India quiz questions-answers

15 quiz questions on India:

1. Where was the Indian Mutiny of 1857 ended?

Answer: The First War of Indian Independence was ended in Gwalior on 20 June 1858. It was started in Meerut on 10 May 1857.

2. National anthem of India “Jana Gana Mana” was sung for the first time at?

Answer: The Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress 27 December 1911. It was written in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore.

3. In which language, “Vande Mataram” song was written?

Answer: In Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji.

4. The word “Satyameva Jayate” in the national Emblem was taken from which Upanishad?

Answer: Mundaka Upanishad. The emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka

5. What is the National Aquatic Animal of India?

Answer: River Dolphin

6. Who translated “Vandemataram” into English?

Answer: Sri Aurobindo

7. National fruit of India?

Answer: Mango (Mangifera indica)

8. Scientific name of the National Flower of India?

Answer: Nelumbo Nucipera Gaertn (Lotus)

9. Scientific name of the national bird of India?

Answer: Pavo cristatus (The Indian peacock)

10. When was the design of the National Flag adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India?

Answer: 22 July 1947

11. Total number of districts in India?

Answer: 626

12. Who was the first Chief justice of India to act as the President of India?

Answer: Justice M. Hidayatullah