- The venue of the Kuka revolt led by Baba Ram Singh:
(a) Bengal (b) Punjab
(c) Assam (d) Maharashtra
Answer: (b)
- The venue of the first session of the All India Kisan Sabha was:
(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata
(c) Kanpur (d) Lucknow
Answer: (d)
- The venue of the Tebhaga revolt:
(a) Bengal (b) Bihar
(c) Maharashtra (d) Punjab
Answer: (c)
- The Viceroy of British India who resigned over the question of Egypt:
(a) Curzon (b) Dufferin
(c) Ripon (d) Minto II
Answer: (c)
- The word ‘National’ was added to the name of Congress during the Nagpur
session of:
(a) 1891 (b) 1892
(c) 1897 (d) 1899
Answer: (a)
- The word ‘Swaraj’ was first used in the Congress platform in the 1906 session of:
(a) Pune (b) Lucknow
(c) Surat (d) Kolkata
Answer: (d)
- The year of ‘Black hole’ episode of Calcutta:
(a) 1755 (b) 1756
(c) 1757 (d) 1758
Answer: (b)
- Ulgulan was a movement of the:
(a) Agarias (b) Juangs
(c) Mundas (d) Hos
Answer: (c)
- What was the real name of Bahadur Shah I, who emerged victorious in the
war of succession after Aurangazeb?
(a) Muazzam (b) Salim
(c) Farid (d) Khurram
Answer: (a)
- Which modern historians opined that “the so-called First National War of Independence of 1857 is neither First, nor National, nor War of Independence.” ?
(a) S.N.Sen (b) Tara Chand
(c) R.C.Majumdar (d) K.K.Dutta
Answer: (c)
- Which session of the Indian National Congress decided to reorganise
Provincial Congress Committees on the basis of linguistic areas:
(a) 1920 Nagpur (b) 1911 Kolkata
(c) 1916 Lucknow (d) 1924 Belgaum
Answer: (a)
- Which tribal leader was regarded as an incarnation of God and Father of the World?
(a) Kanhu Santha (b) Rupa Naik
(c) Birsa Munda (d) Joria Bhagat
Answer: (c)
- Who among the following was the editor of ‘Deenabandhu’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Jotiba Phule
(c) Robert Knight (d) Manmohan Ghosh
Answer: (b)
- Who was the Congress president when Jawaharlal Nehru was appointed as the chairman of the National Planning Committee constituted by INC?
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
- Who was selected as the second person to observe individual satyagraha in 1940:
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- The jurist who gave the verdict in Gandhi assassination Case:
Answer: Atmacharan Aggarwal
- The second President of Indian National Congress:
Answer: Dadabhai Navroji
- Jawaharlal Nehru was born in 1889 at:
Answer: Allahabad
- Jawaharlal Nehru attended the Congress session as a delegate for the first time in 1912. It was held at:
Answer: Bankipur
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port is situated at:
Answer: Mumbai
- Lal Bahadur Shastri is the first Prime Minister be born in the 20th century. He was born in:
Answer: 1904
- Jawaharlal Nehru became the President of the Indian National Congress for the first time in:
Answer: 1929
- Who was the President of India When National Congress during the Quit India movement?
Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Which portfolio was taken over by Jawaharlal Nehru from VK Krishna Menon in the wake of Chinese aggression of 1962?
Answer: Defence
- In which railway station of South Africa, Gandhiji was thrown out Of a train?
Answer: Petermaritzberg
- In which year Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed?
– 1931
- Who founded the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha in 1870?
– MG Rana.de
- Who said, ” Satyagraha is the tool of strong people”?
– Mahatma Gandhi
- Who was called ‘Lok Manya’?
– Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Who headed the boundary commission appointed to demarcate the boundary between India and Pakistan?
– Cyril Radcliff
- Who was elected as the president in the All India Kisan Sabha held in Lucknow in 1936?
– Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- The only Keralite to become the president of INC:
– C Sankaran Nair
- Who authored ‘Arctic Horne in the Vedas’?
– Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Who started the Self Respect Movement in Tamil Nadu?
– E.V. Ramaswami Naicker
- Who founded the Hindu Maha Sabha?
– MM Malavya
- Who is regarded as the father of ‘The Two Nation Theory?
– M.A. Jinnah
- Who wrote the book ”What Congress and Gandhi have done to untouchables’?
– B.R. Ambedkar
- Who was the political guru of Gopala Krishna Gokhale?
– M.G. Ranade
- Who coined the term ‘Satyagraha’?
