India Quiz 40

India Quiz 40

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1. Which state government has signed an MoU with Indian Railways to expand green cover by planting trees adjacent to the railway tracks in the state?

Maharashtra
Kerala
Karnataka
Bihar

2. Name the first recipient of International Gandhi Peace Prize

A. T. Ariyaratne
Julius Nyerere
Gerhard Fischer
Baba Amte

3. Which state in India is called the Land of Red Rivers and Blue Hills?

Assam
Meghalaya
Tripura
Arunachal Pradesh

4. A bungalow is a type of building. Do you know from which language the word derived?

French
Latin
Gujrati
Arabic

5. Who is the Official Brand Ambassador for the second T20 World Cu Cricket for the Blind 2017?

Shahid Afridi
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Shane Warne

6. Tabassum Fatima Hashmi is a well known Indian personality. Do you with which of the following fields she is associated?

Fashion
Film
Sports
Literature

7. Jharia, a town in Jharkhand, is famous for which of the following resources?

Iron ore
Manganese ore
Coal
Natuaral gas

8. Where is the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), India's prime shipyare where warships and submarines of the Indian Navy are manufactured, headquartered?

Mumbai
Vishakhapatanam
Cochin
Goa

9. The Kyoto Prize is Japan’s highest private award for global achievement awarded annually since 1985. Only one Indian won this award, which is regarded as the most prestigious award available in fields that are traditionally not honored with a Nobel Prize, so far. Can you name the personality?

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Sachin Tendulkar
Arundhati Roy
APJ Abdul Kalam

10. A recipient of Gandhi Peace Prize in 1996, he was honoured with Ramon Magasasay Award for Community Leadership in 1969. Can you name this personality who was the founder and president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka?

Maithripala Sirisena
Anagarika Dharmapala
C.W.W. Kannangara
A. T. Ariyaratne

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