GK India Q&A

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General knowledge India

No. Question Answer

01 The first multipurpose project in India is

Damodar Valley

02 The place in North East India which receives the highest annual rainfall is

Chirrapunji

03 The largest Indian river flowing into the Arabian Sea is

Narmada

04 Indian broadcasting was nationalised in 1930

05 The Indian forests are divided into how many regions

Eight

06 The place where Indian Standard time coinsides with local time is

Allahabad

07 The industry for which Vishakapatnam is famous for is

Ship Building

08 The state which is the largest producer of iron ore in India is

Karnataka

09 The longest railway platform in India measuring 836.63 mts. is located at

Kharagpur

10 The Indian state which is largest exporter of cashewnut is

Kerala

11 The main occupation of Indians is Agriculture

12 Nagarjuna Sagar dam is built across the River

Krishna

13 Madras state was renamed as Tamilnadu in the year

1969

14 The main industry of Assam is Tea Industry

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15 The Indian state which has maximum number of districts is

Uttar pradesh

16 The length of Indian coastline is 7500 kms

17 The longest day in India is 21st June

18 The biggest museum in india is Indian Museum,Calcutta

19 The source of river Indus is Mount Kailash,Tibet

20 Kodaikanal, a famous holiday resort is located in

Tamilnadu

21 Bangalore city is also called the Garden city

22 The only place in India where rock salt is found is in

Mandi,Himachal Pradesh

23 The Gandhi Sagar dam is constructed across the river

Chambal

24 The river that passes through the Thar desert is

Sindhu

25 Nagoor,a place in Tamilnadu,is famous for

Famous muslim shrine

26 The Hindustan Ship Yard is located at Vishakapatnam

27 The Indian state that tops in the production of cocoa is

Kerala

28 The first major steel plant established in India was

Tata Iron & Steel Co,Jamshedpur

29 Crude oil is found in south Gujarat at Ankleshwar

30 The first oil well drilled in India was at Naharpong in Assam

31 Calcutta is situated on the banks of river

Hoogli

32 The largest opium growing state in India is

Uttar Pradesh





33 Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd,India's largest manufacturer of penicillin is located at