– Gandhiji
- The l)resident of India. who was formerly the chairman of Constituent Assembly:
– Dr Rajendraprasad
- Who was known as ‘Desh bandu’?
– Chittaranjan Das
- Who wrote the book ‘Gandhi and Anarchy’?
– C.Sankaran Nair
- In which year did Gandhiji visit Kerala for the first time?
– 1920
- The battle of Kalinga was in:
-261 BC
- Which is called ‘The Manual of Mauryan Empire’?
– Arthasasthra
- The capital of Pallavas was:
– Kancheepuram
- The Sangam was held under the royal patronage of:
– Pandyas
- Who was the Viceroy when the Indian Penal Code was brought into effect?
– Lord Canning
- Name the Governor-General who introduced Doctrine of Lapse:
– Dalhousie
- The first British Viceroy of India:
– Canning
Indian States and Capitals
- The capital of Andhra Pradesh:
(a) Visakhapatnam (b) Kurnul
(c) Rajamundry (d) Hyderabad
Answer: (d)
- The capital of Arunachal Pradesh:
(a) Dispur (b) Itanagar
(c) Shillong (d) Kohima
Answer: (b)
- The capital of Assam:
(a)Guwahati (b) Aiswal
(c) Dispur (d) Shillong
Answer: (c)
- The capital of Bihar:
(a)Raipur (b) Ranchi
(c) Patna (d) Lucknow
Answer: (c)
- Raipur is the capital of ……..
(a) Jharkhand (b) Chhatisgarh
(c) Bihar (d) Uttarakhand
Answer: (b)
- The capital of Goa:
(a) Vasco da Gama (b) Margao
(c) Ponda (d) Panaji
Answer: (d)
- The capital of Gujarat:
(a)Ahmedabad (b) Surat
(c) Vadodara (d) Gandhinagar
Answer: (d)
- The capital of Haryana and Punjab:
(a) Chandigarh (b) Karnal
(c) Panipat (d) Faridabad
Answer: (a)
- The capital of Himachal Pradesh:
(a) Dharmasthala (b) Shimla
(c) Kangra (d) Bilaspur
Answer: (b)
- The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir:
(a) Jammu (b) Srinagar
(c) Leh (d) Udhampur
Answer: (b)
- The capital of Jharkhand:
(a) Ranchi (b) Jamshedpur
(c) Dhanbad (d) Bokaro
Answer: (a)
- The capital of Karnataka:
(a) Mysore (b) Srirangapatnam
(c) Mangalore (d) Bangalore
Answer: (d)
- The capital of Madhya Pradesh:
(a) Gwalior (b) Jabalpur
(c) Bhopal (d) Vidisha
Answer: (c)
- The capital of Maharashtra:
(a) Nagpur (b) Nasik
(c) Mumbai (d) Pune
Answer: (c)
- The capital of Manipur:
(a) Shillong (b) Imphal
(c) Kohima (d) Itanagar
Answer: (b)
- The capital of Meghalaya:
(a) Kohima (b) Shillong
(c) Itanagar (d) Imphal
Answer: (b)
- The capital of Mizoram:
(a) Aiswal (b) Kohima
(c) Dispur (d) Gangtok
Answer: (a)
- The capital of Nagaland:
(a) Dispur (b) Gangtok
(c) Kohima (d) Shillong
Answer: (c)
- The capital of Orissa:
(a) Puri (b) Cuttack
(c) Rourkela (d) Bhuvaneswar
Answer: (d)
- The capital of Rajasthan:
(a)Jodhpur (b) Kota
(c) Udaipur (d) Jaipur
Answer: (d)
- The capital of Sikkim:
(a) Gangtok (b) Dispur
(c) Itanagar (d) Kohima
Answer: (a)
- The capital of Tamil Nadu:
(a) Coimbatore (b) Madurai
(c) Chennai (d) Tiruchirappalli
Answer: (c)
- The capital of Tripura:
(a) Itanagar (b) Kohima
(c) Gangtok (d) Agarthala
Answer: (d)
- The capital of Uttarakhand:
(a) Nainital (b) Haridwar
(c) Dehra Dun (d) Rishikesh
Answer: (c)
- The capital of West Bengal:
(a) Bhuvaneswar (b) Patna
(c) Darjeeling (d) Kolkata
Answer: (d)
High Courts in India
- Which High Court has jurisdiction over the largest number of states?
(a) Allahabad (b) Guwahati
(c) Madras (d) Delhi
Answer: (b)
- Which High Court has the largest number of judges?
