“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

Latest Post -:

World Human Rights Day | विश्व मानवाधिकार दिवस🌸International Anti-Corruption Day | अंतर्राष्ट्रीय भ्रष्टाचार निरोधक दिवस 🌸Armed Forces Flag Day | सशस्त्र सेना झंडा दिवस 🌸Jatindranath Mukherjee 'Bagha Jatin' | जतीन्द्रनाथ मुखर्जी 'बाघा जतीन' 🌸Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar | डॉ. भीमराव अम्बेडकर 🌸 Home Guard Foundation Day | होमगार्ड स्थापना दिवस 🌸 Major Hoshiar Singh Labdha Param Vir Chakra |  मेजर होशियार सिंह लब्ध परमवीर चक्र🌸International Volunteer Day | अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक (वालंटियर) दिवस 🌸Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria | कैप्टन गुरबचन सिंह सालारिया 🌸Aurobindo Ghosh | अरबिंदो घोष 🌸Indian Navy Day | भारतीय नौसेना दिवस 🌸Hockey magician Major Dhyan Chand | हॉकी के जादूगर मेजर ध्यानचंद🌸World Disability Day | विश्व दिव्यांग दिवस 🌸Bhopal gas tragedy case | भोपाल गैस त्रासदी कांड 🌸Immortal martyr Khudiram Bose | अमर शहीद खुदीराम बोस🌸CARBON SINK🌸WORLD WIDE WEB🌸WHAT IS SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP?🌸WHAT IS THE WONDER WALL?🌸ANIMALS WITH A SHORT LIFE SPAN

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

 

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.
World Human Rights Day | विश्व मानवाधिकार दिवस🌸International Anti-Corruption Day | अंतर्राष्ट्रीय भ्रष्टाचार निरोधक दिवस 🌸Armed Forces Flag Day | सशस्त्र सेना झंडा दिवस 🌸Jatindranath Mukherjee 'Bagha Jatin' | जतीन्द्रनाथ मुखर्जी 'बाघा जतीन' 🌸Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar | डॉ. भीमराव अम्बेडकर 🌸 Home Guard Foundation Day | होमगार्ड स्थापना दिवस 🌸 Major Hoshiar Singh Labdha Param Vir Chakra |  मेजर होशियार सिंह लब्ध परमवीर चक्र🌸International Volunteer Day | अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक (वालंटियर) दिवस 🌸Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria | कैप्टन गुरबचन सिंह सालारिया 🌸Aurobindo Ghosh | अरबिंदो घोष 🌸Indian Navy Day | भारतीय नौसेना दिवस 🌸Hockey magician Major Dhyan Chand | हॉकी के जादूगर मेजर ध्यानचंद🌸World Disability Day | विश्व दिव्यांग दिवस 🌸Bhopal gas tragedy case | भोपाल गैस त्रासदी कांड 🌸Immortal martyr Khudiram Bose | अमर शहीद खुदीराम बोस🌸CARBON SINK🌸WORLD WIDE WEB🌸WHAT IS SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP?🌸WHAT IS THE WONDER WALL?🌸ANIMALS WITH A SHORT LIFE SPAN

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

GK Updates India Part-6

  1. The national calendar of India is based on …..Era:

(a) Kollam Era (b) Gregorian

(c) Saka (d) Hijra

Answer: (c)

  1. National Calendar was adopted on:

(a) 26th November 1949 (b) 26th January 1950

(c) 22nd July 1947 (d) 22nd March 1957

Answer: (d)

  1. The first month of the Saka Era:

(a) Phalguna (b) Ashada

(c) Sravan (d) Chaitra

Answer: (d)

  1. The last month of Saka Era:

(a) Bhadrapada (b) Pausha

(c) Chaitra (d) Phalguna

Answer: (d)

  1. In a normal year of the Gregorian Calendar Chaitra 1 falls on:

(a) March 21 (b) March 22

(c) March 23 (d) March 20

Answer: (b)

