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Question | Answer |
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The first multipurpose project in India | Damodar Valley |
The place in North East India which receives the highest annual rainfall is | Chirrapunji |
The largest Indian river flowing into the Arabian Sea is | Narmada |
Indian broadcasting was nationalised in | 1930 |
The Indian forests are divided into how many regions | Eight |
The place where Indian Standard time coincides with local time is | Allahabad |
The industry for which Vishakapatnam is famous for is | Ship Building |
The state which is the largest producer of iron ore in India is | Karnataka |
The longest railway platform in India measuring 836.63 mts. is located at | Kharagpur |
The Indian state which is largest exporter of Cashew nut is | Kerala |
The main occupation of Indians is | Agriculture |
Nagarjuna Sagar dam is built across the River | Krishna |
Madras state was renamed as Tamilnadu in the year | 1969 |
The main industry of Assam is | Tea Industry |
The Indian state which has maximum number of districts is | Uttar Pradesh |
The length of Indian coastline is | 7500 kms |
The longest day in India is | 21st June |
The biggest museum in India is | Indian Museum, Calcutta |
Kodaikanal, a famous holiday resort is located in | Tamilnadu |
Bangalore city is also Indus is | Mount Kailash, Tibet |
The only place in India where rock salt is found is in | Mandi, Himachal Pradesh |
The Gandhi Sagar dam is constructed across the river | Chambal |
The river that passes through the Thar desert is | Sindhu |
Nagore, a place in Tamilnadu, is famous for | Famous Muslim shrine |
The Hindustan Ship Yard is located at | Vishakapatnam |
The Indian state that tops in the production of cocoa is | Kerala |
The first major steel plant established in India was | Tata Iron & Steel Co, Jamshedpur |
Crude oil is found in south Gujarat at | Ankeleshwar |
The first oil well drilled in India was at | Nahar Pong in Assam |
Calcutta is situated on the banks of India is | Hooghly |
The largest opium growing state in India is | Uttar Pradesh |
Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd, India՚s largest manufacturer of penicillin is located at | Pimpri |
The former name of Arunachal Pradesh was | NEFA |
Khajuraho temples are located at | Chhatarpur, M. P. |
The Indian freedom fighter who turned into a famous spiritualist was | Aurobindo Ghosh |
The king who installed a ‘Chain of Justice’ outside his place was | Jehangir |
The name of the mines in Rajasthan from where we get zinc is | Zawar |
Singareni in Andhra Pradesh is famous for | Coal Mines |
Amaravati is located on the bank of river | Krishna |
Agra was Founded in the year | 1506 |
Ajmer was founded by | Raja Ajay Dev Chauhan |
The only Indian state where we find nickel ore is | Orissa |
The Udaygiri caves were built by | Karavelu |
The strength of Lok Sabha is | 545 members |
The National Museum of Natural History is located at | New Delhi |
The Indian Prime Minister who nationalised the banks was | Mrs. Indira Gandhi |
The birth date of Jawaharlal Nehru is | 14th November 1889 |
The Environment protect Act came into effect in | 1986 |
The capital city founded on the back of river Gomati is | Lucknow |
The president of the Indian National congress at its first session held in 1885 was | Womesh Chandra Banerjee |
Bhaskara-II was a famous | Mathematician |
The Bhopal Gas leak incident occurred in | December 1984 |
The city that is called the city of golden Temple is | Amritsar |
Traveller Hawkins visited India in the year | 1608 AD |
Mahadevi Varma won the Jnanpith for her book titled | Yama |
The headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission is located at | Dehradun |
Satyarth Prakash՚s was written by | Swami Dayananda Sara |
Emperor Akbar՚s Revenue Minister was | Todarmal |
The elder brother of famous sitarist Ravishnkar is | Uday Shankar, dancer |
The first batsman to score a century in each of his first three tests is | Mohammed Azharuddin |
The 10th Vice-President of India is | Krishan Kant |
The first chief of Indian Navy was | R. D. Katari |
The longest road in India is the | Grand Trunk Road |
The first modern college in India is the | Fort William collage, Calcutta |
The first purely Indian bank is the | Punjab National Bank |
Lalit Kala Academy of India is situated at | New Delhi |
The first Indian to win Oscar Award is | Bhanu Athaiya |
Goa was liberated in the year | 1961 |
Sharda Act was enacted to prevent | Child Marriage |
National Science day is celebrated on | 28th February |
Jamnalal Bajaj Award are given for | Constructive work |
Rabindranath Tagore give up his knighthood because of the tragic incident of | Jallianwala Bagh massacre |
