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Persons in News

Persons in News is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2017, 2021, 2024). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

Real questions
3
Years tested
3 · 2017–2024
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What you need to know first

Basic awareness of major national committeesBasic knowledge of major global space agenciesBasic awareness of national leaders

Real questions that test this

ज्येष्ठ पत्रकार व विचारवंत दिलीप पाडगांवकर यांचे नुकतेच निधन झाले. केन्द्र शासनाद्वारे 2010 मध्ये नेमलेल्या एका समितीचे त्यांनी अध्यक्षपद भूषविले होते. ह्या समितीचा उद्देश काय होता ? / The eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar passed away recently. He headed the committee appointed by the Central Government in 2010. What was the purpose of that committee ?

a)(1) फ्रेंच सरकार सोबत दहशतवाद विरोधी उपाययोजना करणारी समिती. / To collaborate with the French Government for anti-terrorism activities.
b)(2) जम्मू-काश्मीरमधील शांततेसाठी उपाययोजना सुचविणारी समिती. / To design a roadmap for peace in J & K.✓ Correct
c)(3) सी.आर.पी.एफ. च्या जवानांचे कल्याणकारी योजनाबाबतची समिती. / Welfare of the CRPF Jawans.
d)(4) ईशान्येकडील राज्यांतील शांततेसाठी उपाययोजना सुचविणारी समिती. / To design a roadmap for peace in the North-East States.

Dilip Padgaonkar was appointed by the UPA government in 2010 as part of a three-member interlocutor group for Jammu and Kashmir to hold a sustained dialogue with all sections of society in the state.

वांग यापिंग, या अलिकडेच अंतराळात चालून आलेल्या अंतराळवीर ________ नागरिक आहेत. Wang Yaping, an astronaut, who recently walked in space, is a citizen of ________.

1)China✓ Correct
2)South Korea
3)Japan
4)Vietnam

Wang Yaping is a prominent Chinese astronaut (taikonaut) who made history by participating in spacewalks and missions aboard China's Tiangong space station.

कर्पुरी ठाकुर अलिकडे बातम्यांमध्ये होते. त्यांच्याबाबत खालीलपैकी काय खरे नाही ? Karpoori Thakur was recently in news. Which of the following is not true about him ?

a)त्यांना 'जननायक' म्हणून ओळखले जाते. / He is also known as 'Jan Nayak'.
b)ते बिहार चे पहिले गैर-कांग्रेसी मुख्यमंत्री होते. / He was First non-congress Chief Minister of Bihar.
c)त्यांचा जन्म 1924 मध्ये, समस्तीपूर जिल्ह्यातील एका गावात झाला. / He was born in 1924, in a village in Samastipur District.
d)त्यांनी 1952 ची राज्य विधानसभा निवडणूक समस्तीपूर मतदार संघातून जिंकली होती. / He won State Assembly election in 1952 from Samastipur Constituency.✓ Correct

Karpoori Thakur did not win the 1952 state assembly election from Samastipur; he won his first assembly election in 1952 from Tajpur constituency, making statement 4 incorrect which makes it the correct answer to the 'not true' question.

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