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General knowledge India

No. Question Answer
01
The first multipurpose project in India
is
Damodar Valley
02
The place in North East India which
receives the highest annual rainfall is
Chirrapunji
03
The largest Indian river flowing into the
Arabian Sea is
Narmada
04 Indian broadcasting was nationalised in 1930
05
The Indian forests are divided into how
many regions
Eight
06
The place where Indian Standard time
coinsides with local time is
Allahabad
07
The industry for which Vishakapatnam
is famous for is
Ship Building
08
The state which is the largest producer
of iron ore in India is
Karnataka
09
The longest railway platform in India
measuring 836.63 mts. is located at
Kharagpur
10
The Indian state which is largest
exporter of cashewnut is
Kerala
11 The main occupation of Indians is Agriculture
12
Nagarjuna Sagar dam is built across the
River
Krishna
13
Madras state was renamed as
Tamilnadu in the year
1969
14 The main industry of Assam is Tea Industry
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15
The Indian state which has maximum
number of districts is
Uttar pradesh
16 The length of Indian coastline is 7500 kms
17 The longest day in India is 21st June
18 The biggest museum in india is
Indian
Museum,Calcutta
19 The source of river Indus is Mount Kailash,Tibet
20
Kodaikanal, a famous holiday resort is
located in
Tamilnadu
21 Bangalore city is also called the Garden city
22
The only place in India where rock salt
is found is in
Mandi,Himachal
Pradesh
23
The Gandhi Sagar dam is constructed
across the river
Chambal
24
The river that passes through the Thar
desert is
Sindhu
25
Nagoor,a place in Tamilnadu,is famous
for
Famous muslim shrine
26 The Hindustan Ship Yard is located at Vishakapatnam
27
The Indian state that tops in the
production of cocoa is
Kerala
28
The first major steel plant established
in India was
Tata Iron & Steel
Co,Jamshedpur
29 Crude oil is found in south Gujarat at Ankleshwar
30 The first oil well drilled in India was at Naharpong in Assam
31
Calcutta is situated on the banks of
river
Hoogli
32
The largest opium growing state in
India is
Uttar Pradesh
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33
Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd,India's largest
manufacturer of penicillin is located at
Pimpri
34
The former name of Arunachal Pradesh
was
NEFA
35 Khajuraho temples are located at Chattarput,M.P.
36
The Indian freedom fighter who turned
into a famous spiritualist was
Aurobindo Ghosh
37
The king who installed a `Chain of
Justice' outside his place was
Jehangir
38
The name of the mines in Rajasthas
from where we get zinc is
Zawar
39
Singereni in Andhra Pradesh is famous
for
Coal Mines
40
Amaravathi is located on the bank of
river
Krishna
41 Agra was founded in the year 1506
42 Ajmer was founded by Raja Ajay Dev Chauhan
43
The only Indian state where we find
nickel ore is
Orissa
44 The Udaygiri caves were built by Karavelu
45 The strength of Lok Sabha is 545 members
46
The National Museum of Natural History
is located at
New Delhi
47
The Indian Prime Minister who
nationalised the banks was
Mrs.Indira Gandhi
48 The birth date of Jawaharlal Nehru is 14th November 1889
49
The Environment protection Act came
into effect in
1986
50 The capital city founded on the bank of Lucknow
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river Gomathi is
51
The president of the Indian National
congress at its first session held in
1885 was
Womesh Chandra
Banerji
52 Bhaskara-II was a famous Mathematician
53 The Bhopal Gas leak incident occured in December 1984
54
The city that is called the city of golden
Temple is
Amritsar
55
Traveller Hawkins visited India in the
year
1608 AD
56
Mahadevi Varma won the Jnanpith for
her book titled
Yama
57
The headquarters of Oil and Natural
Gas Commission is located at
Dehradun
58 Satyartha Prakash'was written by
Swami Dayananda
Saraswati
59 Emperor Akbar's Revenue Minister was Todarmal
60
The elder brother of famous sitarist
Ravishankar is
Uday Shankar,dancer
61
The first batsman to score a century in
each of his first three tests is
Mohammed Azharuddin
62 The 10th Vice-President of India is Krishan Kant
63 The first Chief of Indian Navy was R.D.Katari
64 The longest road in India is the Grand Trunk Road
65 The first modern college in India is the
Fort William
college,Calcutta
66 The first purely Indian bank is the Punjab National Bank
67
Lalit Kala Academy of India is situated
at
New Delhi
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68 The first Indian to win Oscar Award is Bhanu Athaiya
69 Goa was liberated in the year 1961
70 Sharda Act was enacted to prevent Child Marriage
71 National Science day is celebrated on 28th February
72 Jamnalal Bajaj Awards are given for Constructive work
73
Rabindranath Tagore give up his
knighthood because of the tragic
incident of
Jallianwala Bagh
massacre
74
