GK - Who's Who

Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut for India in 1989 at the age of 16, becoming one of the youngest players to represent the country.

Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to travel into space in 1984 as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos program.

Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 in Kolkata, an organization dedicated to helping the poor and destitute.

Swami Vivekananda is widely recognized as a saint and philosopher who introduced Indian philosophies like Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world.

Mother Teresa is globally renowned for her decades of service to the poor, sick, and dying in the slums of Kolkata.

Srinivasa Ramanujan was a self-taught Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, and infinite series.

Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas.

Swami Vivekananda is credited with introducing Indian philosophy and spirituality to the West, most notably through his address at the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago.

Mihir Sen was an Indian long-distance swimmer who became the first Asian to swim across the English Channel in 1958.

Ustad Bismillah Khan was a legendary Indian musician credited with bringing the shehnai to the center stage of Indian classical music.

Kiran Bedi made history in 1972 by becoming the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Shabana Azmi is a highly acclaimed Indian actress who has won the National Film Award for Best Actress a record five times.

Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player widely considered one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, earning him the nickname 'The Wizard'.

Homi Bhabha was a renowned Indian nuclear physicist. He is widely recognized as the father of the Indian nuclear program.

Viswanathan Anand is India's first chess grandmaster and a five-time World Chess Champion. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time. The other options are incorrect because Anand is not a scientist, actor, or cricketer (though option C has a typo spelling cricketer as crickter).

Both Amartya Sen and Mother Teresa are Nobel Prize laureates. Amartya Sen won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Sunderlal Bahuguna was a prominent Indian environmentalist. He was a leader of the Chipko movement, which advocated for the protection of forests.

Bhimsen Joshi was a legendary Hindustani classical vocalist. Lata Mangeshkar was a playback singer, while Bismillah Khan and Ravi Shankar were instrumentalists.

Homi J. Bhabha is widely acknowledged as the father of the Indian nuclear program. He established the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Dhirubhai Ambani was the founder of Reliance Industries. His sons, Mukesh and Anil, took over the business after his passing.

Sunderlal Bahuguna was a key figure in the Chipko movement. The movement was a non-violent protest against the felling of trees.

Karnam Malleswari won the bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.

Arundhati Roy was the first Indian citizen to win the Booker Prize for her novel, The God of Small Things, in 1997.