Famous Personalities - Study Mode

[#76] Professor Amartya Sen is famous in which of the fields?
Correct Answer

(C) Economics

Explanation

Solution: Amartya Sen is famous for his significant contributions to welfare economics (for which he was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in economics), including his development of more sophisticated measures of poverty, and for his work on the causes and prevention of famines.

[#77] Which of the following was Satyajit Ray associated with?
Correct Answer

(C) Film Direction

Explanation

Solution: Satyajit Ray, (born 2 May, 1921, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India - died 23 April, 1992, Calcutta), Bengali motion-picture director, writer, and illustrator who brought the Indian cinema to world recognition with Pather Panchali (The Song of the Road) and its two sequels, known as the Apu Trilogy.

[#78] Dr. Joon Lew of Korea, the recipient of international Gandhi Award is known for his service in the?
Correct Answer

(A) Eradication of leprosy

Explanation

Solution: In 1994, Dr Joon Lew (South Korea) and Dr V Ekambaram (India) received International Gandhi Award for Outstanding Contributions to Leprosy Work.

[#79] Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which of the following musical instruments?
Correct Answer

(A) Sarod

Explanation

Solution: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (born 9 October 1945) is an Indian classical sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan in 2001.

[#80] Who among the following was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Correct Answer

(B) G. V. Mavalankar

Explanation

Solution: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (27 November 1888 - 27 February 1956) popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha.