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Important Personalities GK Quiz

Test your knowledge of notable personalities whose work and achievements have shaped history, science, culture, politics and society.

25 Questions
25 min Duration
60% To pass
1.00 Marks / correct

Instructions

  • This quiz has 25 questions.
  • Questions are picked at random from a bank of 195, so each attempt is different.
  • You have 25 minutes. The quiz submits automatically when time runs out.
  • You need 60% to pass.
  • There is no negative marking.
  • You can mark questions for review and return to them before submitting.
  • Correct answers and explanations are shown after you submit.

Sample Questions & Answers

A preview of 12 questions from this quiz, each with the correct answer and a written explanation. Attempt the full, timed quiz to be scored and earn XP.

  1. Question 1

    Who is known as the Father of the Indian nation?

    • Mahatma Gandhi Correct answer
    • Jawaharlal Nehru
    • Subhas Chandra Bose
    • Sardar Patel
    Explanation: Mahatma Gandhi is widely known as the Father of the Indian nation.
  2. Question 2

    Who was India's first Prime Minister after independence?

    • Jawaharlal Nehru Correct answer
    • Sardar Patel
    • Rajendra Prasad
    • Lal Bahadur Shastri
    Explanation: Jawaharlal Nehru served as India's first Prime Minister from 1947 to 1964.
  3. Question 3

    Which Indian leader is known as the Iron Man of India?

    • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Correct answer
    • B. R. Ambedkar
    • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    • Rajendra Prasad
    Explanation: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is popularly known as the Iron Man of India.
  4. Question 4

    Who chaired the Drafting Committee of India's Constituent Assembly?

    • B. R. Ambedkar Correct answer
    • Rajendra Prasad
    • Jawaharlal Nehru
    • Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
    Explanation: B. R. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly.
  5. Question 5

    Who became the first President of independent India?

    • Rajendra Prasad Correct answer
    • S. Radhakrishnan
    • Zakir Husain
    • Jawaharlal Nehru
    Explanation: Rajendra Prasad was India's first President and served from 1950 to 1962.
  6. Question 6

    Whose birthday is celebrated in India as Teachers' Day?

    • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Correct answer
    • C. V. Raman
    • A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
    • Vikram Sarabhai
    Explanation: India celebrates Teachers' Day on September 5, the birth anniversary of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
  7. Question 7

    Who founded the Indian National Army's provisional government known as Azad Hind?

    • Subhas Chandra Bose Correct answer
    • Bhagat Singh
    • Mahatma Gandhi
    • Lala Lajpat Rai
    Explanation: Subhas Chandra Bose led the Azad Hind movement and its provisional government.
  8. Question 8

    Which revolutionary was executed by the British in 1931 along with Rajguru and Sukhdev?

    • Bhagat Singh Correct answer
    • Chandrashekhar Azad
    • Ram Prasad Bismil
    • Ashfaqulla Khan
    Explanation: Bhagat Singh was executed in 1931 along with Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.
  9. Question 9

    Which revolutionary adopted the surname 'Azad' and became a prominent figure of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association?

    • Chandrashekhar Azad Correct answer
    • Bhagat Singh
    • Surya Sen
    • Ram Prasad Bismil
    Explanation: Chandrashekhar Azad was a leading revolutionary associated with the HSRA.
  10. Question 10

    Who gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'?

    • Lal Bahadur Shastri Correct answer
    • Jawaharlal Nehru
    • Sardar Patel
    • Morarji Desai
    Explanation: Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri popularized the slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'.
  11. Question 11

    Who famously declared that self-rule was a birthright?

    • Bal Gangadhar Tilak Correct answer
    • Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    • Dadabhai Naoroji
    • Lala Lajpat Rai
    Explanation: Bal Gangadhar Tilak famously declared that Swaraj was his birthright.
  12. Question 12

    Who authored the 'Drain of Wealth' theory?

    • Dadabhai Naoroji Correct answer
    • R. C. Dutt
    • Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    • M. G. Ranade
    Explanation: Dadabhai Naoroji developed the Drain of Wealth theory to explain India's economic exploitation under British rule.

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