XAT Famous Personalities Practice Questions With Solutions

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Question 1.

Why has Dr. Akshata Krishnamurthy been in the news recently?

A

She is the first Indian citizen to command a rover mission on Mars.

B

She is the first Indian citizen to lead the Big Bang Observatory.

C

She is the first Indian citizen appointed to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave
Observatory.

D

She is the first Indian citizen to be heading the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

E

She is the first Indian citizen to make a major breakthrough in the genome sequencing of Jamun.

Question 2.

Who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023?

A

Barack Obama

B

Shirin Ebadi

C

Narges Mohammadi

D

Maria Ressa

E

Center for Civil Liberties

Question 3.

The movie Oppenheimer was directed by:

A

Christopher Nolan

B

Greta Gerwig

C

Quentin Tarantino

D

Zack Snyder

E

Steven Spielberg

Question 4.

Matthew Perry, who died in 2023, was famously known for playing which character in the sitcom called Friends?

A

Ross Geller

B

Chandler Bing

C

Joey Tribbiani

D

Raymond Holt

E

Monica Geller

Question 5.

Claudia Dale Goldin was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2023 in recognition of her groundbreaking research in the field of:

A

Women in the Work Force

B

Behavioural Economics

C

Human Trafficking

D

Unemployment in Global South

E

Poverty in Africa

Question 6.

Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of India in November 2022?

A

Justice U. U. Lalit

B

Justice Dhananjay (D.Y) Chandrachud

C

Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya

D

Justice Yashwant (Y.V.) Chandrachud

E

Justice N. V. Ramana

Question 7.

Match the United Nation's Secretary Generals with their citizenships, at the time of appointment.

A

A2, B3, C4, D1

B

A4, B3, C1, D2

C

A1, B4, C2, D3

D

A2, B4, C1, D3

E

A1, B4, C3, D2

Question 8.

BTS (Bangtan Boys), the pop-music band, belongs to which country?

A

South Korea

B

USA

C

India

D

UK

E

Australia

Question 9.

Who scored the maximum number of goals in the recently concluded FIFA world cup, 2022?

A

Marcus Rashford

B

Kylien Mbappe

C

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior

D

Lionel Messi

E

Olivier Giroud

Question 10.

Which former Prime Minister of India wrote “Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian,” a poetic compilation, while being lodged in jail?

A

Jawaharlal Nehru

B

Chandra Shekhar

C

I.K. Gujral

D

Lal Bahadur Shastri

E

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Question 1.

Which of the following 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold medallists hassuccessfully contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections?

A

Shreyashi Singh

B

Heena Sidhu

C

Manika Batra

D

Manu Bhaker

E

Tejaswini Samant

Question 2.

Which of the following politicians has served for the longest years consecutively, orotherwise, as the Chief Minister of any Indian state or Union Territory?

A

Naveen Patnaik

B

Jyoti Basu

C

Virbhadra Singh

D

Pawan Kumar Chamling

E

Gegong Apang

Question 3.

Who is the first Field Marshal of independent India?

A

Sam Manekshaw

B

A.S. Vaidya

C

KM Cariappa

D

Bipin Rawat

E

Krishnaswamy Sundarji

Question 4.

Maitri and Bharati are the names of:

A

Indian research stations in Arctic

B

Indian underwater missions in the North China Sea

C

Indian peace missions to Somalia

D

Indian diplomatic missions to Iceland

E

Indian research stations in Antarctica

Question 5.

Identify the XLRI alumnus, who has recently been appointed as the Deputy NationalSecurity Advisor?

A

Parikshit Gautam

B

Parthapriya Ghosh

C

Arun Mani Dixit

D

S. Sathya Kumar

E

Vikram Misri

Question 6.

From which organisation was Timnit Gebru terminated recently?

A

Microsoft

B

Facebook

C

Google

D

Samsung

E

Apple

Question 7.

15-year old Gitanjali Rao was recently in the news. Which of the following best describes her?

A

She is a scientist and an inventor who won the Time’s Kid of the Year in 2020.

B

She is an environment activist, who won the Time’s person of the year in 2019.

C

She is an actress who recently signed for the upcoming Harry Potter movie.

D

She is the youngest Indian to have awarded the title of Chess Grandmaster in 2020.

E

She is a novelist and the youngest one to have been shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize.

Question 8.

In India, where did Mahatma Gandhi stage his first major Satyagraha in 1917?

A

Sabarmati

B

Champaran

C

Wankaner

D

Bikaner

E

Dandi

Question 9.

Who is the chief minister of Jharkhand as of 31st December 2020?

A

Saryu Rai

B

Shibu Soren

C

Hemant Soren

D

Draupadi Murmu

E

Raghubar Das

Question 10.

Who was the first Indian to win the Global Teacher Prize?

A

Ajay Desai

B

Ramnath Desai

C

Chamundeswari Nath

D

Ranjitsinh Disale

E

Vijayalaxmi Pandey

XAT Famous Personalities Practice Questions With Solutions

XAT General Knowledge Famous Personalities Practice Questions

Question 1.

Why has Dr. Akshata Krishnamurthy been in the news recently?

Question 2.

Who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023?

Question 3.

The movie Oppenheimer was directed by:

Question 4.

Matthew Perry, who died in 2023, was famously known for playing which character in the sitcom called Friends?

Question 5.

Claudia Dale Goldin was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2023 in recognition of her groundbreaking research in the field of:

Question 6.

Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of India in November 2022?

Question 7.

Match the United Nation's Secretary Generals with their citizenships, at the time of appointment.

Question 8.

BTS (Bangtan Boys), the pop-music band, belongs to which country?

Question 9.

Who scored the maximum number of goals in the recently concluded FIFA world cup, 2022?

Question 10.

Which former Prime Minister of India wrote “Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian,” a poetic compilation, while being lodged in jail?

Question 1.

Which of the following 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold medallists hassuccessfully contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections?

Question 2.

Which of the following politicians has served for the longest years consecutively, orotherwise, as the Chief Minister of any Indian state or Union Territory?

Question 3.

Who is the first Field Marshal of independent India?

Question 4.

Maitri and Bharati are the names of:

Question 5.

Identify the XLRI alumnus, who has recently been appointed as the Deputy NationalSecurity Advisor?

Question 6.

From which organisation was Timnit Gebru terminated recently?

Question 7.

15-year old Gitanjali Rao was recently in the news. Which of the following best describes her?

Question 8.

In India, where did Mahatma Gandhi stage his first major Satyagraha in 1917?

Question 9.

Who is the chief minister of Jharkhand as of 31st December 2020?

Question 10.

Who was the first Indian to win the Global Teacher Prize?

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