India Quiz - Part 6

India Quiz - Part 6


1) The craft of carpet making was first introduced in India in...?

1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Kashmir
3) West Bengal
4) Sikkim

2) Which tribal group is dominant in the 'Blue Mountains' of South India?

1) Todas
2) Lepchas
3) Lambadas
4) Chenchus

3) Which one of the following pairs represent the ancient 'tala' instruments?

1) Muzhavu-Tabla
2) Muzhavu-Thudi
3) Thudi-Tabla
4) Tumburu-Kinnaram

4) In which Indian city would you find the mosque with "Shaking Minarets"?

1) Hyderabad
2) Lucknow
3) Ahmedabad
4) Allahabad

5) Which of the following musical instruments is NOT of foreign origin?

1) Flute
2) Sitar
3) Violin
4) Tabla

6) "DHANUSHKODI" is the meeting point of...?

1) The Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal
2) The Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean
3) The Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea
4) Ganga and the Yamuna

7) The 'Satyagraha Ashram' was founded in 1921 at Wardha in Maharashtra by...?

1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Jamnalal Bajaj
3) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
4) Mother Teresa

8) The largest NANDI in India is found at...?

1) Chaumundeshwari Temple, Mysore
2) Leepakshi Temple, Andhra Pradesh
3) Brihadeshwara Temple, Thanjavur
4) Ekambaranatha Temple, Kanchipuram

9) The DILWARA TEMPLES at Mount Abu are dedicated to...?

1) Adinath
2) Bahubali
3) Gautama Buddha
4) Mahavira

10) The experimental satellite SROSS abbreviation means?

1) Stretched Rohini Satellite Series
2) Super Rohini Satellite Series
3) Subsystem Rohini Satellite Series
4) Subcontracted Rohini Satellite Series

11) METSAT the first exclusive meteorological satellite built by ISRO is a?

1) Polar Orbit Satellite
2) Geosynchronous Satellite
3) Low Earth Orbit Satellite
4) Deep Space Probe

12) On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to Space?

1) Salyut 7
2) Soyuz-T
3) Apollo 11
4) Progess 1

13) Who was the backup crew for Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space?

1) Ravi Kumar
2) Ravish Sharma
3) Madhavan Nair
4) Ravish Malhotra

14) Who was the Chairman of ISRO (2003)?

1) Prof Satish Dhawan
2) Dr. K Kasturirangan
3) Prof U R Rao
4) Prof Yash Pal

15) Which is India's first artificial satellite?

1) Aryabhata
2) Rohini
3) INSAT
4) Bhaskara

16) IRS series satellites are used for?

1) Communication
2) Astronomy
3) Remote Sensing
4) Forestry

17) Which of these is not a launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?

1) GSLV
2) HSLV
3) PSLV
4) ASLV

18) Who is said to be the "Father of the Indian Space Program"?

1) Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
2) Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai
3) Dr. K Kasturirangan
4) Prof Satish Dhawan

19) The dance form Garba is associated with which state?

1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Orissa
4) Himachal

20) In which of these places is the Kumbh Mela celebrated?

1) Hardwar
2) Punjab
3) Thiruvananthapuram
4) Bengal