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- Who is the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
- a) Abhinav Bindra
- b) Milkha Singh
- c) P.V. Sindhu
- d) Sushil Kumar
Answer: a) Abhinav Bindra
- Which state in India is famous for the dance form ‘Kathakali’?
- a) Tamil Nadu
- b) Kerala
- c) Karnataka
- d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: b) Kerala
- What is the national animal of India?
- a) Lion
- b) Elephant
- c) Tiger
- d) Leopard
Answer: c) Tiger
- Which Indian leader is popularly known as the “Iron Man of India”?
- a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- c) Subhas Chandra Bose
- d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Answer: b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Which is the largest state in India by area?
- a) Uttar Pradesh
- b) Maharashtra
- c) Rajasthan
- d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: c) Rajasthan
- In which year was the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) founded?
- a) 1958
- b) 1962
- c) 1969
- d) 1975
Answer: c) 1969
- Who is the first Indian woman to win the Nobel Prize?
- a) Mother Teresa
- b) Sarojini Naidu
- c) Indira Gandhi
- d) Kalpana Chawla
Answer: a) Mother Teresa
- Which of the following is the national fruit of India?
- a) Mango
- b) Apple
- c) Banana
- d) Grapes
Answer: a) Mango
- Who wrote the Indian national anthem “Jana Gana Mana”?
- a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- b) Rabindranath Tagore
- c) Sarojini Naidu
- d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Answer: b) Rabindranath Tagore
- Which city is known as the “Pink City” of India?
- a) Jaipur
- b) Jodhpur
- c) Udaipur
- d) Bikaner
Answer: a) Jaipur
- Who is regarded as the first law minister of independent India?
- a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- b) Sardar Patel
- c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- d) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- Which Indian state is the largest producer of tea?
- a) Assam
- b) West Bengal
- c) Kerala
- d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: a) Assam
- Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
- a) Lord Mountbatten
- b) C. Rajagopalachari
- c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- d) Sardar Patel
Answer: a) Lord Mountbatten
- Which Indian sportsperson is also known as the “Flying Sikh”?
- a) P.T. Usha
- b) Milkha Singh
- c) Sachin Tendulkar
- d) Dhyan Chand
Answer: b) Milkha Singh
- Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
- a) Gujarat
- b) Maharashtra
- c) Tamil Nadu
- d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: a) Gujarat
- Which Mughal emperor built the Red Fort in Delhi?
- a) Akbar
- b) Shah Jahan
- c) Babur
- d) Aurangzeb
Answer: b) Shah Jahan
- Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
- a) Arundhati Roy
- b) Kiran Desai
- c) Salman Rushdie
- d) Vikram Seth
Answer: c) Salman Rushdie
- Which river is called the “Sorrow of Bengal”?
- a) Brahmaputra
- b) Yamuna
- c) Damodar
- d) Ganga
Answer: c) Damodar
- Who coined the term “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”?
- a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- b) Indira Gandhi
- c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
- d) Rajiv Gandhi
Answer: c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Which state in India is famous for the “Hornbill Festival”?
- a) Nagaland
- b) Assam
- c) Manipur
- d) Meghalaya
Answer: a) Nagaland
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