Know Them: One Answer to Many Questions

By Akhila E K

‘Know Them’ is a book on General Knowledge structured in the form of ‘One answer to many questions’. This book will take you through the contributions of 700 plus people who made a difference in the world.
‘What if you have the answer first and probable questions for that answer as the bulleted sub entries’? This thought drove me to prepare this book in the form of ‘One answer to many questions’. Here I have tried to collect as many key facts as possible for the subject under question.
Currently this book contains 700 plus important personalities in the world and the key facts related to them. The questions added in this book are mainly from the views of a candidate preparing for Kerala Public Service Examinations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Akhila E K
• Release date: Jul 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370537174

Akhila E K

Variety is my motto. I always welcome challenges in my life as I am an opportunity seeker. Basically I am an electronics engineer by graduation, a Quality Assurance professional by experience and a writer by Passion.

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Know Them

One Answer to Many Questions

By Akhila E K

Copyright 2017 Akhila E K

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Table of Contents

Preface

Know the people

About the Author

Connect with the author

Preface

‘What if you have the answer first and all the probable questions for that answer as the bulleted subentries’. This thought drove me to prepare this book in the form of ‘One answer to many questions’. Here I have tried to collect as many key facts as possible for the subject under question.

Currently this book contains 700 plus important personalities in the world and the key facts related to them. The questions added in this book are mainly from the views of a candidate preparing for Kerala Public Service Examinations.

Know the people

1. Abdul Kalam Azad

a. A senior political leader of Indian Independence

b. Leader of Khilafat Movement

c. Commonly remembered as Maulana Azad

d. First minister of Education in Indian Government

e. Literary works – India wins freedom

2. Abhinav Bindra

a. An Indian professional shooter

b. World and Olympic champion in the 10m Air Rifle event

c. The first and only Indian to have held both the World and Olympic titles at the same time

d. First Indian to win an individual Gold medal at Olympic games (2008 Beijing Olympics)

d. First to get Lt. Colonel Title of Territorial Army for the contribution in the field of shooting

3. Abraham Lincoln

a. 16th President of United States

b. Abolished slavery in America

c. The famous ‘Gettysburg Address’ was delivered by Lincoln during American Civil War

d. Quotes – ‘A government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the Earth. ’ (During Gettysburg Address)

e. Famous statement – ‘As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master’

4. A B Vajpayee

a. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India

b. First Bachelor Prime Minister of India

c. Prime Minister of India who made the Lahore Bus journey

d. First Prime Minister in India from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve a full five-year term

e. First Prime Minister of the shortest term in one spell in India, excluding acting PMs

f. First Indian Prime Minister to speak in Hindi in UN General Assembly

g. Birthdate, 25th December observed as Good Governance Day

h. Quotes – ‘Jai Jawan jai Kisan Jai Vigyan’

5. Adam Smith

a. A Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy

b. Considered as Father of Modern Economics

c. First modern book in economics- ‘Wealth of Nations’ by Adam Smith

d. Exponent of Laissez Faire theory

6. Adolf Hitler

a. German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party

b. Founder of Nazism

c. Autobiography - ‘Mein Kampf’

d. Known as Fuhrer (leader) of Germany

7. Adoor Gopalakrishnan

a. South Indian film director

b. Only Keralite to win Dadasaheb Phalke Award

8. Aga Khan III

a. First president of All India Muslim League

b. One of the founders of All India Muslim League in 1906

9. Agamananda

a. Social reformer and founder of Advaitha Asramam at Kaladi

b. Propagandist of the teachings of Vivekananda

10. Agatha Christie

a. English crime novelist

b. Known as ‘The Queen of Crime’

c. Wrote the world’s longest running play ‘The Mousetrap’, longest initial run of any play in the history

11. A I Oparin

a. A Soviet biochemist

b. Wrote ‘The Origin of Life’

c. Chemical evolution theory (‘The Oparin-Haldane Theory of the Origin of Life’ was proposed independently by Oprain and Haldane)

12. Aiswarya Rai

a. An Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss word 1994 pageant

b. First Indian actress to become the jury of the Cannes International film festival

13. Ajatashatru

a. A king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in North India

b. Son of Bimbisara

c. Established city of Patliputra, now known as Patna, capital of Bihar

14. Ajeet Bajaj

a. First Indian to ski to the North pole and South pole within a year

15. A K Antony

a. An Indian politician

b. Second Malayalee Defence minister of India

c. Longest and continuously served Defence minister of India

d. First to become the central minister in India after becoming chief minister

16. Akbar the Great

a. Mughal emperor from 1556 until his death

b. Mughal Emperor when the English East India company was founded in 1600

c. Proclaimed as Shahanshah (Kings’ of King )

d. Built Fatehpur Sikri

e. Built Humayun’s Tomb

f. Built Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory over Gujarat.

g. Donated the land for construction of Golden Temple at Amritsar

17. A K Gopalan

a. Known as AKG

b. An Indian communist leader

c. First leader of Opposition in India

d. Led Hunger March or Pattini Jatha or Malabar Jatha from Malabar region to Chennai

e. Volunteer Captain of Guruvyoor Satyagraha

18. Akkamma Cheriyan

a. Indian independence activist from Travancore, Kerala, India

b. Jhansi Rani of Travancore

c. Led Rajadhani March (March to the Kowdiar palace of Maharaj Chithira Thirunal to revoke the ban on state congress)

19. Alauddin Khilji

a. Second ruler of Khilji dyanasty in India

b. Known