Important World Personalities

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Q21.Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?

Medium
A Ferdinand Magellan
B Christopher Columbus
C James Cook
D Vasco da Gama
Explorers FPSC

Correct Answer: A

Magellan expedition completed the first circumnavigation, finished by Elcano.

Q22.Who led the Protestant Reformation in Europe?

Medium
A Martin Luther
B John Calvin
C Henry VIII
D Erasmus
Reformers PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Martin Luther began the Reformation in 1517 with his Ninety-five Theses.

Q23.Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

Easy
A Charles Darwin
B Gregor Mendel
C Louis Pasteur
D Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Scientists CSS

Correct Answer: A

Charles Darwin proposed natural selection in On the Origin of Species.

Q24.Who propounded the theory of relativity?

Easy
A Albert Einstein
B Isaac Newton
C Niels Bohr
D Max Planck
Scientists PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Albert Einstein developed the special and general theories of relativity.

Q25.Who was known as the Iron Lady of Britain?

Medium
A Margaret Thatcher
B Theresa May
C Queen Elizabeth II
D Indira Gandhi
World Leaders PMS

Correct Answer: A

Margaret Thatcher, British PM from 1979 to 1990, was known as the Iron Lady.

Q26.Who was known as the Lady with the Lamp?

Easy
A Florence Nightingale
B Mother Teresa
C Clara Barton
D Marie Curie
Humanitarian Figures CSS

Correct Answer: A

Florence Nightingale earned the title Lady with the Lamp in the Crimean War.

Q27.Who was the first European to reach India by sea?

Easy
A Vasco da Gama
B Christopher Columbus
C Ferdinand Magellan
D Marco Polo
Explorers PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in India by sea in 1498.

Q28.Who was the first Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize?

Easy
A Dr Abdus Salam
B Malala Yousafzai
C Dr Atta-ur-Rahman
D Abdul Qadeer Khan
Nobel Laureates PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Dr Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.

Q29.Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?

Medium
A Roald Amundsen
B Robert Scott
C Ernest Shackleton
D James Cook
Explorers PMS

Correct Answer: A

Roald Amundsen of Norway reached the South Pole in December 1911.

Q30.Who was the first President of Turkey?

Medium
A Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
B Ismet Inonu
C Adnan Menderes
D Celal Bayar
World Leaders PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Republic of Turkiye in 1923.

Q31.Who was the first Secretary-General of the UN from Africa?

Hard
A Boutros Boutros-Ghali
B Kofi Annan
C U Thant
D Dag Hammarskjold
World Leaders PMS

Correct Answer: A

Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt served as UN Secretary-General from 1992 to 1996.

Q32.Who was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

Easy
A Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
B Reinhold Messner
C George Mallory
D Junko Tabei
Explorers PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Everest on 29 May 1953.

Q33.Who was the first woman Prime Minister in the world?

Medium
A Sirimavo Bandaranaike
B Indira Gandhi
C Golda Meir
D Margaret Thatcher
World Leaders FPSC

Correct Answer: A

Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka became the first woman PM in 1960.

Q34.Who was the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Easy
A Benazir Bhutto
B Fatima Jinnah
C Begum Rana Liaquat
D Hina Rabbani Khar
World Leaders CSS

Correct Answer: A

Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988.

Q35.Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Medium
A Marie Curie
B Mother Teresa
C Pearl Buck
D Selma Lagerlof
Nobel Laureates PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.

Q36.Who was the founder of Pakistan?

Easy
A Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B Allama Iqbal
C Liaquat Ali Khan
D Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
World Leaders PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Muhammad Ali Jinnah founded Pakistan and became its first Governor-General.

Q37.Who was the teacher of Alexander the Great?

Medium
A Aristotle
B Plato
C Socrates
D Pythagoras
Philosophers PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great.

Q38.Who wrote Das Kapital?

Easy
A Karl Marx
B Friedrich Engels
C Adam Smith
D Max Weber
Philosophers PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital, a critique of political economy.

Q39.Who wrote Leviathan?

Medium
A Thomas Hobbes
B John Locke
C Rousseau
D Montesquieu
Philosophers FPSC

Correct Answer: A

Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651.

Q40.Who wrote The Prince?

Medium
A Niccolo Machiavelli
B Thomas Hobbes
C John Locke
D Rousseau
Philosophers CSS

Correct Answer: A

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513.