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general knowledge questions in the form of a quiz along with their answers
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Greatness Reason |
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James Prescott Joule(1818-89) |
The British physicist who was the first to measure the mechanical equivalent
of heat; the measuring unit of which has been named after him. |
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James Watt(1736-1819) |
The Scottish instrument maker who turned to making high pressure stream
engines. |
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Jamshedji Tata(1813-1904) |
Founder of the Tata Iron and Steel Company, one of the largest integrated
steel works in the world. He also founded the Indian Institute of Science in
Bangalore an built the Taj Hotel in Mumbai. |
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Jacques Charles(1764-1823) |
A French physicist, known for his Charle's Law and Guy-Lussac's Law of
gases. |
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John Milton(1608-74) |
An English poet, he wrote a poem in support of free press tilted
Areopagitica (1644), essays Tenure of Kings an magistrates (1649). His epic
poem Paradise Lost was published in 10 volumes in 1667 and in 12 volumes in
1674. Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistic were his other major works
published in 1671. He was totally blind for a good many years of his life. |
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John Keats(1795-1821) |
An English poet, whose works include La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Endymion (A
thing of beauty is joy forever), The Eve of St Agnes and Ode to a
Nightingale, among others. |
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Joan of Arc(1412-31) |
A brave French girl, also known as the Maid of Orleans, Joan led the French
resistance that forced the English to raise the siege of Orleans (1429). At
the age of 17 she led an Army of 12,000 to Rheims and persuaded Charles VII
to go there to be crowned as King of France. She was, ultimately captured
and sold to the English (1430) by the Burgundians and was burnt at the stake
in Roven. |
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Johann Wolfgang yon Goethe(1749-1834) |
German writer, scientist and a major figure in the world of literature, he
devoted his life to writing poetry, novel an plays. |
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John Dalton(1766-1844) |
An English chemist who postulated the Atomic theory and defined atomic
weight, he was also famous for Dalton's Law- the pressure of a mixture of
gases is the sum of the partial pressures of the components of the mixture. |
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John Logie Baird(1888-1946) |
The Scottish television pioneer, who invented television in 1926. |
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Julius Caesar(100-44 BC) |
Roman general and statesman who invaded Britain and retuned to Rome as a
popular hero. He fell in love with Cleopatra the Egyptian queen, who
followed him to Rome. He was given a mandate by the people to rule as
a dictator and was worshipped as a god in his lifetime. However, he was
murdered by a group of trusted friends led by Marcus Juniues Brutus. |
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John F Kenedy(1917-63) |
One of the most popular Presidents of USA. He was the first Roman Catholic
President and the youngest American to be elected to the Office of President
of USA. He wrote several books, among which Why England Slept and Profile in
Courage are his two most famous books. He was assassinated on November 23,
1963. |
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