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1. In which year was Mahatma Gandhi born?
Ο 1896
Ο 1866
Ο 1869
Ο 1899

2. In which year did Gandhi die?

Ο 1947
Ο 1942
Ο 1948
Ο 1944

3. How many days did the battle of Mahabharata last?

Ο 100
Ο5
Ο8
Ο 18

4. Who was the first President of India?

Ο Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ο Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Ο Jawaharlal Nehru
Ο M. K. Gandhi

5. In whose memory was the Taj Mahal built?

Ο Shah Jahan
Ο Noor Jehan
Ο Mumtaz Mahal
Ο Anarkali

6. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?

Ο Shah Jahan
Ο Akbar
Ο Qutb-ud-din Aibak
Ο Sher Shah Suri

7. Name Maharana Pratap's famous horse.

Ο Bucephalus
Ο Rana
Ο Chetak
Ο Asvamedha

8. When did Gandhiji launch the Quit India movement?

Ο 9th August 1942
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Ο 9th August 1940
Ο 9th August 1944
Ο 9th August 1938

9. Guess the name of the Indian Prime Minister from the letters given.
(Clue: The dashes represent the number of letters in their names.)

J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  N _ _ _ _

L _ _  B _ _ _ _ _ _  S _ _ _ _ _ _

A _ _ _  B _ _ _ _ _  V _ _ _ _ _ _ _
10. What is the time difference (in hours) between GMT and IST (Indian Standard Time)?
Ο Five
Ο Five and a half
Ο Six
Ο Six and a half

11. Which is India's longest river?

Ο Yamuna
Ο Ganga
Ο Godavari
Ο Krishna

12. Which is India's smallest state in terms of area?

Ο Goa
Ο Sikkim
Ο Tripura
Ο Nagaland

13. In which city of India is the Charminar located?

Ο Bijapur
Ο Hyderabad
Ο Kolkata (Calcutta)
Ο Bhubaneshwar

14. Which city in India is known as the 'Pink City'?

Ο Jodhpur
Ο Jaipur
Ο Udaipur

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Ο Raipur

15. In which city of India is the famous Sun Temple?

Ο Mahabalipuram
Ο Thanjavur
Ο Konark
Ο Khajuraho

16. Which state of India has the largest area of forest land?
Ο Kerala
Ο Tamil Nadu
Ο Uttar Pradesh
Ο Madhya Pradesh

17. Which is the most populated city of India?

Ο Kolkata (Calcutta)
Ο Mumbai (Bombay)
Ο New Delhi
Ο Patna

18. Which State in India is called the 'Land of Five Rivers'?

Ο Uttar Pradesh
Ο Haryana
Ο Bihar
Ο Punjab

19. Which is India's largest state in terms of area?

Ο Madhya Pradesh
Ο Maharashtra
Ο Uttar Pradesh
Ο Rajasthan

20. Which city in India is called the 'Lake City'?

Ο Jaipur
Ο Udaipur
Ο Raipur
Ο Jodhpur

21. Capital of the state of Tripura

Ο Aizawl
Ο Agartala
Ο Udaipur
Ο Imphal

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22. Capital of the state of Mizoram
Ο Imphal
Ο Agartala
Ο Lunglei
Ο Aizawl

23. Capital of the state of Orissa

Ο Cuttack
Ο Puri
Ο Patna
Ο Bhubaneshwar

24. Capital of the state of Chhattisgarh

Ο Bhopal
Ο Ranchi
Ο Dehra Dun
Ο Raipur

25. Capital of the state of Jharkhand

Ο Raipur
Ο Patna
Ο Ranchi
Ο Dehra Dun

26. Capital of the state of Kerala

Ο Kochi
Ο Thiruvananthapuram
Ο Kozhikode
Ο Ernakulam

27. When did India participate in the Olympic Games for the first time ?
Ο 1896 Athens Olympics
Ο 1900 Paris Olympics
Ο 1904 St. Louis Olympics
Ο 1948 London Olympics

28. Under whose leadership did India won her first Olympic gold medal in Field Hockey at the
1928 Amsterdam Olympics ?
Ο Jaipal Singh
Ο Dhyan Chand
Ο Dhanraj Pillai
Ο Shaukat Ali

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29. When was the Indian National Anthem sung for the first time at the Olympic Games ?
Ο 1936
Ο 1948
Ο 1952
Ο 1956

30. Who is the only Indian Ex-Olympian who went on to become a Member of Parliament ?
Ο Aslam Sher Khan
Ο Ahmed Sher Khan
Ο Dhyan Chand
Ο Milkha Singh

31. Who was the flag bearer of the Indian team at the inauguration ceremony of the 2008 Beijing
Olympics ?
Ο Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ο Leander Paes
Ο Anju Bobby George
Ο Anjali Bhagwat

32. In which Olympic Games did India win its last medal for Field Hockey ?
Ο 1980 Moscow Olympics
Ο 1988 Seoul Olympics
Ο 1992 Barcelona Olympics
Ο 2004 Athens Olympics

33. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was founded by

Ο Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai
Ο Homi J. Bhabha
Ο Dr. Raja Ramanna
Ο Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

34. The first satellite launched by India was called

Ο Bhaskara I
Ο Aryabhatta
Ο Bhaskara II
Ο Rohini

35. The Indian flag was designed by

Ο Motilal Nehru
Ο Pingali Venkiah
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Ο Poti Sriramulu
Ο Sarojini Naidu

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