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- Which is the largest desert in India?
- a) Rann of Kutch
- b) Thar Desert
- c) Ladakh Desert
- d) Cholistan Desert
Answer: b) Thar Desert
- Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the United Nations General Assembly?
- a) Indira Gandhi
- b) Sarojini Naidu
- c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- d) Sucheta Kriplani
Answer: c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- Which Indian city is known as the “City of Palaces”?
- a) Jaipur
- b) Mysuru
- c) Hyderabad
- d) Lucknow
Answer: b) Mysuru
- Which was the first state in India to be formed on a linguistic basis?
- a) Andhra Pradesh
- b) Tamil Nadu
- c) Karnataka
- d) Kerala
Answer: a) Andhra Pradesh
- Who is the first Indian to win a Grammy Award?
- a) Ravi Shankar
- b) Zakir Hussain
- c) A.R. Rahman
- d) Lata Mangeshkar
Answer: a) Ravi Shankar
- Which of the following rivers does not originate in India?
- a) Ganga
- b) Yamuna
- c) Brahmaputra
- d) Narmada
Answer: c) Brahmaputra
- Who was the first Chief Justice of India?
- a) M. Patanjali Sastri
- b) Harilal Jekisundas Kania
- c) B.P. Sinha
- d) Mehr Chand Mahajan
Answer: b) Harilal Jekisundas Kania
- Which Indian state is the largest producer of tea?
- a) Assam
- b) West Bengal
- c) Kerala
- d) Karnataka
Answer: a) Assam
- What is the largest island in India?
- a) Andaman Island
- b) Majuli
- c) Rameswaram
- d) Lakshadweep
Answer: b) Majuli
- Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar award?
- a) Bhanu Athaiya
- b) Satyajit Ray
- c) A.R. Rahman
- d) Resul Pookutty
Answer: a) Bhanu Athaiya
- Which Indian state is known for the “Hornbill Festival”?
- a) Nagaland
- b) Meghalaya
- c) Manipur
- d) Tripura
Answer: a) Nagaland
- Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
- a) Arundhati Roy
- b) Kiran Desai
- c) V.S. Naipaul
- d) Salman Rushdie
Answer: d) Salman Rushdie
- What is the rank of India in terms of land area in the world?
- a) 4th
- b) 7th
- c) 6th
- d) 5th
Answer: b) 7th
- Which Indian city is called the “Detroit of India” due to its automobile industry?
- a) Pune
- b) Bengaluru
- c) Chennai
- d) Gurgaon
Answer: c) Chennai
- Who among the following was called the “Iron Man of India”?
- a) Subhas Chandra Bose
- b) Jawaharlal Nehru
- c) Vallabhbhai Patel
- d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: c) Vallabhbhai Patel
- Which Indian state is famous for the “Sambhar Lake”?
- a) Gujarat
- b) Rajasthan
- c) Madhya Pradesh
- d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: b) Rajasthan
- Which river is called the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
- a) Ganga
- b) Kosi
- c) Yamuna
- d) Mahanadi
Answer: b) Kosi
- Who was the first female judge of the Supreme Court of India?
- a) Indu Malhotra
- b) Fathima Beevi
- c) Leila Seth
- d) R. Banumathi
Answer: b) Fathima Beevi
- Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
- a) Tamil Nadu
- b) Gujarat
- c) Andhra Pradesh
- d) Maharashtra
Answer: b) Gujarat
- Who was the first Indian to win the Miss Universe title?
- a) Aishwarya Rai
- b) Sushmita Sen
- c) Lara Dutta
- d) Priyanka Chopra
Answer: b) Sushmita Sen
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