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Important Personalities, Prominant Personalities, Famous Persons

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Question 1151. Name the only US president who also served as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
  1.    John Quincy Adams
  2.    Zachary Taylor
  3.    Lyndon B. Johnson
  4.    William Howard Taft
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States (1909 - 1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921 - 1930), the only person to have served in both of these offices.
Question 1152. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission constituted by the Government of India in February 2014?
  1.    Justice B. K. Singh
  2.    Justice Swatanter Kumar
  3.    Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
  4.    Justice Mridula Singh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
Typically, the commission takes 18 months to submit its report. The Seventh Pay Commission was constituted in February 2014 under the chairmanship of Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to submit its recommendations by August 2015.
Question 1153. To whom the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever' is attributed?
  1.    Thomas Chatterton
  2.    Charles Dickens
  3.    William Wordsworth
  4.    Jonathan Swift
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Thomas Chatterton
John Keats dedicated this poem to the late poet Thomas Chatterton. The poem begins with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever".
Question 1154. Who directed the film on the dacoit queen Phoolan Devi?
  1.    Abbas Mastan
  2.    Shekhar Kapoor
  3.    Shashi Kapoor
  4.    Anil Kapoor
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Shekhar Kapoor
Shekhar Kapoor directed the film on the dacoit queen Phoolan Devi.
Question 1155. Who among the following hosted the Hindi version of 'Bigg Boss - 11'?
  1.    Aamir Khan
  2.    Salman Khan
  3.    Shilpa Shetty
  4.    Farhan Akhtar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Salman Khan
Salman Khan was the host of 'Bigg Boss - 11'.
Question 1156. The first President of India who made 30-minute sortie in the sukhoi fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force is?
  1.    A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2.    Smt. Pratibha Patil
  3.    K. R. Narayanan
  4.    Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Smt. Pratibha Patil
President of India Pratibha Patil made history when she flew in fighter jet Sukhoi 30 MKI (SB 139) in Pune.
Question 1157. M. S. Swaminathan was
  1.    a jounalist
  2.    an agricultural scientist
  3.    an ecologist
  4.    an ornithologist
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> an agricultural scientist
Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian geneticist and administrator, known for his role in India's Green Revolution. Swaminathan has been called the "Father of Green Revolution in India" for his role in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India.
Question 1158. First Indian to make a speech in Hindi before the UN General Assembly was :
  1.    A. B. Vajpayee
  2.    Lal Bahadur Shastri
  3.    Lal Krishna Advani
  4.    Morarji Desai
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> A. B. Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first external affairs minister to deliver a speech in Hindi at the UN General Assembly, effectively raised India's stand on key issues like nuclear disarmament, state-sponsored terrorism and reforms at the world body.

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