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Gk of Famous man and women

1. Bill gates (usa),is the founder of which company.
Ans: Microsoft Corporation.

2. Who was the founder of the asiatic society,kolkata (1784).
Ans: Sir William Jones.

3. Name the court poet of Harshavardhan who wrote "Kadambri" and "Harsha Charitra".
Ans: Banabhatta.

4. Who was the first Indian women to appear in an Indian flim?
Ans: Kamalabhai Gokhale.

5. Which American President was shot dead at ford's theatre in washington on 14th april 1865.
Ans:Abraham Lincoln.

6. Name the british Queen who ruled for over 63 years.
Ans: Queen Elizabeth ii.

7. Which Kashmiri poet is known for writing "Rajtarangani:?
Ans: Kalhana.

8. Which american agricultural scientist won the nobel prize for peace in 1970?
Ans: Norman Ernest Borlaug.

9. Which prime minister of Prussia became the first chancellor of the new Germany?
Ans: Otto Von Bismarck.

10. Who was the first prime minister of Canada?
Ans: John Alexander Macdonald.

11. From the name of which US president the 'Teddy Bears' got its name?
Ans: Theodore Roosevelt.

12. Name the first Indian to be the president of United Nations General Assembly?
Ans: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

13. Name the first Asian to win a Noble Prize.
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore (he got Nobel Prize in 1913)

14. Who was the first film star to be featured on postage stamps?
Ans: Grace Kelly.

15. Who was the first women to win a noble prize in literature?
Ans: Selma Lagerlof.

16. Who was the first women to be awarded the Bharat Ratna?
Ans: Indira Gandhi.( she got a Bharat Ratna in 1971.)

17. Name the French airman who was first to fly over the English Channel from Calais to Dover.
Ans: Louis Bleriot (1872-1936).

18. Which New Zealand Poet Became famous for his work in Industrial cooperatives in china?
Ans: Rewi Alley (1897-1987)

19. Who is the youngest man to win the world heavy weight championship?
Ans: Mike Tyson(b.1967)

20. Who was the first Indian women to scale Mount Everest?
Ans: Bacchendre Pal

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