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    … [Read more...]

12 Quiz questions – answers

  12 General Knowledge (G.K) bits:  1. The English Channel lies between England and which country?  France  2. Who was the main founder of the Theosophical Society?  Helena Petrovna Blavatsky  3. Mira Bai’s father-in-law was a prominent Rajput chieftain. What was his name?  Rana Sanga  4. The name Burma is associated with which Hindu God?  Lord Brahma  5. ‘Ficus Bengalensis’ is the scientific name of which tree?  The Banyan tree  6. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress?  Womesh Chandra Banerjee (WC Banarjee)  7. Which is the day of the Jewish Sabbath?  Saturday  8. Who was the author of the famous classic “Kapala Kundala”?  Bankim Chandra Chatterjee  9. Incas were a tribe that used to live in South America. Which was their capital?  Cusco (situated in Peru)  10. In English, if a word spells the same both forwards and backwards what is it called?  Palindrome  11. Mary Ann Evans was the actual name of which famous English novelist?  George Eliot  12. Which is the highest deity of worship in Zoroastrianism?  Ahura Mazda  Compiled by: Pratibha Shenoy (Bangalore)   … [Read more...]