  1. In leap year of Gregorian Calendar Chaitra 1 falls on:

(a) March 20 (b) March 21

(c) March 22 (d) March 23

Answer: (b)

  1. Saka Era was started by:

(a) Asoka (b) Harsha

(c) Rudradama (d) Kanishka

Answer: (d)

  1. Saka Era was started in:

(a) AD 58 (b) AD 72

(c) AD 78 (d) BC 58

Answer: (c)

  1. In leap years, the additional one day is added to the month of…….of Saka Era:

(a) Phalguna (b) Pousha

(c) Magha (d) Chaitra

Answer: (d)

  1. The national emblem of India is an adaptation from:

(a) Sanchi stupa (b) Saranath Lion Capital

(c) Mahabodhi Temple (d) Konark Sun temple

Answer: (b)

  1. The number of lions can be seen in the national emblem as seen from the front?

(a) 3 (b) 1

(c) 2 (d) 5

Answer: (a)

  1. The total number of species of animals can be seen in the national emblem as seen from the front:

(a) 4 (b) 5

(c) 3 (d) 2

Answer: (c)

  1. Which animal can be seen on the right side of the wheel in the bottom of the national emblem?

(a) Bull (b) Horse

(c) Elephant (d) Cow

Answer: (a)

  1. Which animal can be seen on the left side of the wheel in the bottom of the national emblem?

(a) Tiger (b) Elephant

(c) Horse (d) Cow

Answer: (c)

  1. The national emblem was adopted by the Govt. Of India on:

(a) 26th November 1949(b) 15th August 1947

(c) 26th January 1950 (d) 22nd July 1947

Answer: (c)

  1. Words in the national emblem- Sathyameva Jayate  is taken from:

(a) Katopanishad (b) Mundakopanishad

(c) Kenopanishad (d) Brihadaranyopanishad

Answer: (b)

  1. Sathyameva Jayate  means:

(a) Truth can triumph  (b) Truth alone triumphs

(c) Truth triumphs always (d) Truth means triumph

Answer: (b)

  1. In which script Sathyameva Jayate is written?

(a) Kharoshti (b) Brahmi

(c) Devanagari (d) Dravidian

Answer: (c)

  1. Which is regarded as the national fruit of India?

(a) Jack fruit (b) Coconut

(c) Mango (d) Apple

Answer: (c)

  1. The botanical name of Mango tree:

(a) Nelumbo nucifera (b) Tectona grandis

(c) Mangifera indica (d) Cocos nucifera

Answer: (c)

  1. The national river of India:

(a) Indus (b) Ganga

(c) Brahmaputra (d) Godavari

Answer: (b)

  1. Ganga was declared as the national river of India in:

(a) 2006 (b) 2007

(c) 2008 (d) 2009

Answer: (c)

  1. National aquatic animal of India:

(a) River Dolphin (b) Turtle

(c) Tortoise (d) Shark

Answer: (a)

  1. River Dolphin was declared as the national aquatic animal in:

(a) 2008 (b) 2007

(c) 2006 (d) 2009

Answer: (d)

1025.The national language of India is Hindi in ……script.

(a) Dravidian (b) Brahmi

(c) Kharoshti (d) Devanagari

Answer: (d)

Population

  1. What is the rank of India in terms of population in the world?

(a) First (b) Second

(c) Third (d) Fourth

Answer: (b)

  1. The Indian state with the largest population as per 2011 Census:

(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Rajasthan

(c) Maharashtra (d) Bihar

Answer: (a)

 

  1. The Indian state with the lowest population as per 2011 Census:

(a) Goa (b) Mizoram

(c) Sikkim (d) Manipur

Answer: (c)

  1. Which state has the highest population growth rate (2001-2011):

(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Meghalaya

Answer: (d)

  1. Which state has the lowest population growth rate (2001-2011):

(a) West Bengal (b) Karnataka

(c) Nagaland (d) Goa

Answer: (c)

