INDIA QUIZ (GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)

By:Ashish Goyal

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1.Which of the following places is NOT located in Hyderabad, Andhra

Pradesh?

•Charminar•Church of the Holy Trinity•Jham Singh's Temple•Thousand Lights' Mosque

2.Which British Governor-General was responsible for the

introduction of Railways in India?

•Lord Clive•Lord Warren Hastings•Lord Dalhousie•Lord Cornwallis

Largest sea ?

• Black Sea• Red Sea• Dead Sea• South China Sea• Mediterranean Sea

Most contagious disease ?

• Tuberculosis• AIDS• Common cold• Leprosy

Ramtanu' was the original name of ?

•

Birbal•Kabir•Tansen•Tulsidas

Port of Five Seas ?

•Netherlands• Belgium• Moscow• Finland

Largest bay (in terms of shoreline length) ?

• San Diego Bay• Hudson Bay • Cardigan Bay• Bay of Bengal • Cape of Good Hope

Heaviest dog (breed) ?

• English Mastiff or St. Bernard• Bull Dog• Irish Wolfhound• Great Dane• German Shepherd

Which of the following musical instruments is NOT of foreign

origin?

• Violin •Sitar• Flute• Tabla

Kautilya and Panani were the products of which one of the

following ancient Indian universities?

•Vallabhi •Nalanda •Taxila• Vikramashila

The craft of carpet making was first introduced in India in

• Sikkim •Jammu & Kashmir •West Bengal •Himachal Pradesh

Carpet making was first introduced in India in Kashmir in the 15th Century. Sultan Zain ul-Abadin is believed to have brought carpet

weavers from Persia and Central Asia to train local weavers.

White City ?

• Gibraltar• Ireland • Netherlands• Belgrade

Nearest star to the Earth?

• Sun • Proxima Centauri• Sirius• Alpha Centauri• Pole Star

In which city would you find the "Raymond's Tomb"?

•Chennai •Mumbai •Hyderabad •Ahmedabad

Late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia was the Maharani of ?

• Bhopal• Surat •Gwalior •Mysore •Jaipur

Brightest star as seen from the Earth?

• Betelgeux• Dog Star (Sirius) • Orion• Rigel Kentaurus

The entry into the Lotus Temple at New Delhi is restricted to followers

of ?• Bahai faith •Hindu faith• None of the above •Parsi faith •Sikh faith

Zero was invented by ?

•Bhaskara I •Varahamihira• Aryabhatta •An unknown Indian

Which of the following rivers is most mentioned in the early Vedic

literature?Sindhu Ganga Saraswati Yamuna Sutudri

Fastest growing plant?

• Bamboo • Ferns• Coconut • Palm• Banyan

Land of Windmills?

• Kent• Belgium• Finland• Netherlands

HTML is used to?

• Plot complicated graphs • Translate one language into another• Solve equations• Author webpages

Which Indian player has scored the maximum number of runs in his

career while playing against Pakistan?

•Mohinder Amarnath•Mohammad Azharuddin•Dilip Vengsarkar•Kapil Dev•SunilGavaskar

Which is the only test playing country against which Tendulkar

has not scored a one-day hundred?

•England•Sri Lanka•Pakistan•Zimbabwe•Bangladesh

Which Indian player took 16 wickets in a Test match on his

debut?•B.S.Bedi•Narender Hirwani•Maninder Singh•Kapil Dev

Longest bone in the human body?

• Back bone • Femur • Tibia• Humerus

It is most appropriate to state that Sachin Tendulkar had scored over

------------ runs in One Day International Cricket?

• 12,000 •11,000• 13,000• 15,000 •14,000

What is the name of Renault’s city two-seater that it is looking

to launch in India?

•A. Logan• B. Twizy •C. Megane

Which one of the following cricket players was born in India but

played for Australia?

• FT Badcock •MC Cowdrey• RA Young •RHD Sellers

What is the highest target successfully chased by India?• 300• 325• 326• 314

Harappa was situated on the banks of river ?

