Question

2. Now match these nine descriptive phrases with the nine Indians on the previous page.
a. Industrialist and aviator (founded India's first airline) ..............

b. Missile man of India (conducted India's first nuclear test) ................

c. Shehnai player (popularized the shehnai and Hindustani music) ...................

d. Carnatic vocalist (popularized Carnatic music and bhajans) ..................

e. Wizard of hockey (captained the Indian hockey team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics) ...........................

f. Guruji of Shantiniketan (won the Nobel Prize for Literature) ...................

g. One of the greatest film-makers of the 20th century (made fine films like Pather Panchali) .....................

h. A space pioneer (first woman from India to travel in space) ....................

i. Father of our nation (championed non-violence as a means to achieve independence) ........................​

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

c. Ustad Bismillah Khan

e. Major Dhyanchand

f. Rabindranath Tagore

h. Kalpana Chawala

i. Mahatma Gandhi