India Quiz - Part 2
1) In which state is Silent Valley?
1) Maharashtra
2) Kerala
3) Punjab
4) Kashmir
2) With what honour has Dr. Kalam been decorated, the highest honour that an Indian citizen can receive?
1) Arjuna Award
2) Padma Bhushan
3) The Bharat Ratna
4) Padma Vibhushan
3) What is the full form of the "APJ" in Dr. Kalam's name?
1) Ahmed Panthwawala Jain
2) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen
3) Ali Ponnuswamy Jampiru
4) Akbar Panneer Jalant
4) Into what position was Dr. Kalam sworn in on 25 July, 2002?
1) Prime Minister of India
2) Election-Commissioner of India
3) Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
4) President of India
5) Who said, "those who attack Congress and spare Nehru are fools. They do not know the A.B.C of politics ... "?
1) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
2) Atal Behari Vajpayee
3) Shyama Prasad Mukherji
4) Laloo Prasad Yadav
6) Jawarhal Nehru was famous (or notorious) for his affair with a married woman; a love story with an ironical twist! Who was this lady?
1) Mrs. Kasturba Gandhi
2) Mrs. Rosie Cripps
3) Mrs. Lara Cripps
4) Lady Edwina Mountbatten
7) Mohandas Gandhi, later called Mahatma, was born in Gujarat, India in 1869. When he was 19, he went to England to study at University College, London (UCL). What did Gandhi study in England?
1) Political Science
2) Poetry
3) Law
4) Dentistry
8) Which actress from "Gone With the Wind" was born in Darjeeling, India and lived much of her life in London?
1) Vivien Leigh
2) Butterfly McQueen
3) Olivia de Havilland
4) Evelyn Keyes
9) Who was the first Indian F.R.S?
1) Curekji
2) Dadaji
3) Cursetji
4) Karimji
10) Who was the first to command the Indian navy?
1) Kartik
2) Katari
3) Katira
4) Krutari
11) Who was the first Muslim lady to sit in the throne of Delhi?
1) Noorjehan
2) Razia Riaz Monnera
3) Iltumisha
4) Sultana Razia Begum
12) Who was the first person in India to win a Nobel Prize?
1) Nowroji
2) CV Raman
3) Rabindranath Tagore
4) Chandrashekar
13) Who wrote the Novel 'Pather Dabi'in Bengali?
1) Kazi Nazrul Islam
2) Bankimchandra
3) Rabindranath Tagore
4) Saratchandra Chattopadhay
14) Who wrote the songs of 'Kaho naa...Pyaar Hai'?
1) Sameer
2) Mehboob
3) Anand Bakshi
4) Ibrahim Ashq
15) Who wrote the 'Geet Gobindom'?
1) Dijendralal Sarkar
2) Ballal Sen
3) Jaidev
4) Dhoyi
16) Who is also called the 'Bidrohi Kobi' in Bengali literature?
1) Saratchandra Chattopadhay
2) Ashapurna Debi
3) Rabindranath Tagore
4) Kazi Nazrul Islam
17) Which author is a Bengali writer and an Oscar winning film director?
1) Chhabi Biswas
2) Rabindranath Tagore
3) Satyajit Ray
4) Bankimchandra
18) From which animal is the valuable Pashmina wool obtained?
1) Black sheep
2) Deer
3) Ram
4) Himalayan goat
19) Which animal is the main attraction in Assam's Kaziranga National Park?
1) Zebra
2) The one-horned rhinoceros
3) Lion
4) Giraffe
20) Manikaran is a pilgrim site located in ...?
1) Uttaranchal
2) Punjab
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Himachal Pradesh
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