Famous Personalities

41.The statue of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam that was unveiled at his Rameswaram memorial by Prime Minister Modi depict him playing which musical instrument?
a.Veena
b.Mridangam
c.Tabla
d.Violin

Option “B” is correct.
The statue of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam that was unveiled at his Rameswaram memorial by Prime Minister Modi depict him playing Mridangam.
42.Kuldip Nayar, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commissioner in :
a.UK
b.Pakistan
c.
d.Australia

Option “A” is correct.
Kuldip Nayar was appointed High Commissioner to Great Britain in 1990 and nominated to the upper house of Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha in August 1997.
43.Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected as the President of which country in presidential election held in November 2017?
a.Uganda
b.Kenya
c.Zimbabwe
d.Ghana

Option “C” is correct.
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who has served as President of Zimbabwe since 24 November 2017.
44.Who amidst the following is a distinguished painter?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “C” is correct.
Amrita Sher-Gil was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called “one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century” and a “pioneer” in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight.
45.Yves Saint Laurent recently died. He was
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “C” is correct.
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent ( 1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), often referred to as Yves Saint-Laurent, was a French fashion designer who, in 1961, founded his eponymous fashion label.
46.Which Indian American is the CEO of Adobe Systems?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “D” is correct.
Shantanu Narayen (born 27 May, 1963) is an American business executive. He has been the chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Adobe Inc.
47.Who is the newly appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu as of February 2018?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “C” is correct.
Banwarilal Purohit (born 16 April 1940) is an Indian politician who is the current and 14th Governor of Tamil Nadu.
48.National Commission on Farmers was chaired by –
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “D” is correct.
The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) was constituted on 18 November, 2004 under the chairmanship of Professor M. S. Swaminathan.
49.Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus belongs to which one of the following countries.
a.
b.Pakistan
c.
d.Bangladesh

Option “D” is correct.
Muhammed Yunus is a professor of economics who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2006 for his role in developing a microcredit bank in Bangladesh.
50.In which of the following countries did Prime Minister Modi start ‘ Ramayana Circuit’ on 11 May, 2018?
a.
b.Myanmar
c.Nepal
d.Indonesia

Option “C” is correct.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K. P. Sharma Oli inaugurated a direct bus service between Janakpur and Ayodhya, the two sacred cities for Hindus, as a part of a “Ramayan Circuit” to promote religious tourism in Nepal and India.
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