India Quiz 18

India Quiz 18

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1. Which one of the following states is the leading producer of wind energy in India?

Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Gujarat

2. Name the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia

Mount Pnatubo
Mount Merapi
Barren Island
Mount Tambora

3. The North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) was one of the political divisions in British India and later the Republic of India. In 1972 it became a Union Territory and 1987 a state. Do you know which Indian state we are referring to?

Sikkim
Manipur
Meghalaya
Arunachal Pradesh

4. Bolgatty Palace, located on the island popularly known as Bolghatty Island in Kochi, Kerala was built by

British
French
Portuguese
Dutch

5. Which one of the following is formally known as Taranah-e-Hind (Anthem of the People of India)?

Jana Gana Mana
Sare Jahan se Accha
Hum Honge Kam Yab
Vande Mataram

6. Buland Darwaza was built in 1601 AD to commemorate the victory of a Mughal Emperor over Gujarat. Who was he?

Akbar
Humayun
Jahangir
Shah Jahan

7. The Sun Temple of Modhera is a monument of national importance. Which state is it situated?

Maharashtra
Odisha
Gujrat
Madhya Pradesh

8. Raga Mala is an autobiographic work by an Indian classical musician published in 1997. Can you name the musician?

Ravi Shankar
Ali Akbar Khan
Bhimsen Joshi
Shivkumar Sharma

9. This leading Indian playback singer, Kedarnath Bhattacharya, is better known as

Sonu Nigam
Mohammed Rafi
Mukesh
Kumar Sanu

10. Who was the first female sports person to win Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

Nameirakpam Kunjarani
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Karnam Malleswari
K M Beenamol

India Quiz 15 - Freedom Fighters Quiz 4

India Quiz 15

Freedom Fighters Quiz - Indian Independence Movement Quiz

The set of questions on our great revolutionaries and activists who fought against the British towards India's freedom. 

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1. "One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives." Whose words are this?

Chandrasekhar Azad
Bhagat Singh
Ram Prasad Bismil
Subash Chandra Bose

2. Which freedom fighter advocated dismantling the system of caste in Hindu culture and coined the term Hindutva (Hinduness)?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Veer Savarkar
Lala Lajpat Rai
Dadabhai Naoroji

3. Who was NOT one among the three convicted of the charges and hanged on 23 March 1931 for the assassination of a British police officer, J. P. Saunders, at Lahore in 1928?

Bhagat Singh
Shivaram Rajguru
Chandrasekhar Azad
Sukhdev Thapar

4. Who was the author of 'the philosophy of the bomb' published in january 1930 in response to Mahatma Gandhi's article condemning the revolutionary act 1929 bomb blast under the train of Viceroy Lord Irwin on the Delhi-Agra railway line?

Chandrasekhar Azad
Bhagat Singh
Bhagwati Charan Vohra
Batukeshwar Dutt

5. Who led the group of revolutionaries on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury?

Surya Sen
Chandrasekhar Azad
Bhagat Singh
Har Dayal

6. Who is known as the 'Mother of Indian Revolution'?

Sarojini Naidu
Annie Besant
Bhikaiji Cama
Rani of Jhansi

7. Name the freedom fighter who served as the first ambassador of India to the USA?

Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Asaf Ali
S Radhakrishnan
K. P. S. Menon

8. Whose birthday is celebrated as "National Education Day" across India?

Abul Kalam Azad
S Radahakrishnan
Rajendra Prasad
Mohammad Ali Jouhar

9. He was the co-founder of Jamia Milia Islamia, serving as its Vice Chancellor from 1928, under whom Jamia became associated with the freedom movement. He later became the President of India. Who is he?

Rajendra Prasad
S Radahakrishnan
Zakir Husain
VV Giri

10. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day), was introduced by the Government of India in 2014 in honour of this great freedom fighter and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India on his birthday, 31 October.

S Radhakrishnan
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad

India Quiz 14 - Special on Freedom Fighters 3

India Quiz 14

Freedom Fighters Quiz - Indian Independence Movement Quiz

The second set of questions on our great revolutionaries and activists who fought against the British towards India's freedom.

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1. Lal Bal Pal" was a triumvirate of assertive nationalists duirng the British Raj. Which one of the following is NOT one among the triumvirate?

Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Chandra Pal
Jawahar Lal Nehru

2. Who started Kesari, a Marathi newspaper,in 1881?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi
Subash Chandra Bose
Gopalakrishna Gokhale

3. Who is known as "The Father of the Indian Renaissance"?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehur

4. This foreign national, actively involved in India's freedom struggle for independence, is best remembered today for having introduced apple cultivation to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Who is he?

AO Hume
Satyananda Stokes
CF Andrews
George Yule

5. This social reformer who is known as "Maker of Modern India" helped Lord William Bentick to suppress the cruel social custom Sati?

Dayananda Saraswati
Sardar Patel
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Gopalakrishna Gokhale

6. The national anthem of Bangladesh, "Amar sonar bangla", was written by

Rabindranath Tagore
Ram Prasad Bismil
Muhammad Iqbal
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

7. "I am proud to have the honour of laying down my humble life". Who told this to the judge when his death sentence was pronounced?

Bhagat Singh
Madan Lal Dhingra
Khudiram Bose
Ram Prasad Bismil

8. "Every blow aimed at me would prove to be a nail in the coffin of the British imperialism in India" was the famous words of the man who played an important role in India's freedom struggle. Who is he?

Mahatma Gandhi
Lala Lajpat Rai
Subash Chandra Bose
Bal Gangadhar Tilak

9. "As pure as crystal as brave as a lion and the most perfect man in the political field" This was Gandhi's words to describe this personality who was the founder of the 'Servants of India Society". Identify this great personality.

Lala Lajpat Rai
Motilal Nehru
Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Bipin Chandra Pal

10. "If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very loud". Can you identify the revolutionary who said this?

Subash Chandra Bose
Chandrasekhar Azad
Khudiram Bose
Bhagat Singh

India Quiz 13 - Special Freedom Fighters Quiz 2

India Quiz 13

Freedom Fighters Quiz - Indian Independence Movement Quiz

The second set of questions on our great revolutionaries and activists who fought against the British towards India's freedom. 

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1.He was President of the Indian National Congress in 1897 held at Amravati. Until present he is the only Keralite to hold the post. Who is he?

Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair
K.P. Kesava Menon
K Kelappan
K. Madhavan Nair

2.During the election for the post of the future Prime Minister of India held by the Congress party, he had the second highest number of votes after Sardar Patel. Who was he?

Jawaharlal Nehru
JB Kripalani
Lal Bahadur Sasthri
S Radhakrishnan

3.In 1902, he became the first Indian to hold the post of Chief Justice in Mumbai. He was the First Muslim President of INC. Identify

Syed Hasan Imam
Badruddin Tyabji
Hakim Ajmal Khan
Abul Kalam Azad

4.Who is known as Rastraguru?

Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Subash Chandra Bose
Balgangadar Tilak
Surendranath Banerjee

5.Whom did Mahatma Gandhi call as Christ's Faithful Apostle?

Chittaranjan Das
CF Andrews
Mother Teresa
Ernest Forrester-Paton

6.On August 1, 2015, the Chhapra-Delhi-Chhapra Weekly Express was renamed as "Loknayak Express" in honour of Indian independence activist. Who is he?

Subash Chandra Bose
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Jayaprakash Narayan

7.Whom did Mahatma Gandhi describe as the "keeper of my conscience"?

Jawaharlal Nehru
C Rajagopalachari
Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Lala Lajpat Rai

8.Who is popularly called Deshbandhu or "Friend of the country"?

CF Andrews
Rajaram Mohan Roy
Chittaranjan Das
Jayaprakash Narayan

9.He was the first non-Indian to hold the post of INC President in 1888. Name this fourth President of the Indian National Congress.

George Yule
CF Andrews
William Wedderburn
Alfred Webb

10.Popularly known as the Grand Old Man of India, he was the first Asian to be a British MP. Name him

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lala Lajpat Rai
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Dadabhai Naoroji

India Quiz 12 - Special on Freedom Fighters

India Quiz 12

Freedom Fighters Quiz - Indian Independence Movement Quiz

This set of questions are on our great revolutionaries and activists who fought against the British towards India's freedom. 

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1.Who among the following founded Indian National Association, one of the earliest Indian political organizations in 1876?

Surendranath Banerjee
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Veer Savarkar

2.Popularly known as Aryan Peshwa, he established the first Provisional Government of India at Kabul in Afghanistan. Who is he?

Nana Sahib
Balaji Bajirao
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
Rashbehari Bose

3.Sir Curzon Wyllie, a British official, was assassinated on 1 July 1909 in London by the Indian revolutionary which is said to be the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century. Name the revolutionary.

