GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

PROJECT: INDIA

INDUS UNIVERSAL
SNIGDHA A.S.R.S.S CLASS 12 A2 SCHOOL
1. Who was the first women prime minister of India?

a) Indira Gandhi

b) Pratibha Gandhi

c) Sumitra Gandhi

d) Sonia Gandhi

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Ans: a) Indira Gandhi

2. What is the total number of characters in the Hindi alphabet?

a) 62

b) 42 

c) 52

d) 50

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Ans: c) 52

3. Which is the largest state in India?

a) Maharashtra

b) Rajasthan

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

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Ans: b) Rajasthan

4. Which are the Smallest States in India?

a) Manipur

b) Goa

c) Uttarakhand

d) Assam

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Ans: b) Goa

5. Who is the 1st citizen of India?

a) President

b) Prime Minister

c) Vice-President

d) Former President

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Ans: a) President

6. Who is the 2nd citizen of India?

a) President

b) Vice-President

c) Former President
d) Prime Minister

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Ans: b) Vice-President

7. Who is the 3rd citizen of India?

a) President

b) Prime Minister

c) Former President

d) Vice-President

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Ans: b) Prime Minister

8. When did the Indian peoples celebrate Independence Day?

a) 15 August 

b) 26 January

c) 10 August

d) 4 August

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Ans: a) 15 August

9.When do we celebrate our Indian Republic Day?

a) 25 March

b) 12 May
c) 12 July

d) 26 January

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Ans: d) 26 January

10. Who was the first women chief minister in India?

a) Sucheta Kriplani

b) Mamata Banerjee

c) Indira Gandhi 

D) None of these

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Ans: a) Sucheta Kriplani

11. Who is the composer of the Indian national song?

a) Jibanananda Das

b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

c) Chattopadhyay Sharadchan

d) Manik Bandopadhyay

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Ans: b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

12. How many spokes are in the national flag of India?

a) 26 spokes
b) 25 spokes

c) 24 spokes

d) 22 spokes

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Ans: C) 24 spokes

13. What is the national song of India?

a) Jan Gan Man…

b) Vande Matram…

c) Sare Jahan Se Acha…

d) None of these

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Ans: b) Vande Mataram…

14. What is the national flower of India?

a) Rose

b) Lotus

c) Sunflower

d) None of these

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Ans: b) Lotus

15. Who is the first female chief justice of India?

a) Smt. Lela Sheth

b) Fathima Beevi

c) Kiran Bedi

d) None of these

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Ans: b) Fathima Beevi

16. How many months in every single year?

a) 11 Months

b) 12 Months

c) 10 Months

d) 8 Months

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Ans: b) 12 months

17. How many days in every single week?

a) 7 days

b) 5 days

c) 8 days

d) 6 days

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Ans: a) 7 days

 
18. How many Indian states have the Hindi language?

a) 10

b) 15

c) 12

d) 16

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Ans: a) 10

19: Which language is used most in Maharashtra?

a) Hindi

b) English

c) Marathi

d) Bengali

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Ans: Marathi

20: Which animal is known as the ‘ship of the Desert’?

a) 

b)

c)

d)

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Ans: Camel
 

21: What is the name of the longest river on earth?

a) Amazon River

b) Angara River

c) The Nile

d) None of these

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Ans: c) The Nile

22: What is the name of the fastest animal on the land?

a) Pronghorn Antelope

b) Quarter Horse

c) Springbok

d) Cheetah

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Ans: d) Cheetah

23: What is the main source of energy for the Earth?

a) Sun

b) Water

c) Air

d) Moon
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Ans: a) Sun

24: Which continent has not a single volcano?

a) Australia

b) Antarctica

c) Europe

d) Africa

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Ans: a) Australia

25: What is the smallest ocean in the world?

a) The Atlantic Ocean

b) the Pacific Ocean

c) The Indian Ocean

d) the Arctic Ocean

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Ans: d) Arctic Ocean

26: Which is the highest mountain in India?

a) Mount Everest

b) Kangchenjunga

c) Nanda Devi
d) None of these

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Ans: b)  Kangchenjunga

27: Which is the largest lake in India?

a) Wular Lake

b) Manasbal Lake

c) Chilika Lake 

d) Shakambari Jheel

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Ans: a) Wular Lake

28: Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?

a) Akbar

b) Shah Jahan

c) Mohammad Bin Tuglak

d) None of these

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Ans: b) Shah Jahan

29: U.S.A. What is its currency?

a) Dollar

b) Euro
c) Rupees

d) Pounds

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Ans: a) Dollar

30. Who is the first Indian field marshal?

a) Jamshedji Manekshaw

b) Arjan Singh

c) Jagjit Singh Aurora

d) A. A. K. Niazi

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Ans: a) Jamshedji Manekshaw

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