Pimpri

34 The former name of Arunachal Pradesh was

NEFA

35 Khajuraho temples are located at Chattarput,M.P.

36 The Indian freedom fighter who turned into a famous spiritualist was

Aurobindo Ghosh

37 The king who installed a `Chain of Justice' outside his place was

Jehangir

38 The name of the mines in Rajasthas from where we get zinc is

Zawar

39 Singereni in Andhra Pradesh is famous for

Coal Mines

40 Amaravathi is located on the bank of river

Krishna

41 Agra was founded in the year 1506

42 Ajmer was founded by Raja Ajay Dev Chauhan

43 The only Indian state where we find nickel ore is

Orissa

44 The Udaygiri caves were built by Karavelu

45 The strength of Lok Sabha is 545 members

46 The National Museum of Natural History is located at

New Delhi

47 The Indian Prime Minister who nationalised the banks was

Mrs.Indira Gandhi

48 The birth date of Jawaharlal Nehru is 14th November 1889

49 The Environment protection Act came into effect in

1986

50 The capital city founded on the bank of Lucknow





river Gomathi is

51 The president of the Indian National congress at its first session held in 1885 was

Womesh Chandra Banerji

52 Bhaskara-II was a famous Mathematician

53 The Bhopal Gas leak incident occured in December 1984

54 The city that is called the city of golden Temple is

Amritsar

55 Traveller Hawkins visited India in the year

1608 AD

56 Mahadevi Varma won the Jnanpith for her book titled

Yama

57 The headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission is located at

Dehradun

58 Satyartha Prakash'was written by Swami Dayananda Saraswati

59 Emperor Akbar's Revenue Minister was Todarmal

60 The elder brother of famous sitarist Ravishankar is

Uday Shankar,dancer

61 The first batsman to score a century in each of his first three tests is

Mohammed Azharuddin

62 The 10th Vice-President of India is Krishan Kant

63 The first Chief of Indian Navy was R.D.Katari

64 The longest road in India is the Grand Trunk Road

65 The first modern college in India is the Fort William college,Calcutta

66 The first purely Indian bank is the Punjab National Bank

67 Lalit Kala Academy of India is situated at

New Delhi





68 The first Indian to win Oscar Award is Bhanu Athaiya

69 Goa was liberated in the year 1961

70 Sharda Act was enacted to prevent Child Marriage

71 National Science day is celebrated on 28th February

72 Jamnalal Bajaj Awards are given for Constructive work

73 Rabindranath Tagore give up his knighthood because of the tragic incident of

Jallianwala Bagh massacre

74 The Chief minister of a state who was awarded the Bharat Ratna was

M.G.Ramachandran

75 Baba Amte's real name is Muralidhar Devidas Amte

76 Mihirsen,India's famous long distance swimmer,was by profession

An Advocate

77 Dr.Pramod Karan Sethi is famous for the

Jaipur foot

78 Rabindranath Tagore was born at Jorasanko,Calcutta

79 The name of the school started by Rabindranath Tagore was

Shanti Niketan

80 Neyveli Thermal Power Station is located in

Tamil Nadu

81 The earlier name of Assam was Kamrup

82 Sir C.V.Raman was born at Thirunavannikaval

83 The Indian Academy of Science was founded by

C.V.Raman

84 The Indian Academy of Science is located at

Bangalore

85 All India Institute of Medical Science is located at

New Delhi





86 Atomic Energy Commission is located at Mumbai

87 Cement Research Institute of India is located at

Balabhgarh

88 Space Applications Centre is located at Ahmedabad

89 Jog falls is located at Jog,Karnataka

90 Jawaharlal Nehru died in the year 1964

91 Aurangzeb died in the year 1707

92 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan died in the year

Frontier Gandhi

93 Rabindranath Tagore died in the year 1941

94 Mahatma Gandhi died in the year 1948

95 Zakir Hussein died in the year 1969

96 Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in the year 1833

97 India's second Prime Minister was Gulzarilal Nanda

98 The first Law Minister of Independent India was

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

99 Jawaharlal Nehru's biography "With No Regrets"was written by

Krishan Hathisingh

100 India's first test tube baby was born in June 1986

101 The leader whose death was announced in the Lok Sabha before his actual death was

Jayaprakash Narayan

102 The Gold mines located in Andhra Pradesh are

Ramagiri Gold Fields,Ananthapur district

103 The Homeguards were organised in India in the year

1962

104 Ankleshwar oil field is located in Gujarat





105 The Indian Prime Minister who wrote the book `Nature Cure'was

Morarji Desai

106 Burma seperated from India in the year 1937

107 `Sea Bird'project is located at Karwar

108 The name of the artificial harbour along the west coast India is

Kandla

109 The first medical college was established in India at

Calcutta

110 Jawaharlal Nehru's mother's name was Swaroop Rani

111 The pin code was introduced in India in the year

1972

112 In his last years,Ambedkar converted to Buddhism

113 Gandhiji's mother's name was Putli Bai

114 Gandhiji was born on 2nd October 1869

115 Khushwant Singh is a famous Journalist

116 The film actor who became the chiefminister of Andhra Pradesh was

N.T.Rama Rao

117 Satyajit Ray was awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year

1992

118 Central Research Institute is located at Kasauli

119 The movie Raja Harishchandra was released in the year

1913

120 The first Indian Prime Minister to resign from office was

Morarji Desai

121 The largest railway bridge in India is Sone Bridge,Bihar

122 The largest dome in India is the Gol Gumbaz,Bijapur

123 Air Force Day is celebrated on October 8





124 Indian Military Academy is located at Dehradun

125 The postal department was set up in India in the year

1854

126 Army day is celebrated on 21st Century

127 Navy day is celebrated on 4th December

128 The national flower of India is Lotus

129 NABARD was established in the year 1982

130 Koradi Thermal power Station is located at

Maharashtra

131 PTI stands for Press Trust of India

132 Rail Coach Factory is located at Kapurthala

