Quiz: Can you identify these famous Indians?

Take the quiz and find out how well you know these famous Indian achievers.

From the yoga to the number zero, India has known to produce pioneers and achievers in almost every field.

While some of our discoveries and works of art have perplexed the world, a majority of them have significantly contributed to the development and empowerment of the country.

In the following quiz, we have handpicked a few personalities who have created their niche and made us proud. 

Go ahead and take the quiz and find out if you can identify them by their work.

1. This personality (in the picture above) is the father of radio science and has pioneered Bengali science fiction in the country. He invented the crescograph, a device that measures growth in plants. Identify him.

1) Homi Bhabha
2) Jagadish Chandra Bose
3) CV Raman

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This lady believed in emancipation of Indian women through education and was against child marriage. In 1889, she started the first home-cum-school in Bombay, named as Sharda Sadan. Who is this personality?
1) Savitribai Phule
2) Pandita Ramabai
3) Muktabai

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This retired IAS officer has served as the Election Commissioner of India between 1990 and 1996. He has been instrumental in introducing several electoral reforms in the country including abolition of distributing liquor during elections and using religious places for political campaigning.
1) MS Gill
2) JM Lyngdoh
3)TN Seshan

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He was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India. Known for his peace activism, he was the first to initiate peace talks between India and Pakistan, besides restoring peace with China after the first nuclear explosion in 1974. Identify him.
1) VP Singh
2) Morarji Desai
3) Jayprakash Narayan

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This Sahitya Akademi award winner is the author of books like Swami and Friends, The English Teacher and The Guide. Identify him.
1) RK Swaminathan
2) RK Narayan
3) KR Narayan

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She is India's first woman photojournalist and received the Padma Bhushan in 2011. Identify her.
1) Sooni Taraporewala
2) Homai Vyarawalla
3) Rita Faria

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This diplomat was the first woman to hold a Cabinet post in India. She was also the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly. Identify her.
1) Sucheta Kriplani
2) Sarojini Naidu
3) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

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This Carnatic vocalist, composer and actor is a Padma Vibhushan and can play multiple instruments. Identify him.
1) Kumar Gandharva
2) Muthuswami Dikhshitar
3) M Balamuralikrishna

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This Indian social entrepreneur is popularly known as the ‘father of the white revolution’. His idea Operation Flood helped India gallop from a milk deficient country to being the highest producer in 1998. Identify him.
1) Norman Borlaug
2) Verghese Kurien
3) MS Swaminathan

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This personality produced India's first sound feature film which was released in March 1931. Identify him.
1) Raja Harishchandra
2) Dadasaheb Phalke
3) Ardeshir Irani

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