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