Uttar Pradesh Important Personalities GK Questions and Answers

1857 Revolt & Revolutionary Movements

Q1:  Revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil, mastermind of the 1925 Kakori train action, was born in which district of present-day Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Shahjahanpur

Q2:  Ashfaqulla Khan, a key figure of the Kakori Conspiracy hanged in 1927, was executed at the jail located in which city?
Answer: Faizabad

Q3:  Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, born Manikarnika Tambe, was born in which UP city, according to widely accepted historical accounts?
Answer: Varanasi

Q4:  Raja Mahendra Pratap, who belonged to the royal family of Mursan estate in Uttar Pradesh, established India's first government-in-exile in 1915 in which city?
Answer: Kabul

Q5:  Begum Hazrat Mahal, who led the 1857 uprising against British rule, took control of which city as the capital of Awadh after her husband Wajid Ali Shah's exile?
Answer: Lucknow

Q6:  During the Battle of Jhansi in 1858, Jhalkaribai, a soldier in Rani Lakshmibai's women's contingent, is remembered for disguising herself as the queen to allow the real Rani to do what?
Answer: Escape the fort safely

Q7:  Nana Sahib, born in Bithoor, was proclaimed Peshwa by rebel forces during the 1857 uprising after capturing the British entrenchment at which city?
Answer: Kanpur

Q8:  Azimullah Khan, the ideological force behind Nana Sahib during the 1857 Kanpur uprising, held which elevated title in the Peshwa's court, reflecting his role akin to a prime minister?
Answer: Diwan

Q9:  Rana Beni Madho Singh, ruler of the Shankarpur estate in Rae Bareli, led sustained resistance against the British during the 1857 revolt and was appointed administrator of Jaunpur and Azamgarh by which rebel-proclaimed Nawab of Awadh?
Answer: Birjis Qadr

Q10:  The park in Prayagraj where revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad fought his last battle and died on 27 February 1931 was originally known by which name, before being renamed in his honour?
Answer: Alfred Park

Q11:  Revolutionary Thakur Roshan Singh, born in Nawada village of Shahjahanpur district, was executed on 19 December 1927 at which jail near Allahabad?
Answer: Naini Jail

Q12:  Among the four revolutionaries sentenced in the Kakori Conspiracy case, Rajendra Lahiri was hanged two days earlier than the others, on 17 December 1927, at a jail in which UP town?
Answer: Gonda

Q13:  Vijay Singh Pathik, born in Bulandshahr district and originally named Bhoop Singh, is best remembered for leading which peasant movement in Rajasthan's Mewar region?
Answer: Bijolia Movement

Q14:  Sachindra Nath Sanyal, born in Varanasi and a founding member of the Hindustan Republican Association, wrote his influential memoir 'Bandi Jeevan' while imprisoned at which infamous jail?
Answer: Cellular Jail, Andaman

Q15:  Genda Lal Dixit, born in Bah tehsil of Agra district, formed an armed revolutionary youth organisation named after which Maratha warrior-king?
Answer: Shivaji

Q16:  Uda Devi, a Dalit warrior from Ujariyaon village near Lucknow, is remembered for climbing a tree and firing at British troops during which 1857 battle?
Answer: Battle of Sikandar Bagh

Q17:  Maulvi Liaquat Ali, who briefly ruled Allahabad as governor during the 1857 revolt, made which garden complex his headquarters?
Answer: Khusro Bagh

Q18:  Shah Mal, a Jat leader who mobilised the 'chaurasee des' (84 villages) around Baraut during the 1857 revolt, converted a captured British officer's bungalow into what?
Answer: A hall of justice

Freedom Struggle Leaders, Thinkers & Journalists

Q19:  Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, born in Allahabad, became the first woman to hold which prestigious international position in 1953?
Answer: President of the UN General Assembly

Q20:  Journalist and freedom fighter Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, founder of the Hindi weekly 'Pratap', lost his life in 1931 while trying to stop communal violence in which city?
Answer: Kanpur

Q21:  Purushottam Das Tandon, born in Allahabad and honoured with the title 'Rajarshi', was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1961 primarily for his contributions to public life and his advocacy for which cause?
Answer: Hindi as the official language

Q22:  Motilal Nehru, born in Agra, served twice as President of the Indian National Congress — in 1919 and in which other year?
Answer: 1928

Q23:  Acharya Narendra Dev, born in Sitapur, presided over the first All-India Conference of which fledgling socialist party at Patna's Anjuman Islamia Hall on 17 May 1934, becoming its first president?
Answer: Congress Socialist Party

Q24:  Ram Manohar Lohia, born in Akbarpur in present-day Ambedkar Nagar district, earned his doctorate from a German university on a thesis related to which movement?
Answer: Salt Satyagraha

Q25:  Maulana Hasrat Mohani, born in the town of Mohan in Unnao district, coined which famous revolutionary slogan in 1921?
Answer: Inquilab Zindabad

Q26:  Baba Raghav Das, known as the 'Poorvanchal Gandhi' for his freedom-movement and social-reform work centred at his Barhaj ashram, is commemorated through a well-known medical college established in 1969 in which UP city?
Answer: Gorakhpur

Q27:  Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, born in Aligarh, headed a 1945 committee whose report on constitutional reforms was later referenced by India's Constituent Assembly and is known as what?
Answer: Sapru Committee Report

Post-Independence Politics & Administration

Q28:  As Revenue Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1949, Chaudhary Charan Singh, born in Noorpur village near Meerut, introduced a landmark law aimed at abolishing which land-tenure system?
Answer: Zamindari system