The Chief minister of a state who was
awarded the Bharat Ratna was
M.G.Ramachandran
75 Baba Amte's real name is
Muralidhar Devidas
Amte
76
Mihirsen,India's famous long distance
swimmer,was by profession
An Advocate
77
Dr.Pramod Karan Sethi is famous for
the
Jaipur foot
78 Rabindranath Tagore was born at Jorasanko,Calcutta
79
The name of the school started by
Rabindranath Tagore was
Shanti Niketan
80
Neyveli Thermal Power Station is
located in
Tamil Nadu
81 The earlier name of Assam was Kamrup
82 Sir C.V.Raman was born at Thirunavannikaval
83
The Indian Academy of Science was
founded by
C.V.Raman
84
The Indian Academy of Science is
located at
Bangalore
85
All India Institute of Medical Science is
located at
New Delhi
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86 Atomic Energy Commission is located at Mumbai
87
Cement Research Institute of India is
located at
Balabhgarh
88 Space Applications Centre is located at Ahmedabad
89 Jog falls is located at Jog,Karnataka
90 Jawaharlal Nehru died in the year 1964
91 Aurangzeb died in the year 1707
92
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan died in the
year
Frontier Gandhi
93 Rabindranath Tagore died in the year 1941
94 Mahatma Gandhi died in the year 1948
95 Zakir Hussein died in the year 1969
96 Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in the year 1833
97 India's second Prime Minister was Gulzarilal Nanda
98
The first Law Minister of Independent
India was
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
99
Jawaharlal Nehru's biography "With No
Regrets"was written by
Krishan Hathisingh
100 India's first test tube baby was born in June 1986
101
The leader whose death was announced
in the Lok Sabha before his actual
death was
Jayaprakash Narayan
102
The Gold mines located in Andhra
Pradesh are
Ramagiri Gold
Fields,Ananthapur
district
103
The Homeguards were organised in
India in the year
1962
104 Ankleshwar oil field is located in Gujarat
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105
The Indian Prime Minister who wrote
the book `Nature Cure'was
Morarji Desai
106 Burma seperated from India in the year 1937
107 `Sea Bird'project is located at Karwar
108
The name of the artificial harbour along
the west coast India is
Kandla
109
The first medical college was
established in India at
Calcutta
110 Jawaharlal Nehru's mother's name was Swaroop Rani
111
The pin code was introduced in India in
the year
1972
112 In his last years,Ambedkar converted to Buddhism
113 Gandhiji's mother's name was Putli Bai
114 Gandhiji was born on 2nd October 1869
115 Khushwant Singh is a famous Journalist
116
The film actor who became the
chiefminister of Andhra Pradesh was
N.T.Rama Rao
117
Satyajit Ray was awarded the Bharat
Ratna in the year
1992
118 Central Research Institute is located at Kasauli
119
The movie Raja Harishchandra was
released in the year
1913
120
The first Indian Prime Minister to resign
from office was
Morarji Desai
121 The largest railway bridge in India is Sone Bridge,Bihar
122 The largest dome in India is the Gol Gumbaz,Bijapur
123 Air Force Day is celebrated on October 8
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124 Indian Military Academy is located at Dehradun
125
The postal department was set up in
India in the year
1854
126 Army day is celebrated on 21st Century
127 Navy day is celebrated on 4th December
128 The national flower of India is Lotus
129 NABARD was established in the year 1982
130
Koradi Thermal power Station is located
at
Maharashtra
131 PTI stands for Press Trust of India
132 Rail Coach Factory is located at Kapurthala
133
The construction of India was adopted
on
26-11-1949
134
The construction of India became
effective on
26-1-1950
135 `Mrinalini'was written by
Bankim chandra
Chatterjee
136 Bhagat Singh was hanged in the year 1931
137 Sheik Abdulla was popularly known as Sher-e-Kashmir
138 Goa attained statehood on 30 May 1987
139 Gujarat attained statehood on 1 May 1960
140 Haryana attained statehood on 1 November 1966
141 The capital of Haryana is Chandigarh
142 Panipat is popularly known as Weaver City
143 Dal lake is located in Jammu and Kashmir
144 Madhya Pradesh attained statehood on November 1956
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145 The capital of Madhya Pradesh is Bhopal
146 Manipur attained statehood on 21st January 1972
147 The capital of Manipur is Imphal
148 Meghalaya attained statehood on 21st January 1972
149 The capital of Meghalaya is Shillong
150 Meghalaya state was carved out of Assam
151 Mizoram attained statehood on 20th February 1987
152 The capital of Mizoram is Aizawl
153
Before attaining statehood,Mizoram
was one of the districts of
Assam
154 Nagaland attained statehood on 1 December 1963
155 The capital of Nagaland is Kohima
156 Orissa was earlier known as Kalinga
157 The capital of Orissa is Bhubaneshwar
158 The main airport of Orissa is located at Bhubaneshwar
159