(a) Guwahati (b)Delhi
(c) Allahabad (d) Kolkata
Answer: (c)
- Which High Court has jurisdiction over the largest number of Union Territories?
(a) Delhi (b) Kerala
(c) Madras (d) Bombay
Answer: (d)
- Andaman Nicobar comes under the jurisdiction of …… High Court:
(a) Calcutta (b) Madras
(c) Delhi (d) Kerala
Answer: (a)
- Lakshadweep comes under the jurisdiction of …… High Court:
(a) Madras (b) Calcutta
(c) Kerala (d) Hyderabad
Answer: (c)
- Which High Court has the largest number of benches?
(a) Madras (b) Calcutta
(c) Guwahati (d) Delhi
Answer: (c)
- The seat of High Court in Andhra Pradesh:
(a) Rajamundry (b) Kurnul
(c) Hyderabad (d) Visakhapatnam
Answer: (c)
- The seat of High Court in Orissa:
(a) Puri (b) Bhuvaneswar
(c) Konark (d) Cuttack
Answer: (d)
- The seat of High Court in Bihar:
(a) Patna (b) Ranchi
(c) Raipur (d) Samasthipur
Answer: (a)
- Where is the seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court?
(a) Bhopal (b) Indore
(c) Jabalpur (d) Ujjain
Answer: (c)
- The seat of Gujarat High Court:
(a) Surat (b) Itanagar
(c) Ahmedabad (d) Gandhinagar
Answer: (c)
- Goa comes under the jurisdiction of ……. High Court:
(a) Gujarat (b) Bombay
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka
Answer: (b)
- The total number of High Courts in India:
(a) 28 (b) 29
(c) 22 (d) 21
Answer: (d)
- The seat of Chhatisgarh High Court:
(a) Raipur (b) Ranchi
(c) Bilaspur (d) Jamshedpur
Answer: (c)
- The seat of Himachal Pradesh High Court:
(a) Dharmasala (b) Shimla
(c) Kulu (d) Manali
Answer: (b)
- The seat of Jammu Kashmir High Court:
(a) Srinagar & Jammu (b) Anantnag
(c) Ladakh (d) Amarnath
Answer: (a)
- The seat of Jharkhand High Court:
(a) Raipur (b) Bilaspur
(c) Jamshedpur (d) Ranchi
Answer: (d)
- The Madras High Court has jurisdiction over Tamil Nadu and ………
(a) Andaman Nicobar (b) Lakshadweep
(c) Goa (d) Puducherry
Answer: (d)
- Where is the seat of Punjab and Haryana High Court?
(a) Ambala (b) Amritsar
(c) Chandigarh (d) Ludhiana
Answer: (c)
- The seat of High Court in Rajasthan:
(a) Jaipur (b) Alwar
(c) Jodhpur (d) Ajmer
Answer: (c)
- The seat of which High Court is in Gangtok?
(a) Sikkim (b) West Bengal
(c) Orissa (d) Uttarakhand
Answer: (a)
- The seat of Uttarakhand High Court:
(a) Lucknow (b) Allahabad
(c) Dehradun (d) Nainital
Answer: (d)
- Which Union Territory has its own High Court?
(a) Andaman Nicobar (b) Lakshadweep
(c) Pondicherry (d) Delhi
Answer: (d)
- The seat of High Court in Uttar Pradesh:
(a) Lucknow (b) Delhi
(c) Allahabad (d) Kanpur
Answer: (c)
- Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu come under the jurisdiction of …… High Court:
(a) Delhi (b) Bombay
(c) Madras (d) Gujarat
Answer: (b)
- India is …..th largest country in the world in terms of area:
(a) 6 (b) 8
(c) 7 (d) 9
Answer: (c)
- What per cent of the world area is occupied by India:
(a) 2.4 (b) 4.2
(c) 3.4 (d) 7.1
Answer: (a)
- The north-south stretch of India is:
(a) 2933 km (b) 3287 km
(c) 3214 km (d) 3933 km
Answer: (c)
- The total coastline of India:
(a) 6100km (b) 7516.6 km
(c) 7100 km (d) 3214 km
Answer: (b)
- The land frontier of India:
(a) 7516.6 (b) 6100
(c) 15200 (d) 15700
Answer: (c)
- The total number of members in the Indian Parliament:
(a) 545 (b) 550
(c) 233 (d) 790
Answer: (d)
- The total number of members in Rajya Sabha:
(a) 233 (b) 245
(c) 235 (d) 240
Answer: (b)
- The south Indian State with the largest number of members in the Legislative Assembly:
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
Answer: (c)
- The state with the longest coastline in South India:
(a) Gujarat (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Goa
Answer: (b)
- The southernmost point of India is Indira Point. It is in:
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Laksha Dweep
(c) Andaman (d) Nicobar
Answer: (d)
- Which state has the largest number of Loksabha seats:
(a) U.P. (b) M.P.