Udham Singh
Madan Lal Dhingra
Lala Hardayal
Khudiram Bose

4.Who is popularly known as Dinabandhu?

CF Andrews
Rajaram Mohan Roy
Chittaranjan Das
Jayaprakash Narayan

5.Name the Indian independence activits who is known as Lok Nayak (The People's Hero)

Subash Chandra Bose
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Jayaprakash Narayan

6.In 1992, the Bharat Ratna was awarded posthumously and was later cancelled due to opposition. Who was the awardee?

Subash Chandra Bose
Aruna Asaf Ali
Jayaprakash Narayan
Vallabhbhai Patel

7.He was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna and founder of the Swatantra Party. Can you identify this great leader?

Jayaprakash Narayan
Vallabhbai Patel
C Rajagopalachari
Jawaharlal Nehur

8.Who is known as "Father of the Indian unrest"?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Mahatma Gandhi
Subash Chandra Bose
Gopalakrishna Gokhale

9.Who is known as Kappalottiya Tamilan - "The Tamil Helmsman"?

Veera Mangai Velunachiyar
Chinnaswami Subramanya Bharathiyar.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai

10.The founding member and president of Nair Service Society. He was chosen as the first Satyagrahi from Kerala in the individual satyagraha movement launched by Gandhiji. Who is he?

K.P. Kesava Menon
K Kelappan
C. Kesavan
K. Madhavan Nair

India Quiz 11

India Quiz 11

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1. On 11 August 2008, he won the first ever individual gold medal for India in Olympics. Who is he?

Vijender Kumar
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
Rajyavardhan Rathore
Abhinav Bindra

2. Telugu Desam Party (party of the Telugu land), abbreviated as TDP was founded by a film star. Name him

N.T.Rama Rao
D. Ramanaidu
Ramoji Rao
R. Nageswara Rao

3. Name the first Indian woman to win 'Miss Universe' in 1994

Lara Dutta
Reita Faria
Aishwarya Rai
Sushmita Sen

4. Which is the largest brackish water lake in India?

Wular Lake
Pulicat Lake
Kaliveli Lake
Chilika Lake

5. Who wrote 'Sare Jahan se Accha Hindustan hamara', the patriotic song of India?

Rabindranath Tagore
Shakeel Badayuni
Muhammad Iqbal
Kavi Pradeep

6. What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ?

60 years
62 years
65 years
70 years

7. Which stadium in India is knows as Woolmer's Turf?

Green Park
Eden Gardens
Wankhede Stadium
Salt Lake Stadium

8. Who was the first Jain 'Tirthankara'?

Rishabhanatha
Mahavira
Parshvanatha
Ajitanatha

9. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum number of days guaranteed employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ?

30 days
100 days
50 days
365 days

10. Which dynasty built the Khajuraho temples?

Maurya
Chandela
Mogul
Chola

India Quiz 10 (Heritage India Quiz)

India Quiz: A quiz with to learn more about India

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1. Which Indian industrialist's biography is the book 'Beyond The Last Blue Mountain'?

JRD Tata
Dhirubai Ambani
Rahul Bajaj
Aditya Birla

2. Which dynasty built the Khajuraho temples?

Maurya
Chandela
Mogul
Chola

3. Who was the first Jain 'Tirthankara'?

Rishabhanatha
Mahavira
Parshvanatha
Ajitanatha

4. Name the city that was founded by Sikander Lodi in 1504 on the banks of the river Yamuna

Agra
Lucknow
Delhi
Allahabad

5. 'Pakistan', the name of our neigbbouring country, was coined by

Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Chaudhary Rahmat Ali
Allama Iqbal
Liaquat Ali Khan

6. He was born as Vishvambhar Mishra. Can you identify this spiritual teacher?

Swami Vivekanand
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Swami Prabhupada

7. At the time of independence, who was the president of Indian National Congress ?

Mahatma Gandhi
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Sardar Patel
J. B. Kripalani

8. In 1958, who became the first Indian to receive Raman MagsaysayAward?

Vinoba Bhave
Baba Afnte
Satyajit Ray
Jai Prakash Narain

9. "Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation" is a book written by an Indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician. Can you name this first CEO and co-fouder of Infosys?

