India Quiz 39

India Quiz 39

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1. He served as the Chief Minister of Gujrat state and is considered as the 'Architect of Panchayati Raj' due to his contributions towards democratic decentralization. Who is he?

Jivraj Mehta
Narendra Modi
Balwantrai Mehta
Chimanbhai Patel

2. In Mahabharata, who cursed Karna that he would forget all the knowledge required to wield the Brahmastra?

Devendra
Dronacharya
Krishna
Parashurama

3. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights and the Feast of Dedication, is the festival of which religion?

Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Budhism

4. Ao, Konyak, Lotha, Angami and Sumi are the major languages of which of these North-Indian states?

Nagaland
Assam
Meghalaya
Sikkim

5. Name the newspaper that carried a blank editorial on 28 June 1975 as a mark of protest against the Emergncy of 1975

The Hindu
The Times of India
The Hindustan Times
The Indian Express

6. Which was known as "Ratnakara", "the mine of gems" in ancient Sanskrit literature?

Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Palk Strait

7. Which one of the Vedas has two major groups of texts, the Black (Krishna) and the White (Shukla)?

Samaveda
Atharvaveda
Rigveda
Yajurveda

8. With which one of the following political organisations Dinshaw Edulji Wacha associated as a founder?

Indian National Congress
All India Muslim League
Indian National Army
British Indian Association

9. Which is the longest National Highway of India?

NH 47
NH 8
NH 44
NH 48

10. Which country has the highest number of cattle in the world?

India
Brazil
China
USA

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