DAY STAR SCHOOL

GK COMPETITON - 2021

Who is Who? (14 September 2021)

1. Venkaiah Naidu-Present vice president of 38. J.R.D Tata- First Indian Pilot 2. Benazir Bhutto- The first woman prime minister of an Islamic 39. M. Swaminathan- Father of the Green Revolution in India nation 40. - First Indian woman to win Olympic medal 3. Neeraj Chopra- First Indian to win gold medal for Olympics in 41. Harivansh Narayan Singh – Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha athletics(javelin) 42. Miroslav Klose- Most goals scored in FIFA World cup 4. H.J Kania- First Indian Chief justice of India 43. K.Sivan – Chairman ISRO 5. Vipin Singh Parmar- Speaker of Himachal legislative assembly 44. - Present Minister of Defence 6. Acharya -First Indian to win Ramon Magsaysay 45. Subrahmanyam Jai Shankar- Present Minister of External award(1958) affairs 7. Arundhati Bhattacharya-Only woman chairman of SBI till date 46. Nirmala Sitharaman- Present Finance minister of India 8. Subrato Mukherjee- Father of the Indian Air Force 47. Ajit Doval- National security Advisor 9. Shakuntala Devi- First Indian who defeated computer in 48. Amina J. Mohammed- Deputy Secretary General of the UNO mathematics 49. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar- Governor of Himachal Pradesh 10. Ravi Malimath- Chief Justice of Himachal High Court 50. Girish Chandra Murmu- Comptroller and Auditor General of 11. Om Birla- Speaker of India 12. Sucheta Kripalani – First woman of a state in 51. Jagat Prakash Nadda- Present BJP President of India India (UP) 52. Aristotle- Father of Biology 13. S.Chakravarti- First Governor of Himachal Pradesh 53. Secretary General(UNO)-Antonio Guterres 14. - First Indian women to win a medal at 54. M.K Stalin- Chief Minister of Paralympics(Rio 2016) 55. N.V Ramana- Present Chief Justice of India 15. Noble prize for economics- Michael kremer,Esther Duflo,Abhijit 56. Shaktikanta Das- Governor of RBI Banerjee 57. Reinhold Messner-First to climb Mt Everest without oxygen 16. Noble peace prize(2019)-Abiy Ahmed 58. Mamta Banerjee- Chief Minister of West Bengal 17. Noble prize for Literature(2019)- Peter Handke 59. Conrad Sangma- Chief Minister of Meghalaya 18. Noble prize for Chemistry(2019)- Akira Yoshino,M.Stanley 60. Joe Biden- President of the USA Whittingham,John B.Goodenough 61. Ashutosh Garg- Current DC of Kullu 19. Maharaja Jai Singh- Builder of Jantar Mantar (Jaipur) 62. Kalpana Chawla- First Indian women in Space 20. Dr Soumya Swaminathan – WHO’s first Indian Deputy Director 63. Sania Nehwal- First Indian women to win Olympic silver medal General in Badminton 21. Audrey Azoulay- Director general of UNESCO 64. Robert Baden Powell- Founder of boys scouts 22. Jose Alberto Mujica- Known as the Poorest President of the 65. P.V Sindhu- Only Indian woman to win medals in two world Olympics(Rio and Tokyo) 23. Bhavna Kasturi- First lady officer to lead an all Male- 66. Chloe Zhao- Best Director Oscar award(2021) Contingent during Republic day parade(2019) 67. Anthony Hopkins- Best Actor Oscar award(2021) 24. - First woman in the world to swim the seven 68. Frances McDormand- Best Actress award (2021) seas 69. Pandit - First Indian to win Grammy Awards 25. Gunjan Saxena- First women combat aviator 70. Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane- Chief of Army staff 26. Tedros A Ghebreyesus- Director general of World health 71. Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh- Chief of Air Staff Organisation 72. Admiral karmbir Singh- Chief of Naval staff 27. John Milne- Father of Modern Seismology 73. Pankaj Kumar Singh – Director General , BSF (Border 28. Ruskin Bond- First Indian to get Anderson award Security Force) 29. Pingali Venkayya- Designed the National Flag 74. Kuldiep Singh- Director General , CRPF (Central Reserve 30. Golda Meir- First woman to become the prime minister of Police Force) Israel 75. Vikram Misri- Indian Ambassador to China 31. Verghese Kurien- Father of the White Revolution in India 76. - Indian steel magnate 32. Lord Ripon- Father of Local Self Government( India) 77. David Malpass- President(World Bank) 33. Alexei Leonov- First person to walk in space 78. Name the current chairman of ISRO – K. Sivan 34. Yuri Gagarin- First person to orbit the Planet 79. Virender Kanwar- Agriculture Minister of Himachal Pradesh 35. Arun Kumar Mishra-Chairperson of National Human Rights 80. Jeff Bezos- Founder of Amazon Commission 36. Gita Gopinath-Chief Economist of International Monetory Fund 37. Eratosthenes- Father of Geography