  1. What percent of the world population is represented by India as per the 2011 census?

(a) 17.5 (b) 21.05

(c) 25.6 (d) 30.2

Answer: (a)

  1. Which state has the highest population density as per 2011 Census?

(a) Kerala (b) Bihar

(c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b)

  1. Which state has the lowest population density as per 2011 Census?

(a) Rajasthan (b) Jammu Kashmir

(c) Mizoram (d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: (d)

  1. Which state has the highest sex ratio as per 2011 Census?

(a) Bihar (b) Kerala

(c) Goa (d) Mizoram

Answer: (b)

  1. Which state has the lowest sex ratio as per 2011 Census?

(a) Haryana (b) Mizoram

(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Kerala

Answer: (a)

  1. The district in India with the largest population as per the 2011 Census:

(a) Thane (b) Mumbai

(c) Thane (d) Pune

Answer: (a)

  1. The district in India with the lowest population as per the 2011 Census:

(a) Mahe (b) Dihang Valley

(c) Yanam (d) Leh

Answer: (b)

  1. The sex ratio in India is ….. females per 1000 males as per 2011 Census:

(a) 903 (b) 847

(c) 940 (d) 1058

Answer: (c)

  1. The density of population as per 2011 Census:

(a) 324 (b) 747

(c) 903 (d) 382

Answer: (d)

  1. Decadal growth rate of India during 2001-2011 is ……percent

(a) 21.34 (b) 31.34

(c) 23.41 (d) 17.64

Answer: (d)

  1. Which Union Territory has the highest density of population as per the 2011 census?

(a) Puthuchery (b) Delhi

(c) Chandigarh (d) Lakshadweep

Answer: (b)

  1. Which Union Territory has the lowest density of population as per the 2011 census?

(a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli  (b) Puducherry

(c) Chandigarh  (d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Answer: (d)

  1. The second-largest religion in India:

(a) Christianity (b) Islam

(c) Jainism (d) Parsi religion

Answer: (b)

  1. Which religion has the highest literacy rate as per the 2011 census?

(a) Hindu (b) Christianity

(c) Parsi (d) Jain

Answer: (d)

  1. The literacy rate in India as per the 2011 census is ….. per cent:

(a) 74.04 (b) 90.52

(c) 65.38 (d) 52.11

Answer: (a)

  1. The Union Territory in India with the highest literacy as per 2011 census:

(a) Chandigarh (b) Lakshadweep

(c) Delhi (d) Puthuchery

Answer: (b)

  1. The largest district in India:

(a) Leh (Ladakh) (b) Jaisalmer

(c) Kachch (d) Medinipur

Answer: (a)

  1. The smallest district in India:

(a) Yanam (b) Alappuzha

(c) Chennai (d) Mahe

Answer: (d)

  1. Which state has the highest literacy rate among males and females as per the 2011 census?

(a) Mizoram (b) Kerala

(c) Goa (d) Karnataka

Answer: (b)

  1. Which state has the lowest literacy rate as per the 2011 census?

(a) Rajasthan (b) Jharkhand

(c) Bihar (d) Chhatisgarh

Answer: (c)

Languages

  1. Which schedule of the Indian Constitution is related to languages?

(a) 7th (b) 8th

(c) 9th (d) 10th

Answer: (b)

  1. The number of languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution:

(a)22 (b) 18

(c) 21 (d) 24

Answer: (a)

  1. The language group in India  that has the largest number of speakers:

(a)Dravidian (b) Sino Tibetan

(c) Indo Aryan (d) None of these

Answer: (c)

  1. The largest language in the Dravidian group:

(a)Tamil (b) Malayalam

(c) Kannada (d) Telugu

Answer: (d)

  1. Oldest Dravidian language:

(a)Telugu (b) Kannada

(c) Malayalam (d) Tamil

Answer: (d)

  1. The largest language in the Indo-Aryan group:

(a) Hindi (b) Bengali

(c) Oriya (d) Rajasthani

Answer: (a)