Q29:  Jawaharlal Nehru, born in Allahabad, became independent India's first Prime Minister in which year?
Answer: 1947

Q30:  Lal Bahadur Shastri, born in Mughalsarai near Varanasi, became India's second Prime Minister in 1964, succeeding whom?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Q31:  Govind Ballabh Pant became the first Chief Minister of the newly formed state of Uttar Pradesh in which year?
Answer: 1950

Q32:  Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, born in Barabanki district, served as independent India's first Union Minister for which portfolio, during which he launched the night air mail service?
Answer: Communications

Q33:  Dr. Sampurnanand, born in Varanasi, served as the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, succeeding which leader?
Answer: Govind Ballabh Pant

Q34:  Chandra Bhanu Gupta, born in Atrauli, first became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1960, succeeding which leader?
Answer: Sampurnanand

Q35:  Sucheta Kripalani became independent India's first woman Chief Minister of any state when she took charge of Uttar Pradesh in which year?
Answer: 1963

Q36:  Vishwanath Pratap ('V.P.') Singh, born in Allahabad, served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh before going on to become India's Prime Minister in which year?
Answer: 1989

Q37:  Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who represented Lucknow in the Lok Sabha for five terms, became India's Prime Minister for the first time in which year (for a 13-day term)?
Answer: 1996

Q38:  Feroze Gandhi, husband of Indira Gandhi, became the first Member of Parliament from which Uttar Pradesh constituency after winning India's first general election in 1952?
Answer: Rae Bareli

Q39:  Deen Dayal Upadhyay, born in Nagla Chandrabhan village of Mathura district, authored the political philosophy known as 'Integral Humanism', also called by which Hindi name?
Answer: Ekatm Manavvad

Saints, Literature, Music, Art & Cinema

Q40:  Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, who lived almost his entire life in Varanasi and whose music remained inseparable from the Ganga and the city's temples, became the third classical musician to receive which award in 2001?
Answer: Bharat Ratna

Q41:  Girija Devi, born in Varanasi and celebrated as the 'Queen of Thumri', was a leading exponent of which gharana of Hindustani classical music?
Answer: Banaras gharana

Q42:  Naushad Ali, born in Lucknow, was honoured with India's highest cinema award, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, in which year?
Answer: 1981

Q43:  Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh, born in Lucknow, is widely credited with reviving which classical dance form as a court art?
Answer: Kathak

Q44:  Sitar virtuoso Pandit Ravi Shankar, born in Varanasi in 1920, was awarded the Bharat Ratna in which year?
Answer: 1999

Q45:  Kabir, the 15th-century mystic later revered by Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs alike, was found as an infant near which pond in Varanasi and raised by a Muslim weaver couple?
Answer: Lahartara Pond

Q46:  Sant Ravidas, born into a leather-working family in Seer Govardhanpur village near Varanasi, envisioned an ideal, casteless society in his poetry, giving it which name?
Answer: Begampura

Q47:  Swami Ramananda, the Vaishnava Bhakti saint based in Varanasi who accepted disciples across caste and religious lines, is traditionally regarded as the guru of which two celebrated saint-poets?
Answer: Kabir and Ravidas

Q48:  Amir Khusrau, born in Patiyali (present-day Kasganj district) and a devoted disciple of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya, is widely credited with pioneering which devotional musical form still performed at Sufi shrines today?
Answer: Qawwali

Q49:  Malik Muhammad Jayasi, the 16th-century Sufi poet born in the town of Jais near Rae Bareli, composed his major works in which regional language?
Answer: Awadhi

Q50:  Begum Akhtar, born in Faizabad and celebrated as 'Mallika-e-Ghazal' (Queen of Ghazals), was posthumously awarded which civilian honour in 1975?
Answer: Padma Bhushan

Q51:  Talat Mahmood, born in Lucknow and known as the 'Shahenshah-e-Ghazal', received his early musical training at which institution in his home city?
Answer: Marris College of Music

Q52:  Zohra Sehgal, born in Saharanpur, appeared in the 1946 film 'Neecha Nagar', which became the only Indian film to date to win the top prize at which international film festival?
Answer: Cannes Film Festival

Q53:  Amitabh Bachchan, born in Allahabad (present-day Prayagraj), received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest honour in cinema, in which year?
Answer: 2018

Education, Industry, Institutions & Others

Q54:  Madan Mohan Malaviya, born in Prayagraj and given the honorific 'Mahamana', founded which university in Varanasi in 1916?
Answer: Banaras Hindu University

Q55:  Bhagwan Das, born in Varanasi and honoured with the Bharat Ratna in 1955, co-founded which nationalist university along with Shiv Prasad Gupta in 1921?
Answer: Kashi Vidyapith

Q56:  Shibli Nomani, born near Azamgarh, conceived and donated land for which research institute dedicated to Islamic history and literature, which his disciples formally founded in Azamgarh three days after his death in November 1914?
Answer: Darul Musannefin (Shibli Academy)

Q57:  Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875, which later became which central university in 1920?
Answer: Aligarh Muslim University

Q58:  Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, born in Rampur and a leading figure of the Khilafat Movement, co-founded which university in Delhi in 1920?
Answer: Jamia Millia Islamia

Q59:  Munshi Newal Kishore, often called the 'Caxton of India', founded which pioneering printing press in Lucknow in 1858?
Answer: Naval Kishore Press

Q60:  Lala Kamlapat Singhania, born in Kanpur, founded which cotton mill in 1921 that laid the foundation of the J.K. Organisation?
Answer: Juggilal Kamlapat Cotton Spinning & Weaving Mills