CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Famous Personalities Of India And World Quiz 14 - MCQExams.com

Alexander was born in Pella, Macedonia, in 356 B.C. to King Philip II and Queen Olympias although legend had it his father was none other than Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods. Philip II was an impressive military man in his own right.

Their ideas about the concept of the atman or the individual soul, and the Brahman or the universal soul and ideas about life after the death were recorded in the Upanishads. Upanishads were a part of the later Vedic texts. The Upanishadic thinkers were men especially Brahmins and rajas. But there were exceptions as well like Gargi was a woman thinker.

The capital of Vajji mahajanapada was Vaishali (Bihar).

Rajgir (originally known as Girivraj) is an ancient city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Rajgir (ancient Rājagṛha; Pali: Rājagaha) was the first capital of the kingdom of Magadha, a state that would eventually evolve into the Mauryan Empire.

• Kate DiCamillo is an award-winning American children's book author.
• The Tale of Despereaux the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux Tilling was written by her and it won the Newbery Medal in 2004.

• The Lord of the Rings is a book written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was first published in 1954. The plot of The Lord of the Rings is about the war of the peoples of Middle-earth against a dark lord.
• Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of the novel.

• Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was an Oxford don, a logician, a writer, a poet and a photographer.
• He is most famous for his story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which he told to a young friend, when he took the girl and two sisters on a boat trip.

• A Tale of Two Cities is a book written by Charles Dickens. It is set during the time of the French Revolution (1775-1793).
• It talks about the French Revolution and the troubles the poor go through and how the rich ignore them.

• Raphael was a Renaissance painter and architect.
• Portrait of a Young Man was an oil painting created by Raphael probably in 1513–1514 and is considered to be the most important painting missing during World War II. It was stolen by the Nazis from Poland.

• Rajinikanth has been a megastar in the Tamil movie industry since the 70s.
• He was born in Bangalore and was employed as a bus conductor before he joined the Madras Film Institute.
• Primarily starring in Tamil movies, he has also worked in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and American movies. He made his acting debut in the Kannada movie Katha Sangama in the year 1975.

• Munshi Premchand was a famous Indian author who pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western literary styles.
• Godaan was Munshi Premchand’s last completed work and is generally accepted as his best novel.
• Gaban written by Premchand deals with caste system, prostitution, ethics and criminal justice system of India under the British rule.

• A geodesic dome is a type of structure that looks like half a ball shape, made of many little shapes, usually triangles. It often is made of glass, concrete, or steel. They are cheap to make and bigger than square buildings.
• It was first created in the 20th century by Buckminster Fuller, an American architect, engineer, author, designer and inventor.