(c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
Answer: (a)
- The total number of members in the Legislative Assemblies of Indian States and Union Territories:
(a) 4120 (b) 4020
(c) 4190 (d) 790
Answer: (a)
- Which country shares the longest border with India:
(a) China (b) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh (d) Nepal
Answer: (c)
- Which of the following countries do not share a land frontier with India:
(a) Myanmar (b) Nepal
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Bhutan
Answer: (c)
- The most densely populated state in India as per the 2011 Census:
(a) U.P. (b) Bihar
(c) West Bengal (d) Kerala
Answer: (b)
- Among the Commonwealth countries the rank of India in terms of area:
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
Answer: (c)
- Among the Commonwealth countries the rank of India in terms of population:
(a) Fourth (b) First
(c) Second (d) Third
Answer: (b)
- The least densely populated state in India as per the 2011 Census::
(a) Goa (b) Sikkim
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) H.P.
Answer: (c)
- The largest lake in India:
(a) Dal (b) Sambar
(c) Kolleru (d) Chilka
Answer: (d)
- The westernmost state in India:
(a) Rajasthan (b) Jammu Kashmir
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Gujarat
Answer: (d)
- The maximum number of nominated members in the Lower House of Indian Parliament:
(a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 9
Answer: (b)
- How many members represent the Union Territories in Loksabha:
(a) 15 (b) 13
(c) 7 (d) 30
Answer: (b)
- The total frontier of India is ………km:
(a) 6100 (b) 7516
(c) 15200 (d) 22716
Answer: (d)
- Which state has the least number of members in the Legislative Council:
(a) Goa (b) Karnataka
(c) Sikkim (d) Jammu Kashmir
Answer: (d)
- Which state has the lowest number of districts:
(a) Sikkim (b) Goa
(c) Mizoram (d) Manipur
Answer: (b)
- The area of India is …… sq. km.
(a) 388630 (b) 3287263
(c) 2487263 (d) 4288630
Answer: (b)
- What fraction of the total area of land area of the world is occupied by India?
(a) 1/32 (b) 1/52
(c) 1/42 (d) 1/24
Answer: (c)
- What per cent of the global area is occupied by India?
(a)0.57 (b) 2.42
(c) 3.1 (d) 1.42
Answer: (a)
- The rank of India in the Indian subcontinent in terms of area:
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
Answer: (a)
- The rank of India in South Asia in terms of area:
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1
Answer: (d)
- The southernmost state in India:
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Goa
Answer: (b)
- The southernmost capital city in India:
(a) Chennai (b) Bangalore
(c) Thiruvananthapuram(d) Panaji
Answer: (c)
- The northernmost state in India:
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Punjab
(c) Haryana (d) Jammu Kashmir
Answer: (d)
- The northernmost capital city in India:
(a) Jammu (b) Srinagar
(c) Shimla (d) Chandigarh
Answer: (b)
- The easternmost state in India:
(a) Assam (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Mizoram (d) Tripura
Answer: (b)
- The westernmost Union Territory in India:
(a)Daman, Diu (b) Dadra Nagar Haveli
(c) Lakshadweep (d) Puducherry
Answer: (a)
- The latitude of the southernmost point of the mainland of India:
(a) 8 degree 4minits (b) 6 degree 4minits
(c) 7 degree 4minits (d) 9 degree 4minits
Answer: (a)
- The latitude of the southernmost point of the Indian Union:
(a) 9 degree 4minits (b) 7 degree 4minits
(c) 6 degree 4minits (d) 8 degree 4minits
Answer: (c)
- Indian Standard Time is based on…… and half degree East longitude.
(a) 68 (b) 97
(c) 37 (d) 82
Answer: (d)
- 82 and a half degree east longitude passes through:
(a) New Delhi (b) Dispur
(c) Kakinada (d) Chennai
Answer: (c)
- The place where Indian Standard Time and local time are the same?