•Ravi •Chenab• Jhelum• Indus

Which engine is better in performance-wise?

•a.Fuel pump•b.Exhaust pipe•c.Ignition system•d.Carburetor

Which city is partly in 1 continent and partly in another?

•Moscow•Torronto•Tel-aviv•istanbul

Which hybrid car is Toyota planning to bring to India?

A.Pride B.Arius C.Prius

Which normally rare cancer is often associated with AIDS?•Squamous Cell CarcinomaMesotheliomaKaposi's Sarcoma

Round -2

Which is the most common STD transmitted through oral sex?

Hepatitis CHIVChlamydiaHerpes

What is the difference between real and nominal GDP?

a) Real GDP has been adjusted for a general increased in prices (i.e.

inflation).b) Real GDP is historical figurec) Real GDP has been adjusted

currency changed) Real GDP has been adjusted for a

Sensex Index

Which company was incorporated as software arm of

" The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation"?

•a) I-Flex b) I-Gate c) CTS d) HCL

What was the name of the turbo jet propelled drag racing car that

richard hammond crashed in 2006 ?

•VAMPYRE•WEREWOLF•ZOMBIE

FOR HOW MANY DAYS THE BATTLE OF MAHABHARATA

CONTINUES

•18 •30•90•51

Raga 'Lajwanti' was composed by

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Pandit Ravi Shankar Kumar Gandharva Amir Khusro

The Maulana Azad National Urdu University is located at

Bhopal New Delhi Lucknow Hyderabad

16th August 1946 was observed as the 'Direct Action Day' by

•Indian National Congress• Muslim League• British Government •Mahatma Gandhi

he 'Ramakrishna Mission' was founded in 1896 by

•Raja Rammohan Roy •Swami Vivekananda •Keshab Chandra Sen• Swami Dayanand Saraswati

SINDHI was made one of the official languages of India by the

12th Amendment of the Constitution 21st Amendment of the Constitution 30th Amendment of the Constitution 58th Amendment of the Constitution

Madurai was the capital of

•Cheras •Pallavas• Pandyas •Cholas

Who among the following was the daughter of Ashoka

• Charulata• Sanghamitta• Samprati• Kannagi

Which of the following was the first capital of Sikkim?

Tumlong Gangtok Yuksam Bakhim

Which state in India is rated by The National Geographic

Traveller as one of the top 50 "must-see" places in the world?

Uttaranchal Kerala Madhya Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir

Which was the first state to be formed on the Linguistic basis?

Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Karnataka

When was the first Constitution of Pakistan adopted? August

1956 August 1947 July

1947 January 1950 AUGUST

What was the name of Gautama Buddha's mother?

Kaushalya Mayawati Mayadevi Chayadevi

Who described the Jalianwala Bagh massacre as "an

extraordinary step, a monstrous event which stands in singular

and sinister isolation"?

C.F.Andrews Winston Churchill Mahatma Gandhi Edwin Montague

Who were the earliest people to grow cotton in India?

Dravidians Harappans Mauryans

Aryans

The name Sir Alexander Cunningham is associated with

Archaeology Astronomy

Geology Geography

The 'Teressa Island' is located at

Andaman & Nicobar Islands West Bengal Lakshadweep Maharashtra

The only airport at Lakshadweep is located at

Kavaratti Minicoy Kalpeni Agatti

Which of the following National Parks of India won the

Millennium Award of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for its exceptional conservation

programme?

•Kaziranga National Park Kanha National Park Ghana National Park Keodelo National Park

Which city in India has built a 15.8 m high "Gandhi Stupa"

dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi? Ranchi, Jharkhand

Vadodara, Gujarat Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

The recently constituted Constitution Review

Commission is headed by

Justice M.N. Venkatachalaiah Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma Justice S.M.Qadri Attorney General Soli J. Sorabjee

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