Rajasthan attained statehood in the
year
1958
160 The capital of Rajasthan is Jaipur
161 The capital of Sikkim is Gangtok
162 India's highest peak is the Kanchenjunga
163
Mount Abu, a famous hill station is
located at
Rajasthan
164
The main attraction of Mount Abu are
the
Dilwara Jain Temples
165 Hussain Sagar Lake is located at Hyderabad
166 The Samadhi of Gandhiji is known as Rajghat
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167
The Samadhi of Gandhiji is located on
the bank of river
Yamuna
168 The largest state in India is Madhya Pradesh
169
The highest TV tower in India is located
at
New Delhi
170 The most literate state in India is Kerala
171 Golconda Fort is located near Hyderabad
172 Gateway of India is located at Mumbai
173 Buland Darwaza is located at Fatehpur Sikri
174 Badrinath is located at Uttar Pradesh
175
Elephanta Caves are located on an
island near
Mumbai
176 Ajanta caves are located near Aurangabad
177 Humayu's tomb is located at New Delhi
178 Jantar Mantar is located in New Delhi
179 Jantar Mantar is an Observatory
180 Jantar Mantar was constructed by Maharaja Jai Singh II
181 Mughal Gardens is located at New Delhi
182 Qutb-Minar is located at New Delhi
183 Rashtrapati Bhawan was built by Edwin Lutyens
184
The samadhi of Indira Gandhi is known
as
Shakti Sthal
185 The Tower of Victory is located at Chittoor
186 Victoria Memorial is located at Calcutta
187 The highest airfield of India is the Chushul airfield,Ladakh
188 The largest lake of India is the Wular lake,Kashmir
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189 The largest Zoo of India is the
Zoological
Garden,Calcutta
190 The most populated state of India is Uttar Pradesh
191
Central Bureau of Investigation was
formed in
1963
192 BSF stands for Border Security Force
193 ITBP stands for
Indo-Tibetan Border
Police
194 The actual name of Mother Teresa was Agnes Gonxha Bejaxhiu
195
A programme launched by
Chandrababu Naidu,Chief minister of
Andhra Pradesh, to clean the city of
Hyderabad was named
Janmabhoomi
196
Vajpayee Government was sworn in for
the second time on
19 march, 1998
197 Miss World 1997 contest was held at Seychelles
198 The Miss World 1997 title was won by Diana Hayden
199
The Miss World 1996 Contest was held
at
Bangalore
200 Mother Teresa died on 5 September 1997
201 Bill Gates visited India in March 1997
202
The Carnatic volalist who won the
Bharat Ratna Award was
M.S.Subbulakshmi
203
The first musician to get the Bharat
Ratna
M.S.Subbulakshmi
204 Kerala attained statehood on 1st November 1956
205 Sahar airport is located at Mumbai
206 Dum Dum airport is located at Calcutta
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207
The first ever railway train travelled
from
Bombay-Thane
208
The only Indian metro railway system is
at
Calcutta
209 Air India was formed in 1946
210 Indian Airlines was formed in 1953
211 Indira Gandhi airport is located at Delhi
212 Meenambakkam airport is located at Chennai
213
The Export-Import Bank of India is also
known as
EXIM Bank
214 The Navy Academy is located at Cochin
215
In 1983,Bharat Ratna was
posthumously awarded to
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
216 Mrs.Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31-10-1984
217 Mr.Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on 21-5-1991
218 The strength of Rajya Sabha is 250
219
The supreme commander of Army,Navy
and Airforce is the
President
220 The Chairman of the Lok Sabha is the Speaker
221 Pong dam is located in Punjab
222 The fastest train in India is the Shatabdi Express
223 The oldest refinery in India is the Digboi refinery
224 The largest refinery of India is the
IOC Refinery at
Koyah,Gujarat
225
The Bhakra dam is built across the
River
Sutlej
226 The first General Elections were held in 1952
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India in the year
227
The first engineering college
established in India is the
Thompson
college,Roorkee
228
The first library established in India is
the
William Carey
library,Serampore
229
The oldest english daily newspaper of
India is
The Times of India
230 The largest post office in India is the GPO,Mumbai
231 The largest prison in India is the Tihar Central Jail,Delhi
232
The first Indian state formed on
linguistic basis after Independence was
Andhra Pradesh
233 The largest cave temple in India is Ellora
234
The only diamond producing area in
India is
Panna Diamond
Belt,M.P.
235
The biggest public sector bank in India
is the
State Bank of India
236
Reserve Bank of India was established
in
1935
237 The oldest tree in India is the
Monus Serrata at
Joshimutt
238
The first Education Minister of free
India was
Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad
239
Who is known as the Father of Indian
industry
Jamshedji Tata
240 Gandhiji was assassinated by Nathuram Godse
241 VDIS was launched on July 1, 1997


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