Friday 22 June 2012

India Quiz - Part 4


India Quiz - Part 4


1) Which of these is a national soup of India? (It is also the national soup of another country)

1) Sambhar
2) Cock-a-Leckie
3) Potage Minnestroni
4) Mulligatawny

2) Who wrote the national song of India?

1) Rabindranath Tagore
2) Lord Mountbatten
3) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

3) Who wrote the national anthem of India?

1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Jawarharlal Nehru
3) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
4) Rabindranath Tagore

4) The Chakra (Wheel) in the Indian national flag has how many spokes?

1) 22
2) 20
3) 21
4) 24

5) Which art was patronised by jahangir ?

1) Architecture
2) Sculpture
3) Painting
4) Music



6) Which river is located in Kolkata (Calcutta)?

1) Adyar, Cooum
2) Sabarmati
3) Hooghly
4) Godavari

7) Which river is located in Surat?

1) Godavari
2) Hooghly
3) Tapi
4) Adyar, Cooum

8) In which year did Milkha Singh win the first National title in the 400 m race?

1) 1955
2) 1956
3) 1957
4) 1970

9) When was Amateur Athletics Federation of India established?

1) 1936
2) 1946
3) 1956
4) 1966

10) Which of the following is a Manipuri version of Hockey?

1) Khong Kangjei
2) Hiyang Tanaba
3) Yubi Lakpi
4) Yubi-Lakpi



11) In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?

1) Meghalaya
2) Rajasthan
3) Manipur
4) West Bengal

12) The 'Dronacharya Award' is given to...?

1) Sportsmen
2) Coaches
3) Umpires
4) Sports Editors

13) With which sport is the 'Choudhury Trophy' associated?

1) Golf
2) Circumnavigation of the earth by car
3) Formula One racing
4) Buggy-Jumping

14) Who was the first Indian chess player to get the Grandmaster norm?

1) Vishwanathan Anand
2) Dibyendu Barua
3) Praveen M.Thipsay
4) Nassir Wajih

15) How many gold medals did P.T.Usha win in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games?

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4



16) India reached the final of the Davis Cup for the first time in...?

1) 1964
2) 1966
3) 1970
4) 1974

17) The name Kunjarani Devi is associated with...?

1) Weight Lifting
2) Target shooting
3) Athletics
4) Swimming

18) Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?

1) M.L.Valsamma
2) P.T.Usha
3) Kamaljit Sandhu
4) K.Malleshwari

19) Who was the first Indian to reach the semi final in Wimbledon Tennis Championship?

1) Ramanathan Krishnan
2) Ramesh Krishnan
3) Laender Paes
4) Mahesh Bhupati

20) Who among the following is NOT associated with billiards in India?

1) Subash Agrawal
2) Ashok Shandilya
3) Manoj Kothari
4) Mihir Sen

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