as the ninth UN's Secretary-General and was formerly the tenth United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, who served between 2005-2015.
Question 10
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Harry Potter is $$40$$ years old now and works at the Ministry of Magic. He is married to his childhood sweetheart Ginny Weasley, and has $$3$$ adorable children. This work by J K Rowling tells the story of the adult Harry's troubled relationship with his second son Albus Severus. Name the play.

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Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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Happy Potter and the Deathly Hollows

Solution

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the play written by Jack Thorne in 2016, it is based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Thorne. The play portrays the troubled relationship between Harry Potter and his second son Albus Severus Potter.