Friday 8 July 2016

Some Facts About India


    1.Which is the 'Apple State' of India?
Ans: Himachal Pradesh

2. Dharmasala is the home of ______? 
Ans: Dalai Lama

3. In which Indian State is the Dharmasala situated?
Ans: Himachal Pradesh

4. Where is the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan Govt. in exile)?
Ans: Dharmasala

5. Where is the Salt Lake Stadium?
Ans: Kolkata

6. Which is the largest Indian stadium by capacity?
Ans: Salt Lake Stadium

7. Which Indian stadium is also known 'Yuva Bharati’ stadium?
Ans: Salt Lake Stadium

8. Kanchenjunga is situated in the state of ______?
Ans: Sikkim

9. The smallest state in India is ______?
Ans: Goa

10. Which is India's least populated state?
Ans: Sikkim

11. Which is India's largest public sector undertaking?
Ans: Indian Railways

12. India conducted the first atomic explosion in the year ______?  
Ans: May 18, 1974

13. Who were selected by the Election Commission of India as its National Icons for the Lok Sabha elections 2014?
Ans: Aamir Khan & Virat Kohli

14. Which committee enquired the IPL spot fixing scandal?
Ans: Justice Mudgal Committee

15. Which Indian state has the highest population growth rate as per 2011 census?
Ans: Meghalaya

16. Which Indian states major language is Bodo?
Ans: Assam

17. Which is India's largest river forms an estuary?
Ans: Narmada

18. Goa was liberated from the Portuguese in the year _____?
Ans: 1961

19. Liberation of which Indian state by the Army was code named 'Operation Vijay'?
Ans: Goa

20. Which state is known as 'the Jewel of India'?
Ans: Manipur

21. Which Indian state's official language is English?
Ans: Nagaland

22. Which is the 'The Tiger State of India'?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh

23. The Panchayat Raj System was first time implemented in the State of ______?
Ans: Rajasthan (1959)

24. The first State to be formed on the linguistic basis was ______?
Ans: Andhra (1953)

25. Kuchipudi originated in the state ______?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh

26. Who was the author of 'Rajatarangini’?
Ans: Kalhana

27. Which state is the leading producer of saffron?
Ans: Jammu & Kashmir

28. Amarnath Cave is situated in which state?
Ans: Jammu & Kashmir

29. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
Ans: Gujarat

30. Which Indian state is the leading producer of salt?
Ans: Gujarat

31. What is known as the 'Fifth Veda'?
Ans: Mahabharatha

32. Ahmedabad is on the banks of which river?
Ans: Sabarmati

33. 'Vande Mataram' is taken from the book ______?
Ans: Anand Math

34. Indian Newspaper Day is observed on ______?
Ans: January 29

35. Who started the newspaper 'Common Wheel'?
Ans: Annie Beasant

36. South and Little Andaman are separated by _____ ?
Ans: Duncan Passage

37. Where was the second session of the Indian National Congress held? 
Ans: Kolkata

38. Which is the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development? 
Ans: NABARD

39. Which was the first Indian bank to introduce Voluntary Retirement Scheme?
Ans: Punjab National Bank

40. Amar Jawan Jyoti is lit at ______?
Ans: India Gate

41. Prasar Bharathi was instituted in the year _____?
Ans: November 1997

42. Which was the first state to recognise tourism as an industry?
Ans: Kerala

43.Which State is the largest producer of rice?
Ans: West Bengal

44. Which was the last formed Union Territory of India?
Ans: Daman & Diu (1987)

45. Which Union Territory has the least population as per the 2011 Census? Ans: Lakshadweep

46. Which State is the largest producer of tobacco in India?
Ans: Karnataka

47. Which State has been declared the first smoke free State in the country? Ans: Himachal Pradesh

48. National Integration Day is observed on 19th November , every year. It is the birthday of _____? 
Ans: Indira Gandhi

49. Which Indian State's popular folk dance is Bihu?
Ans: Assam

50. Which Indian State is known in the names of 'Orchid State of India & the Paradise of the Botanists'?
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh 

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