India Quiz 57

India Quiz 57

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1. The first Open University in India was established in August 1982. It was later renamed after a famous Indian personality. Who was it?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
B R Ambedkar
Madan Mohan Malaviya

2. India's first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in Smart Cities was recently inaugurated. Name the city

New Delhi
Bangalore
Kochi
Kolkatta

3. Who prepared a “Dickie Bird Plan” for India’s independence?

Mahatma Gandhi
Lord Mountbatten
Jawaharlal Nehru
B R Ambedkar

4. Sagar Mala project is a strategic and customer-oriented initiative of the Government of India to modernize which one of the following?

Indian Navy
Indian Ports
Indian Rivers
Indian Ocean

5. Which one of the following Governors General of India introduced the office of the District Collector in 1772?

Warren Hastings
John Macpherson
Lord Cornwallis
Lord William Bentinck

6. In which year the Dowry Prohibition Act was enacted in India?

1950
1958
1960
1961

7. Who founded the Free India Centre, the European branch of the Provisional Government of Free India, in Germany?

Subhash Chandra Bose
Bhikaji Cam
Annie Besant
Chandrasekhar Azad

8. Who was the head of the States Reorganisation Commission which determined the boundaries of several Indian states in the 1950s?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Sardar Vallabai Patel
Fazal Ali
Mukherjee

9. Who was the President of India when Emergency in India was proclaimed in 1975?

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Giani Zail Singh

10. Mount Girnar or Revatak Parvata is an important pilgrimage site for both Jains and Hindus. Where is it located?

Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
Tamil Nadu
Nepal

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