The Chief minister of a state who was awarded the Bharat Ratna was | M. G. Ramachandran |
Baba Amte՚s real name is | Murlidhar Devidas Amte |
Mihir Sen, India՚s famous long distance swimmer, was by profession | An Advocate |
Dr. Pramod Karan Sethi is famous for the | Jaipur foot |
Rabindranath Tagore was born at | Jorasanko, Calcutta |
The name of the school started by Rabindranath Tagore was | Shanti Niketan |
Neyveli Thermal Power Station is located in | Tamil Nadu |
The earlier name of Assam was | Kamrup |
Sir C. V. Raman was born at | Thiruvanaikaval |
The Indian Academy of Science was founded by | C. V. Raman |
The Indian Academy of Science is located at | Bangalore |
All India Institute of Medical Science is located at | New Delhi |
Atomic Energy Commission is located at | Mumbai |
Cement Research Institute of India is located at | Ballabhgarh |
Space Applications Centre is located at | Ahmedabad |
Jog falls is located at | Jog, Karnataka |
Jawaharlal Nehru died in the year | 1964 |
Aurangzeb died in the year | 1707 |
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan died in the year | 1988 |
Rabindranath Tagore died in the year | 1941 |
Mahatma Gandhi died in the year | 1948 |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in the year | 1833 |
India՚s second Prime Minister was | Gulzarilal Nanda |
The first Law Minister of Independent India was | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar |
Jawaharlal Nehru՚s biography “with No Regrets” was written by | Krishan Hathi Singh |
India՚s first test tube baby was born in | June 1986 |
The leader whose death was announced in the Lok Sabha before his actual death was | Jayaprakash Narayan |
The Gold mines located in Andhra Pradesh are | Ramagiri Gold Fields, Anantapur district |
The Home Guards were organised in India in the year | 1962 |
Anklewar oil field is located in | Gujarat |
The Indian Prime Minister who wrote the book ‘Nature Cure’ was | Morarji Desai |
Burma separated from India in the year | 1937 |
‘Sea Bird’ project is located at | Karwar |
The name of the artificial harbour along the west coast India is | Kandla |
The first medical college was established in India at | Calcutta |
The pin code was introduced in India in the year | 1972 |
In his last years, Ambedkar Converted to | Buddhism |
Gandhiji՚s mother՚s name was | Putli Bai |
Gandhiji was born on | 2nd October 1869 |
Khushwant Singh is a famous | Journalist |
The film actor who become the chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh was | N. T. Rama Rao |
Satyajit Ray was awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year | 1992 |
Central Research Institute is located at | Kasauli |
The movie Raja Harishchandra was released in the year | 1913 |
The first Indian Prime Minister to resign from office was | Morarji Desai |
The largest railway bridge in India is | Son Bridge, Bihar |
The largest dome in India is the | Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur |
Air Force Day is celebrated on | October 8 |
Indian Military Academy is located at | Dehradun |
The postal department was set up in India in the year | 1854 |
Army day is celebrated on | 21st Century |
Navy day is celebrated on | 4th December |
The national flower of India is | Lotus |
NABARD was established in the year | 1982 |
Koradi Thermal power Station is located at | Maharashtra |
PTI stands for | Press Trust of India |
Rail Coach Factory is located at | Kapurthala |
The construction of India was adopted on | 26 - 11 - 1949 |
The construction of India became effective on | 26 - 1-1950 |
‘Mrinalini’ was written by | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
Bhagat Singh was hanged in the year | 1931 |
Sheik Abdulla was popularly known as | Sher-e-Kashmir |
Goa attained statehood on | 30 May 1987 |
Gujarat attained statehood on | 1 May 1960 |
Haryana attained statehood on | 1 November 1966 |
The capital of Haryana is | Chandigarh |
Panipat is popularly known as | Wearer City |
Dal lake is located in | Jammu and Kashmir |
Madhya Pradesh attained statehood on | November 1956 |
The capital of Madhya Pradesh is | Bhopal |
Manipur attained statehood on | 21st January 1972 |
The capital of Manipur is | Imphal |
Meghalaya attained statehood on | 21st January 1972 |
The capital of Meghalaya is | Shillong |
Meghalaya state was carved out of | Assam |
Mizoram attained statehood on | 20th February 1987 |
The capital of Mizoram is | Aizawl |
Before attaining statehood , Mizoram was one of the districts of | Assam |
Nagaland attained statehood is | 1 December 1963 |
The capital of Nagaland is | Kohima |
Orissa was earlier known as | Kalinga |
The capital of Orissa is | Bhubaneswar |