N.R.Narayan Murthy
N.S.Raghavan
Nandan Nilekani
S. Gopalakrishnan

10. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha?-

President
Vice President
Prime Minister
Lok Sabha Speaker

India Quiz 10  (Heritage India Quiz)

A quiz India. This will be useful for all quiz contests and for competitions like Heritage India Quiz, Bharat Ko Jano quiz and India Quiz.

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1.India declared National sports Day to be celebrated on August 29 commemoration of the birthday of famous sports person. Who is he?

Dhyan Chand
Kapil Dev
Sachin Tendulkar
Vishvanathan Anand

2.Which Indian cricketer is known as Tiger?

Sourav Ganguli
Rahul Dravid
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Sachin Tendulkar

3.Which one of the following is not a state capital?

Bhubaneswar
Pune
Shimla
Patna

4.Which was the first Indian state to electrify all of its villages?

Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Kerala
Haryana

5.Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian state?

Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Sucheta Kripalani
Sarojini Naidu
Indira Gandhi

6.Shillong is the capital city of

Mizoram
Meghalaya
Nagaland
Tripura

7.Which state is the biggest producer of spices in India?

Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Bihar
Kerala

8.Which Indian state occupies largest area?

Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Rajasthan

9.Name the capital of Mizoram

Aizawl
Dispur
Shillong
Gangtok

10.Name the state animal of Nagaland

Tiger
Mithun
Buffalo
Goat

India Quiz 9  (Heritage India Quiz)

A quiz India. This will be useful for all quiz contests and for competitions like Heritage India Quiz, Bharat Ko Jano quiz and India Quiz.

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1.Which national park is known as the Home of the Asiatic Lion?

Kanha National Park
Kasiranga National Park
Gir National Park
Bandhavgarh National Park

2.Which National Park in India has a fort at its heart?

Gir National Park
Kasiranga National Park
Bandhavgarh National Park
Kanha National Park

3.This aquatic animal has been declared by the government of India as its National Aquatic Animal.

Hippopotamus
Gangetic Dolphin
Lutra
Whale

4.Aryabhata, first satellite of India, was launched in the year

1985
1975
1970
1978

5.Onge, Jarawas, Sentenelese and Shompens are tribes of which place?

Nagaland
Manipur
Andaman
Assam

6.Which British Governor-General was responsible for establishing the Calcutta Medical College in 1835?

Lord Canning
Lord Wellesley
Lord William Bentick
Lord Cornwalis

7.According to Hindu mythology, who killed seven of her children by drowning them in the river?

Goddess Ganga
Ganthari
Mandodari
Kunthi

8.Name the first 'Avatar' of Lord Mahavishnu

Varaha or a boar
Vamana or a dwarf
Matsya or a fish
Kurma or a tortoise

9.Which popular dance is believed to have been passed by Krishna to his gopikas and is performed on nine consecutive nights?

Garba
Kathakali
Mohiniyattam
Dandiya

10.This temple is one of very few existing temples dedicated to the Hindu creator-god Brahma in India and is the most prominent among them.

Konark, Orissa
Pushkar, Rajastan
Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
Guruvayoor, Kerala

India Quiz 8  (Heritage India Quiz)

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1.To which of the following will you associate Sunderlal Bahuguna?

Narmada Bachao Andolan
Chipko Andolan
Green Revolution
Bhopal Gas Tragedy

2.Which place in India was described by Marco Polo as the land of the head-hunters?

Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland
Andaman
Lakshdweep

3.Which of the following is known as City of Lakes?

Dehradun
Shillong
Chandigarh
Srinagar

4.By what name the Samadhi of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru called

Shakti Sthal
Vijay Ghat
Vir-Bhumi
Shanti Van

5.Vishwa Bharati University is located at

Pune
Bolpur
Lucknow
Delhi

6.Who is the only Indian Chief Minister to have served more than four terms in office?

E.K Nayanar
Jyoti Basu
Sucheta Kripalani
M Karunanidhi

7.What is the lower age limit for the candidature of Presidentail Election in India?

40
38
35
28

8.Who was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi?

Bal Gangadara Tilak
Lala Lajpat Rai
Gopal Krishan Gokhale
Ravindranath Tagore

9.Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress?

Annie Besant
Sarojini Naidu
Sucheta Kripalani
Indira Gandhi

10.Sunny Days is the autobiography of a famous cricketer. Who is he?

Kapil Dev
M.S Dhoni
Sachin Tendulkar
Sunil Gavaskar