1. Which of these states share a border with Nepal?

Uttaranchal

Madhya Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

2. Patnitop and Banihal are places in

Jammu & Kashmir

Rajasthan

Madhya Pradesh

Karnataka

3. What is Formula One Grand Prix?

Cycle Race

Car race

Marathon

Soccer tournament

4. How old is the Kaziranga National Park?

50 years

100 years

150 years

75 years

5. How many years ago was India’s highest mountain the Kanchenjunga scaled for
the first time?

100 years
 50 years

75 years

10 years

6. Which of these is not true of Basant Panchami day?

People fly kites

Green is the festival’s colour

It is the time when mustard fields are in bloom

It is a spring festival

7. King Momo is associated with which festival?

Lori

Christmas

Onam

Carnival

8. Name the first satellite launched by India in 1975

Aryabhatta

Apollo

Apple

Aditya

9. Which City in India is famous for its lock manufacturing Industry?

Aligarh

Raipur

Ahmedabad
 Kochi

10. Name India's first woman cricket coach.

Sunita Sharma

Sunita Verma

Sunita Rana

Sunita Pahana

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Correct answers given below: 1. Uttaranchal

2. Jammu & Kashmir

3. Car race

4. 100 years

5. 50 years

6. Green is the festival’s colour

7. Carnival

8. Aryabhatta

9. Aligarh

10. Sunita Sharma

. Who was the first Indian to hold the post of Governor General in India?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

 Dr. K.M. Munshi

C. Rajagopalachari

Annie Besant

2. Who was India's first Deputy Prime Minister?

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Morarji Desai

Choudhary Charan Singh

Jagjivan Ram

3. Who was India's first woman Cabinet Minister?

Dr. Vijayalakshmi Pandit

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Dr. Annie Besant

Sheila Dixit

4. Which British Governor continued in that position even after India

became independent?

Sir Archibald Nye

Sir Henry Knight

Lord William Bentinck

Warren Hastings
5. Who was the only Indian woman to become the president of the United
Nations General Assembly?

Indira Gandhi

Reita Faria

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

None of the above

6. Who was the first Vice-Chairman of the Planning Commission?

C.M. Trivedi

D.P. Dhar

Shankarrao Bhaurao Chavan

V.T. Krishnamachari

7. Who was the first Indian woman to become a Governor of a state?

Padmaja Naidu

Sarojini Naidu

Annie Besant

Indira Gandhi

8. The first Indian Commander -in-chief of free India was…

Air Marshal S Mukherjee

 Gen. Rajendrasinhji

General Cariappa

Gen. Gopal Gurunath Bewoor

9. Who was India's first President?

C. Rajagopalachari

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Lord Mountbatten

10. Who was the first Indian woman to be decorated with Bharat Ratna?

Indira Gandhi

Mother Teresa

Aruna Asaf Ali

M. S. Subbulakshmi

1. C. Rajagopalachari

2. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

3. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

4. Sir Archibald Nye

5. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

6. V.T. Krishnamachari

7. Sarojini Naidu
8. General Cariappa

9. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

10. Indira Gandhi

1. What is the First War of Indian Independence commonly called by the British?

Quit India Movement

First War

Sepoy Mutiny

None of the Above

2. Which of the following was not a reason for the uprising?

 Lower salaries of the Indian Soldiers than that of the British soldiers.

The proclamation of Queen Victoria

Doctrine of Lapse.

Rumour that the cartridges which had to be bitten off before use, were coated
with animal fat

3. In the capture of Delhi by the British forces, which Mughal king was captured and
exiled to Burma?

Aurangzeb

Shah Jehan

Akbar

Bahadur Shah

4. Who was the Governor - General of India during this period? nbsp;

Lord Dalhousie

Lord Canning

Lord Curzon

Lord Lytton

5. Who first redefined the 'sepoy mutiny' in his book which was banned even before
it could be published?

Veer Savarkar

Mahatma Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

Lokmanya Tilak

6. When did the 1857 uprising begin ?

 July 10

June 10

May 10

September 10

7. Who fired at a British officer in order to inspire his regiment into an open revolt at
the Barrackpore cantonment at Meerut?

