SSC CGL Static GK – Famous Personalities, Sobriquets & Indian Firsts – Level 1 · Warm-up · Tier I Level

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SSC CGL Static GK – Famous Personalities, Sobriquets & Indian Firsts – Level 1 · Warm-up · Tier I Level – 13 questions, subject: Static GK. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Who is known as “Lokmanya”?

Correct Answer: C [Bal Gangadhar Tilak]

Explanation:

Lok-manya = honoured by the people → Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Loknayak is J.

2.  
Who is known as “Punjab Kesari”?

Correct Answer: A [Lala Lajpat Rai]

Explanation:

Punjab Kesari = Lion of Punjab → Lala Lajpat Rai.

3.  
Who is known as “Babasaheb”?

Correct Answer: D [B. R. Ambedkar]

Explanation:

Babasaheb → Dr B. R. Ambedkar, chairman of the Drafting Committee.

4.  
Who is known as “Frontier Gandhi”?

Correct Answer: B [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]

Explanation:

Frontier Gandhi (Badshah Khan) → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of the North-West Frontier.

5.  
Who is known as the “Birdman of India”?

Correct Answer: D [Salim Ali]

Explanation:

Salim Ali – ornithologist; Swaminathan – Green Revolution; Kurien – White Revolution.

6.  
“Payyoli Express” is the nickname of:

Correct Answer: C [P. T. Usha]

Explanation:

Speed word “Express” → sprinter → P.

7.  
Which city is called the “Pink City”?

Correct Answer: A [Jaipur]

Explanation:

Pink City = Jaipur; Jodhpur is blue, Jaisalmer golden, Udaipur the City of Lakes.

8.  
Which country is called the “Land of the Rising Sun”?

Correct Answer: B [Japan]

Explanation:

Land of the Rising Sun = Japan; Bhutan is the Land of the Thunder Dragon.

9.  
Who was the first President of India?

Correct Answer: A [Dr Rajendra Prasad]

Explanation:

Dr Rajendra Prasad became the first President in 1950.

10.  
Who was the first woman IPS officer of India?

Correct Answer: C [Kiran Bedi]

Explanation:

Kiran Bedi joined the IPS in 1972; Fathima Beevi was the first woman SC judge (1989).

11.  
Fill in the blankThe first Indian to win a Nobel Prize was ______ (1913).

Correct Answer: B [Rabindranath Tagore]

Explanation:

Tagore – Literature, 1913; Raman followed in 1930 (Physics).

12.  
Teachers' Day (5 September) is the birthday of:

Correct Answer: D [Dr S. Radhakrishnan]

Explanation:

5 September = birthday of Dr S.

13.  
Shakti Sthal in Delhi is the memorial of:

Correct Answer: D [Indira Gandhi]

Explanation:

Shakti Sthal (place of strength) – Indira Gandhi; Veer Bhumi – Rajiv, Shanti Van – Nehru, Vijay Ghat – Shastri.

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