Q 01/05

In which city was Amitabh Bachchan born in 1942?

A) Mumbai

B) Allahabad

C) Delhi

D) Lucknow

Answer · why

B) Allahabad

The city is now called Prayagraj, and has an Amitabh Bachchan Road and sports complex.

Q 02/05

What was the profession of Amitabh's father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan?

A) Hindi poet

B) Film director

C) Lawyer

D) Army officer

Answer · why

A) Hindi poet

'Bachchan' was his pen name; the family's real surname was Srivastava.

Q 03/05

What name were Amitabh's parents originally going to give him?

A) Azaadi

B) Vijay

C) Inquilaab

D) Shakti

Answer · why

C) Inquilaab

It means 'Revolution'; the poet Sumitranandan Pant suggested Amitabh instead.

Q 04/05

What does the pen name 'Bachchan', adopted by his father, mean in colloquial Hindi?

A) Fearless

B) Poetic

C) Blessed

D) Child-like

Answer · why

D) Child-like

His father opposed the caste system and dropped the surname Srivastava for his published work.

Q 05/05

From which Delhi University institution did Bachchan graduate with a science degree in 1962?

A) St. Stephen's College

B) Hindu College

C) Kirori Mal College

D) Hansraj College

Answer · why

C) Kirori Mal College

He had been at school at Sherwood College in Nainital.