133 The construction of India was adopted on

26-11-1949

134 The construction of India became effective on

26-1-1950

135 `Mrinalini'was written by Bankim chandra Chatterjee

136 Bhagat Singh was hanged in the year 1931

137 Sheik Abdulla was popularly known as Sher-e-Kashmir

138 Goa attained statehood on 30 May 1987

139 Gujarat attained statehood on 1 May 1960

140 Haryana attained statehood on 1 November 1966

141 The capital of Haryana is Chandigarh

142 Panipat is popularly known as Weaver City

143 Dal lake is located in Jammu and Kashmir

144 Madhya Pradesh attained statehood on November 1956





145 The capital of Madhya Pradesh is Bhopal

146 Manipur attained statehood on 21st January 1972

147 The capital of Manipur is Imphal

148 Meghalaya attained statehood on 21st January 1972

149 The capital of Meghalaya is Shillong

150 Meghalaya state was carved out of Assam

151 Mizoram attained statehood on 20th February 1987

152 The capital of Mizoram is Aizawl

153 Before attaining statehood,Mizoram was one of the districts of

Assam

154 Nagaland attained statehood on 1 December 1963

155 The capital of Nagaland is Kohima

156 Orissa was earlier known as Kalinga

157 The capital of Orissa is Bhubaneshwar

158 The main airport of Orissa is located at Bhubaneshwar

159 Rajasthan attained statehood in the year

1958

160 The capital of Rajasthan is Jaipur

161 The capital of Sikkim is Gangtok

162 India's highest peak is the Kanchenjunga

163 Mount Abu, a famous hill station is located at

Rajasthan

164 The main attraction of Mount Abu are the

Dilwara Jain Temples

165 Hussain Sagar Lake is located at Hyderabad

166 The Samadhi of Gandhiji is known as Rajghat





167 The Samadhi of Gandhiji is located on the bank of river

Yamuna

168 The largest state in India is Madhya Pradesh

169 The highest TV tower in India is located at

New Delhi

170 The most literate state in India is Kerala

171 Golconda Fort is located near Hyderabad

172 Gateway of India is located at Mumbai

173 Buland Darwaza is located at Fatehpur Sikri

174 Badrinath is located at Uttar Pradesh

175 Elephanta Caves are located on an island near

Mumbai

176 Ajanta caves are located near Aurangabad

177 Humayu's tomb is located at New Delhi

178 Jantar Mantar is located in New Delhi

179 Jantar Mantar is an Observatory

180 Jantar Mantar was constructed by Maharaja Jai Singh II

181 Mughal Gardens is located at New Delhi

182 Qutb-Minar is located at New Delhi

183 Rashtrapati Bhawan was built by Edwin Lutyens

184 The samadhi of Indira Gandhi is known as

Shakti Sthal

185 The Tower of Victory is located at Chittoor

186 Victoria Memorial is located at Calcutta

187 The highest airfield of India is the Chushul airfield,Ladakh

188 The largest lake of India is the Wular lake,Kashmir





189 The largest Zoo of India is the Zoological Garden,Calcutta

190 The most populated state of India is Uttar Pradesh

191 Central Bureau of Investigation was formed in

1963

192 BSF stands for Border Security Force

193 ITBP stands for Indo-Tibetan Border Police

194 The actual name of Mother Teresa was Agnes Gonxha Bejaxhiu

195

A programme launched by Chandrababu Naidu,Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, to clean the city of Hyderabad was named

Janmabhoomi

196 Vajpayee Government was sworn in for the second time on

19 march, 1998

197 Miss World 1997 contest was held at Seychelles

198 The Miss World 1997 title was won by Diana Hayden

199 The Miss World 1996 Contest was held at

Bangalore

200 Mother Teresa died on 5 September 1997

201 Bill Gates visited India in March 1997

202 The Carnatic volalist who won the Bharat Ratna Award was

M.S.Subbulakshmi

203 The first musician to get the Bharat Ratna

M.S.Subbulakshmi

204 Kerala attained statehood on 1st November 1956

205 Sahar airport is located at Mumbai

206 Dum Dum airport is located at Calcutta





207 The first ever railway train travelled from

Bombay-Thane

208 The only Indian metro railway system is at

Calcutta

209 Air India was formed in 1946

210 Indian Airlines was formed in 1953

211 Indira Gandhi airport is located at Delhi

212 Meenambakkam airport is located at Chennai

213 The Export-Import Bank of India is also known as

EXIM Bank

214 The Navy Academy is located at Cochin

215 In 1983,Bharat Ratna was posthumously awarded to

Acharya Vinoba Bhave

216 Mrs.Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31-10-1984

217 Mr.Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on 21-5-1991

218 The strength of Rajya Sabha is 250

219 The supreme commander of Army,Navy and Airforce is the

President

220 The Chairman of the Lok Sabha is the Speaker

221 Pong dam is located in Punjab

222 The fastest train in India is the Shatabdi Express

223 The oldest refinery in India is the Digboi refinery

224 The largest refinery of India is the IOC Refinery at Koyah,Gujarat

225 The Bhakra dam is built across the River

Sutlej

226 The first General Elections were held in 1952





India in the year

227 The first engineering college established in India is the

Thompson college,Roorkee

228 The first library established in India is the

William Carey library,Serampore

229 The oldest english daily newspaper of India is

The Times of India

230 The largest post office in India is the GPO,Mumbai

231 The largest prison in India is the Tihar Central Jail,Delhi

232 The first Indian state formed on linguistic basis after Independence was

Andhra Pradesh

233 The largest cave temple in India is Ellora

234 The only diamond producing area in India is

Panna Diamond Belt,M.P.

235 The biggest public sector bank in India is the

State Bank of India

236 Reserve Bank of India was established in

1935

237 The oldest tree in India is the Monus Serrata at Joshimutt

238 The first Education Minister of free India was

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

239 Who is known as the Father of Indian industry

Jamshedji Tata

240 Gandhiji was assassinated by Nathuram Godse

241 VDIS was launched on July 1, 1997




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