Recent posts under tag personality

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In December1991 Hungarian Judit Polgar beat Tibor Tolnai to become the youngest what?

posted Nov 2, 2017 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Nadya Suleman, a resident of Southern California, made the news early in 2009 for doing what?

posted Nov 2, 2017 by Balwinder

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The Serbian physicist, Mileva Marić, was married to which other scientist from 1903 to 1919?

posted Nov 1, 2017 by Anamika

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Who was the leader of the Peasant's Revolt in 1381 who, after killing a poll tax collector, marched on London?

posted Oct 30, 2017 by Upma

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What nationality was the winner of the first Miss World contest?

posted Oct 28, 2017 by Pardeep Kohli

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Who became the first woman to head India's External Affairs Ministry?

posted Oct 27, 2017 by anonymous

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Who was appointed as the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace in April 2017?

posted Oct 27, 2017 by Sherlyn Mishra

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Who developed the touchscreen?

posted Oct 26, 2017 by Tanay Hanuman Toor

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In Hindu mythology, who was the son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini?

posted Oct 25, 2017 by Deepika Jain

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Who did Gopal Krishna Gokhale and later Sarojini Naidu call “The Best Ambassador of Hindu Muslim unity” ?

posted Oct 24, 2017 by Shubham Rajput

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According to the Ramayana, whom did Raja Bhagirath request to reduce the flow of Ganga when she arrives on Earth?

posted Oct 24, 2017 by Mukul Chag

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Who is credited with the design of the small British car known as the Mini?

posted Oct 23, 2017 by Maninder Bath

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Which Greek philosopher and mathematician, born on Samos around 582BC, established a school at Crotana?

posted Oct 20, 2017 by Atif

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Who became the oldest Oscar winner in the history of the Academy Awards in 1976, aged 80?

posted Oct 18, 2017 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Which eminent lawyer, who recently retired in September 2017, has contested elections for the President of India?

posted Oct 17, 2017 by Anurag Kashyap

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The singer and English TV personality Priscilla White is better known by what name?

posted Oct 17, 2017 by Riteshwar

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According to the Bhagavata Purana which asura king, the grandson of Prahlada, surrendered to 'Vamana' avatar of Vishnu?

posted Oct 17, 2017 by Shantanu Arora

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Maare Gaye Gulfam', 'Panchlight' and 'Lal Pan ki Begum' are short stories by which writer?

posted Oct 17, 2017 by Deepika Jain

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Which 1st century Athenian dramatist wrote over 100 tragedies, only 7 of which survive, including "Oedipus Rex".........

posted Oct 16, 2017 by Vikram Luthra

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Who was Fa-Hien?

posted Oct 14, 2017 by Varuna Magar

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The Secretaries-General of the United Nations 1946 to 1991 were successively from Norway, Sweden, Myanmar (Burma).......

posted Oct 13, 2017 by Nikhil Pandey

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Which English general medical practitioner is known to have killed at least 218 of his patients?

posted Oct 12, 2017 by Manish Tiwari

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Which English novelist wrote, among 52 novels altogether, a series called "The Barsetshire Novels"?

posted Oct 12, 2017 by Sidharth Malhotra

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On whom Draupadi laughed when he fell in a pool of water at the great hall of Maya at Indraprastha?

posted Oct 12, 2017 by Tanmay

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Who is the father of Green Revolution in India?

posted Oct 12, 2017 by Shubham Rajput

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Who was the first person to go to outer space in 1961?

posted Oct 12, 2017 by Anita Yadav

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Which dictator was known as "Il Duce"?

posted Oct 11, 2017 by Chahat Sharma

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Which would South African Christiaan Barnard usually pick up in the course of the work for which he was best known?

posted Oct 11, 2017 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which politician, often called the 'muffer man', welcomed the winner of 2016 with this tweet, "Thand a gayi hai......."?

posted Oct 6, 2017 by Akriti Sharma

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Ram Prasad Bismil, Thakur Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqullah Khan, were all hanged for what reason?

posted Oct 4, 2017 by Mukul Chag

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Who is current president of India i.e. as of 2017 and when was he/she got elected?

posted Oct 4, 2017 by Balwant Lal

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Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne?

posted Oct 4, 2017 by Jordan White

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Who became the chairman of Tata sons in 2017?

posted Oct 2, 2017 by Riteshwar

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By what name was Dino Paul Proscetti better known?

posted Oct 1, 2017 by Anamika

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Which Damon was an American newspaperman and writer, best known for his short stories?

posted Sep 29, 2017 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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In England in 1778 Joseph Bramah of Yorkshire patented the first practical what?

posted Sep 28, 2017 by Sandeep Otari

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Which Nobel laureate began his career as an accountant in the finance department of the Indian government in Calcutta?

posted Sep 27, 2017 by Anushka

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In the Ramayana, on Ravana's orders, who captured Hanuman when he was destroying Ashoka Vana?

posted Sep 27, 2017 by anonymous

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Who among these leaders has served thrice as prime minister but never completed a full term in office?

posted Sep 27, 2017 by Purabi Sarkar

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Who was exiled to Siberia three times, was active in the plot that overthrew Kerensky in 1917?

posted Sep 27, 2017 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Which of these Prime Minsters was born present day in Gujarat?

posted Sep 26, 2017 by Ananya Saha

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Who headed the Zimmerwald Left in 1915 at the first of the three Zimmerwald Conferences?

posted Sep 26, 2017 by Madhavi Latha

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Who among these is the 'Shishya' of 2016 Dronacharya awardee Bishweshwar Nandi ?

posted Sep 25, 2017 by Diya Borda

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Which of these women started her career in ICICI bank in 1984 and went on to become its MD and CEO in 2009 ?

posted Sep 25, 2017 by Diya Borda

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Which soldier of India was awarded Paramvir Chakra for a United Nation Peace Keeping mission?

posted Sep 25, 2017 by anonymous

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Which soprano, who had a highly successful opera career between 1968 and 2004, starred as Maria in the..................

posted Sep 25, 2017 by Chahat Sharma

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Who was presented with the Dadasahib Phalke award in May 2017 ?

posted Sep 25, 2017 by Ati Kumar

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Who has won the 2017 Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) National Award?

posted Sep 21, 2017 by anonymous

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Who was the first child in the world to be born via the In Vitro Fertilization or IVF method ?

posted Sep 20, 2017 by Ritika Sharma

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According to the Ramayana, which son of Vishwakarma built the bridge to Lanka?

posted Sep 19, 2017 by Anushka