Famous Personalities and Discoveries

Dr. Vijaya Mallya was Chairman of UB Group and Kingfisher Airlines, and served as a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). He was never an MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly). The question uses a negative construction to ask which title he never held.

William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, making it the first planet discovered with a telescope. Herschel was a German-born British astronomer who initially named it 'Georgium Sidus' (George's Star) after King George III.

Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona. The name in the question appears to be a typo for 'Clyde.' Tombaugh was a 24-year-old amateur astronomer when he made this historic discovery.

S. M. Krishna, the former Indian Minister for External Affairs (2009-2012) and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born in Maddur in Mandya district, Karnataka. Maddur is known for its political significance in Karnataka. The other options (Nelamangala, Yelahanka, Bilagi) are not associated with Krishna's birthplace.

According to The Da Vinci Code's fictional conspiracy, Isaac Newton (spelled 'Izzac Newton' with typo) was claimed as a secret Grand Master of the Priory of Sion. This is part of Dan Brown's fictional plot that claimed famous scientists and artists were members. Albert Einstein, Alfred Nobel, and Galileo were not associated with this fictional claim in the novel.

Isaac Newton authored 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica' (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), commonly called 'Principia' (1687). It laid foundations for classical mechanics. 'Hungry Stones' is by Rabindranath Tagore, 'Hot Water' appears unrelated, and 'Expanding Universe' concepts came centuries later from Hubble.

Hal Lindsey with C.C. Carlson wrote 'The Late, Great Planet Earth,' a bestselling book about biblical prophecy and end-times. Frank Herbert wrote 'Dune.' Janette Sebring Lowrey wrote 'The Poky Little Puppy.' Nicholas Evans wrote 'The Horse Whisperer.'

Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje (then part of the Ottoman Empire, now North Macedonia). Her birth name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. She founded the Missionaries of Charity and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work in India.

Mother Teresa passed away on September 5, 1997 in Calcutta (now Kolkata). She died of cardiac arrest at the age of 87. Her death was peaceful and she was surrounded by the sisters of her Missionaries of Charity order.

This quote perfectly captures Einstein's approach to scientific discovery - persistent iteration where most attempts fail but persistence leads to breakthrough. He viewed incorrect conclusions not as failures but as necessary steps toward understanding. Edison was more of an inventor than a theoretical physicist, while Bohr and Copernicus, though brilliant, don't have this particular quote attributed to them.

This quote is attributed to Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician and physicist, illustrating the principle of leverage. He was referring to the mechanical advantage provided by a lever - a simple machine that can multiply force. The statement demonstrates his understanding of how a small force could move enormous objects given proper leverage.

Eratosthenes, a Greek scholar and chief librarian at Alexandria, calculated Earth's circumference around 240 BCE by measuring the sun's angle at noon on the summer solstice at two locations (Alexandria and Syene). His method was remarkably accurate, yielding a value close to the actual circumference. Hipparchus came later and developed trigonometry.

Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries, is credited with coining the term 'mega issue' in the Indian business context, referring to large-scale public share offerings. His vision of democratizing wealth through public participation in business led to this concept. The other options - Narayana Murthy, J.R.D. Tata, and Mukesh Ambani - are prominent industrialists but not associated with coining this term.