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Famous Personalities and Discoveries

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Famous personalities and discoveries questions test your knowledge of historical figures, scientists, and their groundbreaking inventions. These are highly scoring topics in SSC, banking, and state PSC general awareness sections. Solve these questions to memorize important contributions easily.

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Famous Personalities and Discoveries Questions

Multiple choice

Who was the founder of Legalism?

  1. Confucius

  2. Laozi

  3. Han Feizi

  4. Mozi
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Han Feizi was a Chinese philosopher and politician who lived during the Warring States period (475-221 BCE). He is considered the founder of Legalism, a school of thought that emphasized the importance of law and order in maintaining a stable and prosperous state.

Multiple choice

Who is considered the father of economics?

  1. Adam Smith

  2. Karl Marx

  3. John Maynard Keynes

  4. Friedrich Hayek
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Adam Smith is considered the father of economics because of his book, The Wealth of Nations, which laid the foundation for classical economics.

Multiple choice

In the novel (\text{I Am Malala}) by Malala Yousafzai, what is the name of the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking out in favor of education for girls?

  1. Malala Yousafzai

  2. Nujood Ali

  3. Wafa Sultan

  4. Aisha Chaudhary
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(\text{I Am Malala}) is an inspiring memoir that tells the story of Malala Yousafzai's fight for the right to education for girls in Pakistan.

Multiple choice

Who is considered the father of modern international law?

  1. Hugo Grotius

  2. Samuel Pufendorf

  3. Emer de Vattel

  4. Francisco de Vitoria
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Hugo Grotius, a Dutch jurist, is widely regarded as the father of modern international law for his seminal work, 'De Jure Belli ac Pacis' (On the Law of War and Peace), published in 1625.

Multiple choice

Who is credited with the first recorded observation of a supernova?

  1. Tycho Brahe

  2. Johannes Kepler

  3. Galileo Galilei

  4. Isaac Newton
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Tycho Brahe observed a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia in 1572, which became known as Tycho's Supernova.

Multiple choice

Which astronomer proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

  1. Nicolaus Copernicus

  2. Tycho Brahe

  3. Johannes Kepler

  4. Galileo Galilei
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Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model in his book 'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium' in 1543.

Multiple choice

Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?

  1. Nicolaus Copernicus

  2. Tycho Brahe

  3. Johannes Kepler

  4. Galileo Galilei
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Johannes Kepler discovered the laws of planetary motion, known as Kepler's Laws, in the early 17th century.

Multiple choice

Which astronomer observed the moons of Jupiter?

  1. Nicolaus Copernicus

  2. Tycho Brahe

  3. Johannes Kepler

  4. Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei observed the moons of Jupiter using his telescope in 1610.

Multiple choice

Who discovered the rings of Saturn?

  1. Nicolaus Copernicus

  2. Tycho Brahe

  3. Johannes Kepler

  4. Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei discovered the rings of Saturn in 1610.

Multiple choice

Who proposed the theory of universal gravitation?

  1. Nicolaus Copernicus

  2. Tycho Brahe

  3. Johannes Kepler

  4. Isaac Newton
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Isaac Newton proposed the theory of universal gravitation in his book 'Principia Mathematica' in 1687.

Multiple choice

Which astronomer discovered the planet Uranus?

  1. William Herschel

  2. Pierre-Simon Laplace

  3. Joseph-Louis Lagrange

  4. Alexis Claude Clairaut
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William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.

Multiple choice

Who discovered the planet Neptune?

  1. Urbain Le Verrier

  2. John Couch Adams

  3. James Challis

  4. Johann Gottfried Galle
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Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams independently predicted the existence of Neptune in 1846, and it was subsequently observed by Johann Gottfried Galle.

Multiple choice

Who predicted the existence of gravitational waves?

  1. Albert Einstein.

  2. Isaac Newton.

  3. Stephen Hawking.

  4. Max Planck.
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Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in 1915 as a consequence of his theory of general relativity.

Multiple choice

Which renowned mathematician delivered the inaugural lecture at the Centre for Number Theory?

  1. Dr. Andrew Wiles

  2. Dr. Robert Langlands

  3. Dr. Pierre Deligne

  4. Dr. Jean-Pierre Serre
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Dr. Andrew Wiles delivered the inaugural lecture at the Centre for Number Theory.

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Who is considered the father of rehabilitation psychology?

  1. B. F. Skinner

  2. Carl Rogers

  3. Abraham Maslow

  4. Henry H. Kessler
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Henry H. Kessler is widely regarded as the father of rehabilitation psychology due to his pioneering work in the field during the early 20th century.