Mangal Pandey

Ishwari Prasad

Shaikh Paltu

None of the above

8. Who protested against the British for not being allowed to adopt a successor?

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Lal Hanumant Singh

Raja Kunwar Singh

Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi

9. Who led a revolt in Bundelkhand alongwith Rani of Jhansi?

Pandurang Tope

Tatya Tope

Nana Saheb

Kunwarsingh

10. Which British company's rule ended after this uprising?

West India Company

South India Company

 North India Company

East India Company

1. Sepoy Mutiny

2. The proclamation of Queen Victoria

3. Bahadur Shah

4. Lord Canning

5. Veer Savarkar

6. May 10

7. Mangal Pandey

8. Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi

9. Tatya Tope

10. East India Company

1. Which of these states is famous for weaving carpets?

Sikkim

Kashmir

Tamil Nadu

Orissa

2. Name the famous 'tear-shaped' lake located in the Himalayas.

Bhim Tal
 Naini Tal

Nakuchia Tal

Sat Tal

3. Which of these places is a famous ski resort?

Gulmarg

Panchgani

Dharamshala

Panchmarhi

4. The famous Jamia Milia Islamia university is located in....

Varnasi

New Delhi

Pune

Mumbai

5. India is the world's leading producer of this mineral.

Gold

Silver

Mica

Iron

6. The Vanrani, the toy train operates at ......

Matheran

Mumbai

Darjeeling
 Mahableshwar

7. Where is the Chittorgarh fort located?

Maharashtra

Goa

Delhi

Rajasthan

8. Which of these sanctuaries is in Karnataka?

Gir Sanctuary

Kaziranga Sanctuary

Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary

Tadoba National Park

9. What is Berar district in Maharashtra famous for?

Mangoes

Cotton

Paper

Forests

10. Manikaran is a pilgrim site located in ....

Uttaranchal

Punjab

Jammu & Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh
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Correct answers given below: 1. Kashmir

2. Naini Tal

3. Gulmarg

4. New Delhi

5. Mica

6. Mumbai

7. Rajasthan

8. Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary

9. Cotton

10. Himachal Pradesh

1. Which of these places is not located in Mumbai?

The Gateway of India

The Kamala Nehru Park

The Juhu Beach

The Charminar

2. Thumba in Kerala is famous because

It has several industries

It is a rocket launching station

It is a harbour

It has an international airport

3. Which state is known as India's Spice Garden?

Kerala

Karnataka

Bihar

Uttaranchal

4. On which riverbank is Goa located?

Ganga

Mandovi

Gomati

Sabarmati

5. The western ghats in Maharashtra is known as

Nilgiris

Sahyadris

Cardamon Hills

Annamalai

6. Which State in India is the largest producer of Soyabean?

Rajasthan

Gujarat

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

7. Which of these Cities located in the state of Gujarat is famous for zari production?
 Surat

Rajkot

Surendranagar

Ahmedabad

8. Sishu is the literary work of which Indian author?

Vikram Seth

Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Arundhati Roy

9. Name this Indian Tennis player who has turned Hollywood filmmaker?

Leander Paes

Mahesh Bhupathi

Vijay Amritraj

Ashok Amritraj

10. Where is Fort William located ?

Chennai

Goa

Kolkata

Mysore

1. The Charminar

2. It is a rocket launching station

3. Kerala

4. Mandovi
5. Sahyadris

6. Madhya Pradesh

7. Surat

8. Rabindranath Tagore

9. Ashok Amritraj

10. Kolkata

. In which state is India's first marine national park located?

Gujarat

Kerala.

Goa

Tamil Nadu

2.Which river of southern India is called 'Ganga of the South'?

Krishna

Kaveri

Narmada

Godavari

3. Which is the only place in India where Carnival is celebrated?

Assam
 Kerala

Kashmir

Goa

4. Which steel city in India was named after its founder?

Visnagar

Tatanagar

Jamshedpur

Adipur

5. The Great Indian Bustard, an endangered bird, is found in

The Thar Desert

The Deccan Plateau

The Sunderbans

The Sambhar Lake

6. Name the holy place in Kashmir where thousands of devotees come to worship a
naturally formed ice shivlingam in the month of July & August.

Amarnath

Badrinath

Kedarnath

Somnath

7. Which city is called the religious capital of Maharashtra?

 Mumbai

Pune

Nashik

Shirdi

8. Where is India's only active volcano?

Andaman Islands

Lakshadweep

Western Ghats

Sunderbans

9. Kumarakom is a well-known tourist resort in

Goa

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

10. Which city in India is called the 'City of Joy'?

Delhi

Surat

Mumbai

Kolkata
1. Gujarat

2. Kaveri

3. Goa

4. Jamshedpur

5. The Thar Desert

6. Amarnath

7. Nashik

8. Andaman Islands

9. Kerala 10. Kolkata