  1. The youngest Dravidian language:

(a)Telugu (b) Malayalam

(c) Tamil (d) Kannada

Answer: (b)

  1. Hindi is the official language of the Indian Union  as per Article …… of the Constitution,

(a)343 (b) 323

(c) 333 (d) 356

Answer: (a)

  1. Which of the following language has the second largest number of speakers?

(a)Bengali (b) Telugu

(c) Marathi (d) Oriya

Answer: (a)

  1. Dogri language is spoken in the state of:

(a)Assam (b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Jammu Kashmir (d) Sikkim

Answer: (c)

  1. Which language in the 8th Schedule has the least number of speakers?

(a)Bodo (b) Santhali

(c) Dogri (d) Sanskrit

Answer: (d)

  1. The only Sanskrit village in India:

(a) Mattur (b) Dharmastala

(c) Dharamsala (d) Guntur

Answer: (a)

  1. Which of the following is a foreign language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution?

(a)English (b) Bengali

(c) Nepali (d) Chinese

Answer: (c)

  1. Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution by the ….. amendment of the Constitution in 1992.

(a)71 (b) 72

(c) 73 (d) 74

Answer: (a)

  1. Bodo, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri are the languages added to the 8th Schedule through the ….. Amendment of the Constitution in 2003:

(a) 91 (b) 92

(c) 93 (d) 94

Answer: (b)

  1. The first language in India to get the status of classical language:

(a)Tamil (b) Sanskrit

(c) Kannada (d) Telugu

Answer: (a)

  1. The second language in India to get the status of classical language:

(a)Telugu (b) Kannada

(c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil

Answer: (c)

  1. Kannada and Telugu got the status of classical language in:

(a)2005 (b) 2007

(c) 2009 (d) 2008

Answer: (d)

  1. Konkani language is spoken in the state of:

(a)Goa (b) Assam

(c) Sikkim (d) Jammu Kashmir

Answer: (a)

  1. Bodo language is spoken in:

(a)Sikkim (b) Meghalaya

(c) Jammu Kashmir (d) Assam

Answer: (d)

  1. Tulu is a ….. language.

(a)Indo Aryan (b) Dravidian

(c) Sino -Tibetan (d) None of these

Answer: (b)

  1. Which is known as Camp language?

(a)Hindi (b) Telugu

(c) Bengali (d) Urdu

Answer: (d)

  1. In which state is English is the official language?

(a)Himachal Pradesh (b) Assam

(c) Nagaland (d) Goa

Answer: (c)

  1. In which state is Pahari language is spoken?

(a)Assam (b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Bihar (d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (b)

  1. Which is not a language in the 8th Schedule?

(a) Rajastani (b) Konkani

(c) Maithili (d) Bodo

Answer: (a)

  1. India is …..th largest country in the world in terms of area:

(a) 6 (b) 8

(c) 7 (d) 9

Answer: (c)

 

  1. 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)

  1. The north-south stretch of India is:

(a) 2933 km (b) 3287 km

(c) 3214 km (d) 3933 km

Answer: (c)

  1. The total coastline of India:

(a) 6100km (b) 7516.6 km

(c) 7100 km (d) 3214 km

Answer: (b)

  1. The land frontier of India:

(a) 7516.6 (b) 6100

(c) 15200 (d) 15700

Answer: (c)

  1. The total number of members in the Indian Parliament:

(a) 545 (b) 550

(c) 233 (d) 790

Answer: (d)

  1. The total number of members in Rajya Sabha:

(a) 233 (b) 245

(c) 235 (d) 240

Answer: (b)

  1. 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)

  1. The state with the longest coastline in South India:

(a) Gujarat (b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Goa

Answer: (b)

  1. The southernmost point of India is Indira Point. It is in:

(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Laksha Dweep

(c) Andaman (d) Nicobar

Answer: (d)

  1. Which state has the largest number of Loksabha seats:

(a) U.P. (b) M.P.

