GK
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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Question
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Rabindranath Tagore
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APJ Abdul Kalam
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Mahatma Gandhi
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the 11th President of India. His work with the Defence Research and Development Organisation in developing military equipment like missiles and a civilian space programme earned him the title of Missile Man of India. Q. Who is known as the ‘Missile Man of India’?
Detailed explanation-2: -A.P.J. Abdul Kalam attended the Madras Institute of Technology, where he received a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1960. After graduation he joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)-an Indian military research institute-and later the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Detailed explanation-3: -1992 – 29.12. 1999] Before joining DRDO, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was the project leader of the indigenous Indian Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) at ISRO. His biggest achievement in ISRO came with the successful launch of SLV-3, which jettisoned Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit.
Detailed explanation-4: -During his tenure in DRDO, he headed the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) to develop five different missiles-Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash, Nag.