Basic GK Quiz 4

Amartya Sen is an Indian economist, who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. He is the first Asian to become the Head of the Trinty College of Cambridge University. In 1998, Sen received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in welfare economics and for his research advancing the understanding of social-choice theory, poverty, and the measurement of welfare.

Raja Rammohan Roy was an Indian reformer who was the founder of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. He was given the title of Raja by Akbar II, the Mughal emperor. He was known for his efforts to abolish Sati Pratha.

Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker were the two prominent British architects who were called upon to design New Delhi and its buildings. The Secretariat Building was designed by Herbert Baker in Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture. At present, the South Block houses the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs, while the North Block has offices of the Home Ministry and Finance Ministry.

Isohyets is a line on a map connecting points having the same amount of rainfall in a given period.

The Aryabhata spacecraft, named after the famous Indian astronomer, was India's first satellite; it was completely designed and fabricated in India and launched by a Soviet 'Kosmos-3M' rocket from Kapustin Yar (Soviet Union) on April 19, 1975.

Our National Anthem, Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the national anthem of India on 24 January 1950. It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979), the great Gandhian socialist leader, raised his famous slogan, Sampoorn Kranti (Total Revolution), in a speech at a huge rally in Patna on June 5, 1974. Jaya Prakash once stated that Total Revolution is a combination of seven revolu­tions, viz., political, social, economic, cultural, ideological or intellectual, educational and spiritual.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama were Portuguese explorers.

ISRO was founded on August 15, 1969. It is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India. Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai is considered the founding father of space programmes in India.

The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federation in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India.