(c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar

Answer: (a)

  1. 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)

  1. Which country shares the longest border with India:

(a) China (b) Pakistan

(c) Bangladesh (d) Nepal

Answer: (c)

  1. Which of the following countries do not share a land frontier with India:

(a) Myanmar (b) Nepal

(c) Sri Lanka (d) Bhutan

Answer: (c)

  1. The most densely populated state in India as per 2011 Census:

(a) U.P. (b) Bihar

(c) West Bengal (d) Kerala

Answer: (b)

  1. Among the Commonwealth countries the rank of India in terms of area:

(a) First (b) Second

(c) Third (d) Fourth

Answer: (c)

  1. Among the Commonwealth countries the rank of India in terms of population:

(a) Fourth (b) First

(c) Second (d) Third

Answer: (b)

  1. The least densely populated state in India as per 2011 Census::

(a) Goa (b) Sikkim

(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) H.P.

Answer: (c)

  1. The largest lake in India:

(a) Dal (b) Sambar

(c) Kolleru (d) Chilka

Answer: (d)

  1. The westernmost state in India:

(a) Rajasthan (b) Jammu Kashmir

(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Gujarat

Answer: (d)

  1. The maximum number of nominated members in the Lower House of Indian Parliament:

(a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 9

Answer: (b)

  1. How many members represent the Union Territories in Loksabha:

(a) 15 (b) 13

(c) 7 (d) 30

Answer: (b)

  1. The total frontier of India is ………km:

(a) 6100 (b) 7516

(c) 15200 (d) 22716

Answer: (d)

  1. Which state has the least number of members in the Legislative Council:

(a) Goa (b) Karnataka

(c) Sikkim (d) Jammu Kashmir

Answer: (d)

  1. Which state has the lowest number of districts:

(a) Sikkim (b) Goa

(c) Mizoram (d) Manipur

Answer: (b)

  1. The area of India is …… sq. km.

(a) 388630 (b) 3287263

(c) 2487263 (d) 4288630

Answer: (b)

 

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. The rank of India in the Indian subcontinent in terms of area:

(a) 1 (b) 2

(c) 3 (d) 4

Answer: (a)

  1. The rank of India in South Asia in terms of area:

(a) 4 (b) 3

(c) 2 (d) 1

Answer: (d)

  1. The southernmost state in India:

(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Karnataka (d) Goa

Answer: (b)

  1. The southernmost capital city in India:

(a) Chennai (b) Bangalore

(c) Thiruvananthapuram(d) Panaji

Answer: (c)

  1. The northernmost state in India:

(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Punjab

(c) Haryana (d) Jammu Kashmir

Answer: (d)

  1. The northernmost  capital city in India:

(a) Jammu (b) Srinagar

(c) Shimla (d) Chandigarh

Answer: (b)

  1. The easternmost state in India:

(a) Assam (b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Mizoram (d) Tripura

Answer: (b)

  1. The westernmost Union Territory in India:

(a)Daman, Diu (b) Dadra Nagar Haveli

(c) Lakshadweep (d) Puducherry

Answer: (a)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. Indian Standard Time is based on…… and half degree East longitude.

(a) 68 (b) 97

(c) 37 (d) 82

Answer: (d)

  1. 82 and half degree east longitude passes through:

(a) New Delhi (b) Dispur

(c) Kakinada (d) Chennai

Answer: (c)

  1. The place where Indian Standard Time and local time are the same?

(a) Allahabad (b) Kolkata

(c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi

Answer: (a)

  1. 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)

  1. The lowest area in India:

(a) Rann of Kutch (b) Kuttanad

(c) Kochi (d) Kanyakumari

Answer: (b)

  1. The southernmost point of the mainland of India:

(a) Rameswaram (b) Thalaimannar

(c) Dhanushkodi (d) Kanyakumari

Answer: (d)

  1. The largest neighbouring country of India:

(a) Pakistan (b) China

(c) Bangladesh (d) Myanmar

Answer: (b)