(a) Allahabad (b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi
Answer: (a)
- Indian Standard Time is …… hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time:
(a) 5 and half (b) 4 and half
(c) 6 and half (d) 3 and half
Answer: (a)
- The lowest area in India:
(a) Rann of Kutch (b) Kuttanad
(c) Kochi (d) Kanyakumari
Answer: (b)
- The southernmost point of the mainland of India:
(a) Rameswaram (b) Thalaimannar
(c) Dhanushkodi (d) Kanyakumari
Answer: (d)
- The largest neighbouring country of India:
(a) Pakistan (b) China
(c) Bangladesh (d) Myanmar
Answer: (b)
- The smallest neighbouring country of India:
(a) Bhutan (b) Maldives
(c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh
Answer: (b)
- The smallest neighbouring country that shares a border with India:
(a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh
(c) Bhutan (d) Maldives
Answer: (c)
- The only south-east Asian country that shares a border with India:
(a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal
(c) Myanmar (d) Srilanka
Answer: (c)
- The nearest country to Nicobar islands:
(a) Srilanka (b) Myanmar
(c) Maldives (d) Indonesia
Answer: (d)
- The nearest country to Andaman islands:
(a) Myanmar (b) Maldives
(c) Indonesia (d) Bangladesh
Answer: (a)
National Insignia
- Which colour is in the bottom of the national flag?
(a) Green (b) Saffron
(c) White (d) Navy blue
Answer: (a)
- The ratio of the width and length of the national flag?
(a) 3:2 (b) 2:3
(c) 4:3 (d) 3:4
Answer: (b)
- The wheel in the centre of the national flag has …… spokes:
(a) 16 (b) 32
(c) 24 (d) 48
Answer: (c)
- Who designed the national flag of India?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) JB Kripalani
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Pingali Venkiah
Answer: (d)
- The Constituent Assembly adopted the national flag on:
(a) 26th November 1949(b) 15th August 1947
(c) 26th January 1950 (d) 22nd July 1947
Answer: (d)
- Saffron colour in the national flag depicts:
(a) Truth (b) Progress
(c) Faith (d) Courage and sacrifice
Answer: (d)
- White colour in the national flag signifies:
(a) Dynamism (b) Ancient culture
(c) Change (d) Truth and Peace
Answer: (d)
- Which colour of the national flag signifies faith and chivalry?
(a) Green (b) White
(c) Saffron (d) Navy blue
Answer: (a)
- New Flag Code of India was brought into effect in:
(a) 2001 (b) 2002
(c) 2003 (d) 2004
Answer: (b)
- Number of standard sizes national flag:
(a) 9 (b) 8
(c) 7 (d) 6
Answer: (a)
- The largest size of the national flag of India (in millimetres):
(a) 6300 ◊ 4200 (b) 3600 ◊ 2400
(c) 2700 ◊ 1800 (d) 1800 ◊ 1200
Answer: (a)
- The smallest size of the national flag of India (in millimetres):
(a) 900 ◊ 600 (b) 450 ◊ 300
(c) 225 ◊ 150 (d) 150 ◊ 100
Answer: (d)
- The sole manufacturer of the flag is Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha of:
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Bihar
Answer: (b)
- Usage of the flag is governed by the
(a) Flag Code of India (b) Indian Penal Code
(c) Criminal Procedure Code (d) Indian Citizenship Act
Answer: (a)
- What is the colour of the wheel in the centre of the national flag?
(a) Black (b) Sky Blue
(c) Green (d) Navy Blue
Answer: (d)
- Who unfurled a flag on behalf of India for the first time in a foreign country at the Second Socialist International Meeting in Stuttgart, Germany (1907)?
(a) Madam Bhikaji Cama (b) Pingali Venkiah
(c) Sister Nivetita (d) Annie Besant
Answer: (a)
- Who headed the Adhoc committee appointed by the Constituent Assembly on 23 June 1947 to select a flag for independent India?
(a) Rajendraprasad (b) Maulana Azad
(c) Rajagopalachari (d) KM Munshi
Answer: (a)
- National Flag of India is to be made of:
(a) Hand-spun cloth of cotton or silk (b) Polyester
(c) Rayon (d) Nylon
Answer: (a)
- National tree of India:
(a) Lotus (b) Banyan Tree
(c) Deodar (d) Teak
Answer: (b)
- The botanical name of Banyan tree :
(a) Ficus bengalensis (b) Tectona grandis
(c) Cocos nucifera (d) Nelumbo nucifera
Answer: (a)
- Which is also known as Fig Tree?
