KPSC KAS 2017 · Question 128 of 200

Among the following distinguished personalities of Karnataka, whose Field/Profession and Place of Birth are correctly stated ?

Karnataka

AB.M. Hegde – South Canara – Medical ScientistCorrect
BB.V. Sreekantan – Coorg – Agricultural Scientist
CC.R. Rao – Mangaluru – Space Scientist
DRaja Ramanna – Shivamogga – Mathematician

Answer: A. B.M. Hegde – South Canara – Medical Scientist

Explanation

B.M. Hegde (South Canara) is a medical scientist; B.V. Sreekantan was a physicist (not agricultural scientist), C.R. Rao a statistician (not space scientist) and Raja Ramanna a physicist born in Tumkur (not Shivamogga) — only the first pair is correctly stated.

Source: KPSC Gazetted Probationers Prelims 2017, Paper-II (General Studies, subject code 262), Series A

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