  1. The smallest neighbouring country of India:

(a) Bhutan (b) the Maldives

(c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh

Answer: (b)

  1. The smallest neighbouring country that shares a border with India:

(a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh

(c) Bhutan (d) Maldives

Answer: (c)

  1. The only south-east Asian country that shares a border with India:

(a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal

(c) Myanmar (d) Srilanka

Answer: (c)

  1. The nearest country to Nicobar islands:

(a) Srilanka (b) Myanmar

(c) Maldives (d) Indonesia

Answer: (d)

  1. The nearest country to Andaman islands:

(a) Myanmar (b) the Maldives

(c) Indonesia (d) Bangladesh

Answer: (a)

  1. The first state was formed on a linguistic basis in 1953:

(a)Andhra (b) Rajasthan

(c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (a)

  1. In which year Indian states were reorganised under the linguistic basis for the first time?

(a)1953 (b) 1954

(c) 1955 (d) 1956

Answer: (d)

  1. In how many languages the denomination is printed in Indian currencies?

(a)15 (b) 16

(c) 17 (d) 22

Answer: (c)

  1. In how many languages the signature of the Reserve Bank Governor is printed in Indian currencies?

(a) 2 (b) 1

(c) 3 (d) 4

Answer: (a)

  1. The court language during the Mughals:

(a)Hindi (b) Sanskrit

(c) Persian (d) Prakrit

Answer: (c)

  1. The court language of Satavahanas:

(a)Hindi (b) Sanskrit

(c) Persian (d) Prakrit

Answer: (d)

  1. The rulers of the Vijayanagar empire encouraged:

(a)Telugu (b) Hindi

(c) Marathi (d) Tamil

Answer: (a)

  1. The court language of Guptas:

(a)Hindi (b) Sanskrit

(c) Persian (d) Prakrit

Answer: (b)

  1. The language in which ancient scriptures of Buddhism was written?

(a)Pali (b) Tamil

(c) Telugu (d) Sankrit

Answer: (a)

  1. In which language Sangam literature was written?

(a)Hindi (b) Sanskrit

(c) Tamil (d) Prakrit

Answer: (c)

  1. Khasi language is spoken in:

(a)Sikkim (b) Meghalaya

(c) Jammu Kashmir (d) Assam

Answer: (b)

  1. Gurumukhi is the script of ….. language.

(a)Urdu (b) Kashmiri

(c) Punjabi (d) Bengali

Answer: (c)

  1. Marathi is a ……   language.

(a)Dravidian (b) Sino-Tibetan

(c) Indo-Aryan (d) None of these

Answer: (c)

  1. Konkani language belongs to ….. language group.

(a)Dravidian (b) Sino-Tibetan

(c) Indo-Aryan (d) None of these

Answer: (c)

  1. Oriya is a ……   language.

(a)Indo-Aryan (b) Sino-Tibetan

(c) Dravidian (d) None of these

Answer: (a)

  1. The Union Territory where the French language is spoken:

(a) Dadra (b) Goa

(c) Daman (d) Puducherry

Answer: (d)

  1. The main language of Lakshadweep:

(a)Tamil (b) Malayalam

(c) Kannada (d) Telugu

Answer: (b)

  1. The language in which Mahavira preached:

(a)Prakrit (b) Aramaic

(c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit

Answer: (a)

  1. In which language the holy scriptures of Hinduism is written?

(a)Hindi (b) Sanskrit

(c) Sanskrit (d) Pali

Answer: (c)

  1. The language used in the Asokan edicts in the Kandahar region of Maurya empire:

(a)Prakrit (b) Aramaic

(c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit

Answer: (b)

  1. The first vernacular newspaper in India was published in …. language.

(a) Marathi (b) Oriya

(c) Bengali (d) Punjabi

Answer: (c)

  1. The most widely used foreign language in India?

(a)Nepali (b) French

(c) English (d) Portuguese

Answer: (c)

