Personalities
Personalities is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 5 past MPSC questions across 4 exam years between 2013 and 2024. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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जवाहरलाल नेहरूंबाबत पुढीलपैकी कोणती विधाने बरोबर आहेत ? Which of the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru are true ?
(a)ते स्वातंत्र्यापूर्वी व स्वातंत्र्यानंतर नियोजन आयोगाचे प्रमुख होते. / He chaired the Planning Commission before and after independence.
(b)त्यांनी अनेकदा भारतीय विज्ञान परिषदेचे अध्यक्षपद भूषवले. / He presided over many sessions of Indian Science Congress.
(c)नेहरू रिपोर्ट लिहून त्यांनी भारतासाठी आदर्श राजपद्चतीचा आराखडा मांडला. / Authoring the Nehru report, he drew an ideal outline for Indian government.
(d)"मला पाश्चात्य जगात उपन्यासारखे वाटते, पण मायदशातही कधी कधी परक्यासारखे वाटते". असे त्यांचे मत होते. / "I feel like an exile in the West, but sometimes I feel I am an outsider even in my own country." He felt.
Jawaharlal Nehru chaired the Planning Commission, presided over sessions of the Indian Science Congress, and expressed feelings of alienation in both Western and Indian contexts. Statement (c) is wrong because Motilal Nehru authored the Nehru Report, not Jawaharlal.
डॉ वर्गीज् कुरीयन यांच्याबाबत काय खरे नाही? / What is not true of Dr. Verghese Kurien?
(a)त्यांना धवल क्रांती (White Revolution) चे जनक मानतात. / He is regarded as the father of White Revolution.
(b)ते बहुतांशी आनंद येथे राहिले व अमूलशी जुडले होते. / He spent most of his life at Anand and was associated with Amul
(c)ते म्हणत "मी दूध पीत नाही कारण मला दूध आवडत नाही". / He used to say "I don't drink milk as I don't like it".
(d)ते मूळचे केरळचे होते. / He was a Keralite.
(e)त्यांना पद्मू विभूषण प्रदान करण्यात आले परंतु मॅगसेसे अवॉर्ड त्यांना मिळाला नाही. / He was awarded with Padma Vibhushan but not Magsaysay award.
(f)म्हशींच्या दुधाची पावडर बनविण्यात त्यांचा मोठा हात होता. / He was instrumental in converting buffaloes milk into powder.
Dr. Verghese Kurien was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1963, contrary to statement (e) which claims he did not receive it. He also received the Padma Vibhushan.
अष्टपैलू नट फारूख शेख इतक्यात त्याच्या वयाच्या 65 व्या वर्षी निवर्तला. हृदयविकाराच्या झटक्याने त्याचे मरण झाले. त्याने शतरंज के खिलाडी, नूरी, उमराव जान, चश्मे बदूर, कथा, बझार चित्रपटात चांगले काम केले. त्याच्या बद्दल पुढील दोन विधानांचा विचार करा. The versatile actor Farooq Sheikh passed away recently at the age of 65. He died of heart attack. He acted well in Shatranj Ke Khilari, Noorie, Umrao Jaan, Chasme Baddoor, Katha, Bazaar. Consider the following two statements about him.
(a)''जी मंत्रीजी'' मध्ये त्याने खात्याच्या सचिवांची भूमिका उत्कृष्ट वठवली.
(b)त्याला हृदयविकाराचा झटका दुबई येथे आला.
Farooq Sheikh passed away in Dubai due to a heart attack. Statement (a) refers to a different context or show.
इतक्यात ओमर शारीफ ज्यांनी अर्ध्या शतकापेक्षा अधिक काळासाठी जगभारातील प्रेक्षकांना मंत्रमुग्ध केले हृदय विकाराच्या झटक्याने निवर्तले. त्यांच्याबाबत काय खरे नाही ? Recently Omar Sharif died of a heart attack. He captivated spectators worldwide for more than half a century. What is not true of him ?
The statement that is not true is that Omar Sharif played McKenna in Mackenna's Gold: that role was Gregory Peck's, while Sharif played the bandit Colorado. He is remembered as Doctor Zhivago, was a world-class contract bridge player, and had Alzheimer's disease late in life.
एम.एस. स्वामीनाथन यांच्याविषयी योग्य विधाने ओळख, Identify the correct statements regarding M.S. Swaminathan.
(a)ते तामिळनाडू येथील निवासी होते. / He was resident of Tamil Nadu.
(b)त्यांचे उच्च शिक्षण ऑक्सफर्ड विद्यापीठात झाले होते. / He was educated from Oxford University.
(c)ते कृषी विभागाचे शास्त्रज्ञ होते. / He was Scientist of Agriculture department.
(d)ते काहीकाळ राज्यसभा सदस्य होते. / He was Member of Rajya Sabha for some time.
(e)त्यांना रॅमन मॅगसेसे पुरस्कार मिळाला होता. / He was awarded by Raman Magsaysay award.
M.S. Swaminathan was born in Tamil Nadu, was a renowned agricultural scientist, served as a Rajya Sabha member, and received the Ramon Magsaysay Award. However, he was educated at Cambridge University (School of Agriculture), not Oxford.