This Uttar Pradesh quiz on Famous Personalities of Uttar Pradesh puts 11 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
11 questions with answers and explanations
Which Prime Minister of India was born at Mughalsarai in Uttar Pradesh?
Shastri was born on 2 October 1904 at Mughalsarai in the Chandauli tract, a station town now named Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar.
Read the full explanation →Rani Lakshmibai, the queen of Jhansi, was born in which city?
She was born at Varanasi in 1828 and was named Manikarnika, called Manu in the family; after her marriage to Gangadhar Rao she became the Rani of Jhansi.
Read the full explanation →Mangal Pandey, the sepoy whose action began the Revolt of 1857, belonged to which district of Uttar Pradesh?
Mangal Pandey came from Nagwa village in Ballia district and was a sepoy of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry.
Read the full explanation →Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan, the revolutionaries of the Kakori action, belonged to which district?
Both men came from Shahjahanpur and were members of the Hindustan Republican Association.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi in 1916?
Born at Allahabad in 1861 and known as Mahamana, Malaviya founded the Banaras Hindu University in 1916, collecting donations across the country for it, served four times as President of the Congress and edited the newspaper Leader.
Read the full explanation →Chandra Shekhar Azad died in a gunfight with the police at which place?
Azad, the leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association after the Kakori case, was surrounded by the police at Alfred Park in Allahabad on 27 February 1931 and died fighting there.
Read the full explanation →Major Dhyan Chand, born at Allahabad, won Olympic gold medals with the Indian hockey team in which years?
Dhyan Chand was born at Allahabad on 29 August 1905, grew up at Jhansi and played in the Indian teams that won the hockey gold at Amsterdam in 1928, Los Angeles in 1932 and Berlin in 1936, the last as captain.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state, heading the government of Uttar Pradesh from 1963?
Sucheta Kripalani became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1963 and held the office until 1967, which made her the first woman to head the government of any Indian state.
Read the full explanation →Birju Maharaj, the celebrated Kathak dancer, belonged to which gharana?
Birju Maharaj belonged to the Kalka and Bindadin line of the Lucknow gharana of Kathak, the school that grew under the patronage of the Nawabs of Awadh and is known for expression, abhinaya and grace rather than for sheer footwork.
Read the full explanation →Begum Akhtar, honoured as Mallika-e-Ghazal, belonged to which city of Uttar Pradesh?
Begum Akhtar was born at Faizabad in 1914 and made her name at Lucknow as a singer of ghazal, dadra and thumri; she was called Mallika-e-Ghazal, the queen of the ghazal, and her voice shaped the way Urdu poetry is sung in the subcontinent.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Pant headed the government of the United Provinces from 1937 and continued as the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh when the state took its present name in 1950, holding the office until 1954, after which he became Union Home Minister.
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