  1. Lepcha, Bhutia languages are spoken in the state of:

(a)Meghalaya (b) Sikkim

(c) Tripura (d) Nagaland

Answer: (b)

  1. The official language of Jammu Kashmir:

(a)Kashmiri (b) Hindi

(c) Dogri (d) Urdu

Answer: (d)

  1. Which language is formed as a result of Hindu-Muslim unity:

(a)Kashmiri (b) Sindhi

(c) Urdu (d) Dogri

Answer: (c)

  1. The largest brackish water lake in India:

Chilka

 

  1. Pulikat lake is situated in:

Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

  1. The island that separates Pulikat lake from the Bay of Bengal:

Sriharikota

  1. Which lake in India is famous for prawn cultivation?

Chilka

  1. In which state is Kolleru lake?

Andhra Pradesh

  1. The largest lake in South India:

Kolleru

  1. In which state is Wular lake?

Jammu & Kashmir

  1. The only crater lake in India:

Lonar Lake

  1. In which state is Lonar lake?

Maharashtra

  1. In which state is  Nalsarovar lake?

Gujarat

  1. The saltiest lake in India:

Sambhar

  1. In which state is Sambhar lake?

Rajasthan

  1. In which state is Loktak lake?

Manipur

  1. The largest lake in northeast India:

Loktak Lake (Manipur)

  1. Dhootsagar waterfalls are in…… river:

Mandovi

  1. The highest waterfall in India:

Jog

  1. Jog falls is also known as:

Gersoppa

  1. In which river is Jog falls?

Sharavati

  1. In which state is Jog falls?

Karnataka

  1. In which state is  Shivasamudram waterfalls?

Karnataka

  1. In which state is  Hogenackal waterfalls?

Tamil Nadu

  1. In which state are Chitrakot waterfalls?

Chhatisgarh

  1. Almora which is situated on Kumaon Hills is in the state of:

Uttarakhand

  1. Cherrapunji is situated in the state of:

Meghalaya

  1. Coonoor which is situated on Nilgiri Hills is in the state of:

Tamil Nadu

  1. The hill station Dalhousie is in the state of:

Himachal Pradesh

 

  1. In which state is Darjeeling?

West Bengal?

  1. Gulmarg is a hill station in:

Jammu & Kashmir

  1. In which state is Kasauli hill station?

Himachal Pradesh

  1. Which is known as ‘the princess of hill stations’?

Kodaikanal

  1. The Queen of hill stations in South India:

Udagamandalam

  1. In which state is  Mahabaleshwar?

Maharashtra

  1. The only hill station in Rajasthan:

Mount Abu

  1. Mussoorie is a hill station in…….. where the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration is situated:

Uttarakhand

  1. Nainital is a hill station which is also the seat of High Court of:

Uttarakhand

  1. Which hill station in Madhya Pradesh is known as the ‘Queen of Satpuras’?

Pachmarhi

  1. Ranikhet is a hill station in:

Uttarakhand

  1. Ranchi is a hill station in:

Jharkhand

  1. The state capital in India is situated at the highest altitude:

Shimla

  1. Yercaud is a hill station in …… in Shevaroy Hills:

Tamil Nadu

  1. In which state is Coorg?

Karnataka

  1. The highest hill station in South India:

Udagamandalam

  1. The only hill resort developed by Ameri- cans in India:

Kodaikanal

  1. The hill station discovered by John Sullivan:

Udagamandalam

  1. The Botanical gardens established by the Marquis of Tweed dale in 1847, is at:

Udagamandalam

  1. Dharmasthala is a hill station in:

Karnataka

  1. Kalimpong is a hill station in:

West Bengal

  1. The National Highway Authority of India was started functioning in:

1995

  1. The headquarters of the National High- way authority of India is:

New Delhi

  1. Which state has the longest coverage of national highways?

Uttar Pradesh

Sign up to Receive Awesome Content in your Inbox, Frequently.

We don’t Spam!
Thank You for your Valuable Time

Share this post