Can you crack this quiz about famous personalities of the world? 

Various people have contributed to changing the history and economy of their nations the world over. Some of them have had more far reaching impact than others. It’s time to take the quiz to know about them and their achievements. 

Q1. Who founded the Theosophical Society of India and started the Home Rule League? 

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji 

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 

(c) Vijaylakshmi Pandit 

(d) Annie Besant 

Q2. Who among the following is popular as Pocket Hercules? 

(a) Mike Tyson 

(b) Manohar Aich 

(c) Manotosh Roy 

(d) Muhammad Ali 

Q3. Who was the first president of Uzbekistan? 

(a) Abdulhashim Mutalov 

(b) Oʻtkir Sultonov 

(c) Islam Karimov 

(d) Nigmatilla Yuldashev 

Q4. Who was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and the first woman to climb the highest mountain on each continent to complete the Seven Summits? 

(a) Junko Tabei 

(b) Bachendri Pal 

(c) Santosh Yadav 

(d) Premlata Agrawal 

Q5. Which of the following prominent persons served as Rama IX, Thailand's ninth monarch from the Chakri Dynasty? 

(a) Sirikit Kitiyakara 

(b) Vajiralongkorn 

(c) Ananda Mahidol 

(d) Bhumibol Adulyadej 

Q6. Who started the Green Revolution in India? 

(a) Homi Bhabha 

(b) C V Raman 

(c) M S Swaminathan 

(d) Birbal Sahni 

ANSWERS 

Q1. (d) 

Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott created the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875. Only in 1879 did this concept become entrenched in Indian culture and society. The Madras Presidency, with its headquarters at Adayar, crystallised it. Annie Besant popularised the movement in India. Besant also Besant established the Home Rule League in Madras in September 1916. 

Q2. (b) 

Manohar Aich was a bodybuilder from India. He was only the second Indian to be crowned Mr. Universe. In the 1952 NABBA Universe Championships, he did so. He was dubbed "Pocket Hercules" because of his height of 4 feet 11 inches. 

Q3. (c) 

From 1989 to 2016, Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov was the President of Uzbekistan and its predecessor state, the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. From 1989 to 1991, when the Communist Party of Uzbekistan was reformed as the People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (PDP), he was the party's last First Secretary; he led the PDP until 1996. He served as President of the Uzbek SSR from March 24, 1990, to September 1, 1991, when he announced Uzbekistan's independence. 

Q4. (a) 

Junko Tabei was a mountaineer, author, and teacher from Japan. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and the first woman to climb all seven continents' highest peaks in the Seven Summits. 

Q5. (d) 

Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned King Bhumibol the Great in 1987 (formally awarded by King Vajiralongkorn in 2019). He was Thailand's ninth monarch, Rama IX, from the Chakri dynasty. From the death of Emperor Hirohito of Japan in 1989 until his own death in 2016, he was the world's longest-reigning current head of state, reigning for 70 years and 126 days, and is the second-longest reigning monarch. 

Q6. (c) 

The Green Revolution was a time in India's history that began in the 1960s and saw the introduction of technologies such as high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, mechanised farm implements, irrigation systems, pesticides, and fertilisers to transform agriculture into a modern industrial system. This period, which was primarily driven by agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan in India, was part of Norman E. Borlaug's greater Green Revolution effort, which leveraged agricultural research and technology to enhance agricultural output in the developing world.