(a) Coconut Tree (b) Teak
(c) Banyan tree (d) Bamboo
Answer: (c)
- The national flower of India is Lotus. Who first suggested ‘Lotus’ to be our National symbol in his book “Bridhya Hindoo-r Asha” (An old Hindoo’s Hope) written in 1888?
(a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Raj Narayan Bose (d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (c)
- The botanical name of Lotus:
(a) Nelumbo nucifera (b) Pavo cristatus
(c) Hibiscus rosasinenis (d) Vinca rosea
Answer: (a)
- The national bird of India:
(a) Crow (b) Eagle
(c) Hawk (d) Peacock
Answer: (d)
- The scientific name Peacock:
(a) Panthera leo (b) Pavo cristatus
(c) Srutio camelius (d) Cocos nucifera
Answer: (b)
- In which language Janaganamana was originally composed by Rabindranath Tagore?
(a) Bengali (b) Hindi
(c) Urdu (d) English
Answer: (a)
- Constituent Assembly adopted Janaganamana as the national anthem of India on:
(a) 26th November 1949 (b) 26th January 1950
(c) 22nd July 1947 (d) 24th January 1950
Answer: (d)
- The first political occasion in which Janaganamana has sung was the session of the Indian National Congress held on 27th December, ……
(a) 1896 (b) 1911
(c) 1921 (d) 1906
Answer: (b)
- The complete song of Janaganamana consists of ……. stanzas:
(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 5 (d) 4
Answer: (c)
- Which stanza of Janaganamana is adopted as the National Anthem of India?
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Last
Answer: (a)
- A formal rendition of the national anthem is completed in….. seconds.
(a) 20 (b) 52
(c) 42 (d) 55
Answer: (b)
- A shortened version consisting of the first and last lines of the national anthem is sung in ….. seconds:
(a) 25 (b) 20
(c) 16 (d) 22
Answer: (b)
- In which journal Janaganamana was first published in 1912?
(a) Tatvabodhini Patrika (b) Bengal Gazette
(c) Dig Darshan (d) Samachar Darpan
Answer: (a)
- Janaganamana was first published under the title:
(a) Vande Mataram (b) Morning Song
(c) Bharat Vidatha (d) National Hymn
Answer: (c)
- Who rendered the English translation of Janaganamana?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh (b) YB Yeats
(c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: (c)
- Rabindranath Tagore wrote Janaganamana at the request of his intimate friend ……….who was a judge of Kolkata High Court:
(a) Ashutosh Chaudhary (b) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(c) YB Yeats (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
- The English version of the national anthem begins with the words:
(a) I bow thee mother (b) Thou art the ruler
(c) God saves the kingdom (d) In god we trust
Answer: (b)
- The Morning Song of India is the English translation of:
(a) Janaganamana (b) Vandemataram
(c) Sare Jahan Se Achcha (d) Amar Sonar Bangla
Answer: (a)
- The region mentioned in the national anthem which at present not a part of India:
(a) Baluchistan (b) Punjab
(c) Orissa (d) Sind
Answer: (d)
- Who wrote Vande Mataram the national song of India?
(a) Rabindranth Tagore (b) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) Iswar Chandra Vidhyasagar (d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: (d)
- In which language Vande Mataram was originally written?
(a) Bengali (b) Hindi
(c) Sanskrit (d) Urdu
Answer: (c)
- Vandemataram is a part of the novel:
(a) Durgesanandini (b) Anandmath
(c) Ganadevata (d) Arogyaniketan
Answer: (b)
- The first political occasion in which Vande Mataram has sung was the 12th session of the Indian National Congress held in …… at Kolkata:
(a) 1911 (b) 1912
(c) 1897 (d) 1896
Answer: (d)
- Who rendered the English translation of Vande Mataram?
(a) Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (c)
- The scientific name of Tiger, the national animal of India:
(a) Panthera leo (b) Panthera tigris
(c) Felis domesticus (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
- In which year Tiger became the national animal of India?
(a) 1970 (b) 1971
(c) 1974 (d) 1972
Answer: (d)
- Project Tiger was started in:
(a) 1973 (b) 1974
(c) 1975 (d) 1976
Answer: (a)
- Which was the national animal of India before Tiger?
(a) Elephant (b) Bull
(c) Lion (d) Cow
Answer: (c)
- National game of India:
(a) Chess (b) Football
(c) Hockey (d) Cricket
Answer: (c)
- The number of players in a Hockey team:
(a) 9 (b) 11
(c) 10 (d) 8
Answer: (b)
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