The main airport of Orissa is located at | Bhubaneswar |
Rajasthan attained statehood in the year | 1958 |
The capital of Rajasthan is | Jaipur |
The capital of Sikkim is | Gangtok |
India՚s highest peak is the | Kanchenjunga |
Mount Abu, a famous hill station is located at | Rajasthan |
The main attraction of Mount Abu are the | Dilwara Jain Temples |
Hussain Sagar Lake is located at | Hyderabad |
The Samadhi of Gandhiji is known as | Rajghat |
The Samadhi of Gandhiji is located on the bank of river | Yamuna |
The largest state in India is | Madhya Pradesh |
The highest TV tower in India is located at | New Delhi |
The most literate state in India is | Kerala |
Golconda Fort is located near | Hyderabad |
Gateway of India is located at | Uttar Pradesh |
Buland Darwaza is located at | Fatehpur Sikri |
Badrinath is located at | Uttar Pradesh |
Elephanta Caves are located on an island near | Mumbai |
Ajanta Caves are located near | Aurangabad |
Humayun՚s tomb is located at | New Delhi |
Jantar Mantar is located in | New Delhi |
Jantar Mantar is an | Observatory |
Jantar Mantar was constructed by | Maharaja Jai Singh II |
Mughal Gardens is located at | New Delhi |
Qutb-Minar is located at | New Delhi |
Rashtrapati Bhavan was built by | Edwin Lutyens |
The Samadhi of Indira Gandhi is known as | Shakti Sthal |
The Tower of Victory is located at | Chittor |
Victoria Memorial is located at | Calcutta |
The highest airfield of India is the | Chushul airfield, Ladakh |
The largest lake of India is the | Wular lake, Kashmir |
The largest Zoo of India is the | Zoological Garden, Calcutta |
The most populated state of India is | Uttar Pradesh |
Central Bureau of Investigation was formed in | 1963 |
BSF stands for | Border Security Force |
ITBP stand for | Indo-Tibetan Border Police |
The actual name of Mother Teresa was | Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu |
A programme launched by Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, to clean the city of Hyderabad was named | Janmabhoomi |
Vajpayee Government was sworn in for the second time on | 19 March, 1998 |
Miss World 1997 contest was held at | Seychelles |
The Miss World 1997 title was won by | Diana Hayden |
The Miss World 1996 contest was held at | Bangalore |
Mother Teresa died on | 5 September 1997 |
Bill Gates visited India in | March 1997 |
The Carnatic vocalist who won the Bharat Ratna Award was | M. S. Subbulakshmi |
The first musician to get the Bharat Ratna | M. S. Subbulakshmi |
Kerala attained statehood on | 1st November 1956 |
Sahar airport is located at | Mumbai |
Dum Dum airport is located at | Calcutta |
The first ever railway terrain travelled from | Bombay-Thane |
The only Indian metro railway system is at | Calcutta |
Air India was formed in | 1946 |
Indian Airlines was formed in | 1953 |
Indira Gandhi airport is located at | Delhi |
Meenambakkam airport is located at | Chennai |
The Export-Import Bank of India is also known as | EXIM Bank |
The Navy Academy is located at | Cochin |
In 1983, Bharat Ratna was posthumously awarded to | Acharya Vinoba Bhave |
Mrs. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on | 31 - 10 - 1984 |
Mrs. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on | 21 - 5-1991 |
The strength of Rajya Sabha is | 250 |
The supreme commander of Army, Navy and Air Force is the | President |
The Chairman of the Lok Sabha is the | Sumitra Mahajan |
Pong dam is located in | Punjab |
The fastest train in India is the | Shatabdi Express |
The oldest refinery in India is the | Digboi refinery |
The largest refinery of India is the | IOCL Refinery at Koyana, Gujarat |
The Bhakra Dam is built across the River | Sutlej |
The first General Elections were held in India in the year | 1952 |
The first engineering college established in India the | Thompson college, Roorkee |
The first library established in India is the | William Carey library, Serampore |
The oldest English daily newspaper of India is | The Times of India |
The largest post office in India is the | GPO, Mumbai |
The largest prison in India is the | Tihar Central Jail, Delhi |
The first Indian state formed on Linguistic basis after Independence was | Andhra Pradesh |
The largest cave temple in India is | Ellora |
The only diamond producing area in India is | Panna Diamond Belt, M. P. |
The biggest public sector bank in India is the | State Bank of India |
Reserve Bank of India was established in | 1935 |
The oldest tree in India is the | Morus Serrata at Joshimath |
The first Education Minister of free India was | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
Who is known as the Father of Indian industry | Jamshedji Tata |
Gandhiji was assassinated by | Nathuram Godse |
VDIS was launched on | July 1,1997 |