Famous Indian Personalities & their Nicknames Quiz

1. Who is known as the 'Father of Indian cinema'?

A.

D. D. Dabke


B.

Anna Salunke


C.

Dadasaheb Phalke


D.

V. Shantaram




2. Who is popularly known as ‘Periyar’?

A.

E. V. Ramasamy


B.

K. Kamaraj


C.

C. Rajagopalachari


D.

C. N. Annadurai




3. Who is known as the 'Flying Sikh of India'?

A.

Mika Singh


B.

Yograj Singh


C.

Yuvraj Singh


D.

Milkha Singh




4. Who is known as the 'Father of the Nation'?

A.

Subhas Chandra Bose


B.

Jawaharlal Nehru


C.

Mahatma Gandhi


D.

Vallabhbhai Patel




5. Who is known as the 'Father of the Indian nuclear programme'?

A.

Vikram Sarabhai


B.

Homi J. Bhabha


C.

C. V. Raman


D.

Satish Dhawan




6. Which Gupta ruler is known as the 'Napoleon of India'?

A.

Chandragupta I


B.

Chandragupta II


C.

Samudragupta


D.

Kumargupta




7. Who is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?

A.

Dadabhai Naoroji


B.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale


C.

Lala Lajpat Rai


D.

Surendranath Banerjee




8. Who is known as the 'Birdman of India'?

A.

V. S. Vijayan


B.

Salim Ali


C.

Sidney Dillon Ripley


D.

Prafulla Chandra Ray




9. Who is known as the 'Iron Man of India'?

A.

Subhas Chandra Bose


B.

Jawaharlal Nehru


C.

Mahatma Gandhi


D.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel




10. Who was known as 'Deshbandhu'?

A.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak


B.

Lala Lajpat Rai


C.

Chittaranjan Das


D.

Bipin Chandra Pal




11. Which Indian cricketer is known as 'Master Blaster'?

A.

Sachin Tendulkar


B.

Rahul Dravid


C.

Sourav Ganguly


D.

Anil Kumble




12. Who is known as the 'Nightingale of India'?

A.

Padmaja Naidu


B.

Sarojini Naidu


C.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


D.

Annie Besant




13. Which Indian field hockey player is known as the 'Magician of Hockey'?

A.

Sardar Singh


B.

Dhanraj Pillay


C.

Roop Singh


D.

Dhyan Chand




14. Who is known as the 'Father of the White Revolution' in India?

A.

Verghese Kurien


B.

Chidambaram Subramaniam


C.

Homi Sethna


D.

M.S. Swaminathan




15. Who is known as the 'Missile Man of India'?

A.

Homi J. Bhabha


B.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


C.

Vikram Sarabhai


D.

C. V. Raman




16. Who is known as the 'Iron Lady of India'?

A.

Rani Lakshmibai


B.

Mother Teresa


C.

Kamala Nehru


D.

Indira Gandhi




17. Who is known as the 'First woman in India to drive a car'?

A.

Alisha Abdullah


B.

Simone Tata


C.

Suzanne RD Tata


D.

Bertha Benz




18. Which Indian cricketer is known as the 'Haryana Hurricane'?

A.

Kapil Dev


B.

Ravi Shastri


C.

Sunil Gavaskar


D.

Anil Kumble




19. Who is called the 'Queen of Indian track and field'?

A.

Anju Bobby George


B.

P. T. Usha


C.

Dutee Chand


D.

Kamaljeet Sandhu




20. Who was known as the 'Tiger of Mysore'?

A.

Hyder Ali


B.

Krishnaraja Wodeyar III


C.

Tipu Sultan


D.

Chamarajendra Wadiyar X




21. Who is known as the 'Saint of the Gutters'?

A.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa


B.

Sarada Devi


C.

Florence Nightingale


D.

Mother Teresa




22. Who is known as the 'Missile Woman of India'?

A.

Tessy Thomas


B.

Mitali Mukerji


C.

Asima Chatterjee


D.

Darshan Ranganathan




23. Who is known as the 'Father of the Indian unrest'?

A.

Subhas Chandra Bose


B.

Bipin Chandra Pal


C.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak


D.

Bhagat Singh




24. Who was popularly known as 'Netaji'?

A.

Lala Lajpat Rai


B.

Subhas Chandra Bose


C.

Bipin Chandra Pal


D.

Bhagat Singh




25. Who is known as the 'Father of Green Revolution' in India?

A.

Verghese Kurien


B.

Chidambaram Subramaniam


C.

Homi Sethna


D.

M.S. Swaminathan




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