Question

Who was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Noble Peace Price and Bharat Ratna winner better known as?
1. Mother Teresa
2. Agatha Christie
3. Mary Kom
4. Sonia Gandhi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Mother Teresa

The correct answer is Mother Teresa.

• Mother Teresa was born as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu.
• She was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. 

• She had founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation.
• She devoted her life to caring for the sick and poor.
• By the time of her death in 1997, the Missionaries of Charity numbered more than 4,000 in addition to thousands more lay volunteers with 610 foundations in 123 countries around the world.
• She received a number of honors, including the Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize (1962) and Nobel Peace Prize (1979).
• She received the Bharat Ratna (India's highest civilian award) in 1980.

• Agatha Christie was an English writer and best known for her detective novels, short story collections, and plays.
• Mary Kom is an Indian Olympic boxer.
  • She has won a medal at all eight AIBA World Boxing Championships since its inception in 2001 till 2019. 
  • She was also the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Games (in 2014) and at the Commonwealth Games (2018).