Current Affairs › Notable Personalities – UPSC Prelims PYQs

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Lawyer
2. Banker
3. Gandhian and social activist
4. Industrialist

List I (Famous person) A. Anna Hazare B. Deepak Parekh C. GVK Reddy D. Harish Salve

List II (Well-known as)

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Kenya
2. Mozambique
3. Zambia
4. Zimbabwe

List I (Persons in news) A. Luisa Dias Diogo B. Mwai Kibaki C. Rupiah Banda

List II (Countries they belong to)

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

1. Microfinance loans
2. Pharmaceuticals
3. Fashion designing
4. Investigative journalism

List-I (Person) A. Sabyasachi Mukherjee B. Aniruddha Bahal C. Vikram Akula D. Yusuf Hamied

List-II (Area)

How is Sarosh Zaiwalla well-known as?

Cristina Kirchner succeeded her husband to become President of a South American country.

Which is that country?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

1. Banking
2. Fiction writing
3. Retail business
4. Real estate

List-I (Person) A. K. P. Singh B. Vikram Pandit C. Roopa Farooki D. Kishore Biyani

List-II (Area)

How is Steve Fossett known?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. WTO
2. Speaker, US House of Representatives
3. WHO
4. Microsoft

List-I (Person) A. Nancy Pelosi B. Margaret Chan C. Pascal Lamy D. Steve Ballmer

List-II (Position/Organization)

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Who among the following is Chile’s first woman President?

Zayed bin Sultan-al-Nahyan was a long-serving President of which of the following?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

1. Theatre
2. Violin
3. Research in Physics
4. Cancer treatment
5. Water-harvesting A B C D

List-I A. E. C. G. Sudarshan B. V. Shanta C. T. N. Krishnan D. Mahesh Dattani

List-II

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Director-General, FAO
2. President, European Commission
3. World Bank appointed expert for adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project
4. Litterateur

List-I A. Harold Pinter B. Jacques Diouf C. Jose Manuel Barroso D. Raymond Lafitte

List-II

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Theatre training
2. Women’s labour sector
3. Management teaching
4. Litterateur and Social Worker for the country’s tribal communities

List I (Person) A. Ela Bhatt B. Mahasweta Devi C. Ebrahim Alkazi D. Vijay Govindarajan

List II (Area of work)

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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? British Prime Minister — Political Party

Match List I (Persons) with List II (Positions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Executive Director, IMF
2. Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd
3. President, Indian Olympic Association
4. Vice-President, South Asian Region, World Bank

List I (A) B. P. Mishra (B) Suresh Kalmadi (C) Praful Patel (D) V. S. Jain

List II

World's longest-ruling head of Government is from

Match List I (Distinguished Ladies) with List II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Science and environment
2. Novel-writing
3. Film industry
4. Banking
5. Television media

List I (A) Jhumpa Lahiri (B) Sunita Narain (C) Naina Lal Kidwai (D) Ravina Raj Kohli

List II

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In 2003, Alison Richard took over as the first ever woman Vice-Chancellor of

George W. Bush, the President of America, comes from which of the following American States?

Match List I (Person) with List II (Position) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff
2. Chairman, 17th Law Commission
3. Chairman, ISRO
4. Chairman Atomic Energy Commission

List I (A) Anil Kakodkar (B) Raman Puri (C) M. Jagannatha Rao (D) G. Madhavan Nair

List II

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Match List I (Country) with List II (President) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Levy Mwanawasa
2. Joseph Kabila
3. Olusegun Obasanjo
4. Yoweri Museveni

List I (Country) A. Congo B. Nigeria C. Uganda D. Zambia

List II (President)

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I (Country) I. Columbia II. The Philippines III. Mexico IV. Venezuela

List II (President) A) Vicente Fox B) Hugo Chavez C) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo D) Andres Pastrana

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I (Person) I. Santosh Yadav II. Oprah Winfrey III. Oscar Wilde IV. P. Sainath

List II (Distinguished as) A) T.V. Host B) Journalist C) Mountaineer D) Dramatist and Author

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

List I

List II

I. Ernesto Zedillo

A) Uruguay

II. Alberto Fujimori

B) Brazil

III. Julio Maria Sanguinetti

C) Mexico

IV. Fernando H. Cardoso

D) Bolivia

E) Peru