Prominent Personality

Total Questions: 52

1. Who among the following was one of the founders of Kerala Kalalayam in 1952? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 08.06.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Pallavi Krishnan
(b) Rema Shrikant
(c) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
(d) Sunanda Nair

Correct Answer: (c) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma

Solution:Kalyani Krishna Fine Arts Academy- Kerala Kalalayam', founded by Padma shri Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair and Kalamandalam Kalyani Kuttiyamma in 1952.

Pallavi Krishnan is a leading exponent of Mohiniyattam. She is known for promoting and preserving this style of Indian classical dance as a living tradition.
Rema Shrikant is an outstanding Bharatanatyam dancer, Choreographer and teacher of Vadodara.
Sunanda Nair is an Indian dancer trained in Mohiniyattam.

2. The first woman of Indian origin who undertook a space journey- [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 30.08.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) Sunita Williams
(b) Kalpana Chawla
(c) Darshan Ranganath
(d) Avani Chaturvedi

Correct Answer: (b) Kalpana Chawla

Solution:Kalpana Chawla, the National Hero of India, was the first Indian woman to go to space. She was an Indian-American astronaut who achieved what most people are even afraid of dreaming. She was born on March 17, 1962, in Karnal, Haryana. Kalpana Chawla was the first woman to study Aeronautical Engineering at Punjab Engineering College.

3. Who was the first Indian to go into space? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 31.01.2017 (Shift-II) S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 21.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Vidyut Misra
(b) Kapilesh Tripathi
(c) Rakesh Sharma
(d) Ish Kumar Vaidya

Correct Answer: (c) Rakesh Sharma

Solution:Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to go into space. He is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew with the Interkosmos programme onboard the Soyuz T-11 on 3rd April 1984. In 1984, when he flew on board the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic on 3 April 1984, Sharma became the first Indian man to reach space.

4. Who was India's first Chief of Defence Staff? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 16.10.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) General Arjan Singh
(b) General Manoj Mukund Naravane
(c) General Vijay Kumar Singh
(d) General Bipin Rawat

Correct Answer: (d) General Bipin Rawat

Solution:The first Chief of Defence Staff of India was General Bipin Rawat.

5. First man to go into space was ________. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.01.2017 (Shift-III) S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 31.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Roald Amundsen
(b) Reynalt Mayor
(c) Robert Peary
(d) Major Yuri Gagarin

Correct Answer: (d) Major Yuri Gagarin

Solution:Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27,400 kilometres per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes.

6. In the year _________, Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, issued special stamps titled 'Wheat Revolution' to usher in the Green Revolution. [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 18.04.2022 (Shift-III)]

(a) 1987
(b) 1975
(c) 1943
(d) 1968

Correct Answer: (d) 1968

Solution:Indra Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, officially recorded the impressive striden of the green revolution in agriculture by releasing a special stamp entitted 'Wheat revolution' in July 1968. The term green revolution was first used by William Gaud and Norman Borlaug is the father of the green revolution. After independence, Indian policy makers took all initiatives to achieve self-sufficiency in food grains. In 1965, the Indian government launched the Green Revolution by a geneticist now known as the Father of the Green Revolution (India) M.S. Swaminathan.

7. When did Neil Armstrong land on the Moon? [S.S.C. JE Mechanical Exam 27.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) July 12, 1968
(b) June 21, 1969
(c) July 20, 1969
(d) June 20, 1968

Correct Answer: (c) July 20, 1969

Solution:On 20 July 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. He stepped out of the Apollo II lunar module and onto the Moon's surface, in an area called the 'Sea of Tranquillity.

8. Sunita Williams is a- [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 1.09.2016 (Shift-III)]

(a) Astronaut
(b) Missile scientist
(c) Nuclear scientist
(d) Astro physicist

Correct Answer: (a) Astronaut

Solution:Sunita Lyn Williams (born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer who formerly held the records for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).

9. Which woman astronaut has set the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.03.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Peggy Whitson
(b) Christina Koch
(c) Jessica Meir
(d) Sunita Williams

Correct Answer: (b) Christina Koch

Solution:The longest single spaceflight by a woman is 328 days, set by NASA astronaut Christina Koch (USA) between 14 March 2019 and 6 February 2020. Christina Koch has surpassed the record for the single longest space mission by. a woman as previously established by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2017.

10. Who among the following is credited to travel around the earth for the first time through the sea route? [S.S.C. Online Stenographer 13.09.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Bartholomew Diaz
(b) Ferdinand Magellan
(c) James Cook
(d) Juan Sebastian Elcano

Correct Answer: (b) Ferdinand Magellan

Solution:Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was a Portuguese explorer who is credited with masterminding the first expedition to circumnavigate the world. Magellan was sponsored by Spain to travel west across the Atlantic in search of the East Indies. In doing so, his expedition became the first from Europe to cross the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigate the world.

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