General Knowledge carries 50 marks in the AISSEE Class 6 paper and is also tested in the RMS CET. These 10 MCQs on Awards and Famous Personalities cover facts that are asked again and again in Sainik and Military School entrance exams.
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Practice Questions
Q1. What is India's highest civilian award?
(A) Padma Shri
(B) Param Vir Chakra
(C) Bharat Ratna
(D) Padma Vibhushan
Q2. Who is known as the "Father of the Nation" in India?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Q3. Who is known as the "Iron Man of India"?
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q4. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
(A) C. V. Raman
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Amartya Sen
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
Q5. Who was the first Indian woman to go to space?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Kalpana Chawla
(C) Bachendri Pal
(D) Sunita Williams
Q6. Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?
(A) Premlata Agarwal
(B) Santosh Yadav
(C) Bachendri Pal
(D) Arunima Sinha
Q7. Who was the first Indian to travel to space?
(A) Rakesh Sharma
(B) Shubhanshu Shukla
(C) Kalpana Chawla
(D) Ravish Malhotra
Q8. Teachers' Day in India (5 September) is the birthday of ________.
(A) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Dr. Zakir Husain
Q9. Children's Day (14 November) is celebrated on the birthday of ________.
(A) B. R. Ambedkar
(B) Indira Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q10. Who is known as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Answer Key with Explanations
(C) Bharat Ratna — The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honour.
(A) Mahatma Gandhi — Mahatma Gandhi led the non-violent freedom struggle.
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — Sardar Patel united over 560 princely states with India.
(D) Rabindranath Tagore — Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for "Gitanjali".
(B) Kalpana Chawla — Kalpana Chawla flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997.
(C) Bachendri Pal — Bachendri Pal climbed Everest in 1984.
(A) Rakesh Sharma — Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma flew on the Soviet Soyuz T-11 in 1984.
(B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan — Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was India's second President and a great teacher.
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru — Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, loved children.
(D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar — Dr. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee.
How did you score?
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