India Quiz 112

India Quiz 101

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1. Which Indian city is the backdrop of "City of Joy", a novel written by Dominique Lapierre?

Bombay
Calcutta
New Delhi
Hyderabad

2. What was the code name for the attack by the Indian Army on the Akal Takhat and the Golden Temple complex in 1984?

Opeartion Gold Star
Operation Vijay
Operation Akali
Operation Blue Star

3. Which one of the following was NOT an operation by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka?

Operation Viraat
Operation Vijay
Operation Trishul
Operation Checkmate

4. Do you know the code name for the Indian Armed Forces operation in 1984, the first assault launched in the world's highest battlefield, the Siachen Glacier?

Operation Cold
Operation Meghdoot
Operation Woodrose
Operation Trishul

5. Who appoints the Chairman of all the Parliamentary Committees?

Lok Sabha Speaker
Prime Minister
President
Deputy Prime Minister

6. Who wrote "Five Past Midnight in Bhopal", based on the 1984 Bhopal disaster?

Dominique Lapierre
Larry Collins
Salman Rushdie
Ruskin Bond

7. How many chapters or episodes are there in Ramacharitmanas?

Five
Eight
Six
Seven

8. From the constitution of which country the concept of issuing writs was taken?

USA
Canada
UK
France

9. Which one of the following cities is NOT on the banks of the river Ganga?

Patna
Kanpur
Varanasi
Ayodhya

10. Mandamus is an order from the Supreme Court or High Court to a lower court or tribunal or public authority to perform a public or statutory duty. What does mandamus mean?

It is Mandatory
We Command
We Demand
We Certify

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