Here are some IMP static GK
Q1. Which is the longest river of India?
A) Yamuna
B) Brahmaputra
C) Ganga
D) Godavari
✔️ Answer: C) Ganga
Q2. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) C. V. Raman
C) Mother Teresa
D) Har Gobind Khorana
✔️ Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore
Q3. Who is the author of the book "The Discovery of India"?
A) M.K. Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Sardar Patel
✔️ Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q4. Who was the founder of the Maurya dynasty?
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Ashoka
C) Bindusara
D) Bimbisara
✔️ Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya
Q5. Which is the capital of Australia?
A) Sydney
B) Melbourne
C) Canberra
D) Brisbane
✔️ Answer: C) Canberra
Q6. Which of the following is the smallest continent by area?
A) Asia
B) Europe
C) Australia
D) Antarctica
✔️ Answer: C) Australia
Q7. The headquarters of the United Nations is located in:
A) Geneva
B) New York
C) Paris
D) London
✔️ Answer: B) New York
Q8. The first Battle of Panipat was fought between:
A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
B) Akbar and Hemu
C) Babur and Rana Sanga
D) Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh
✔️ Answer: A) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
Q9. The first woman Prime Minister of India was:
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Pratibha Patil
D) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
✔️ Answer: A) Indira Gandhi
Q10. Which Indian state is known as the ‘Land of Five Rivers’?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Punjab
D) Rajasthan
✔️ Answer: C) Punjab
Q11. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
A) K2
B) Mount Everest
C) Kangchenjunga
D) Makalu
✔️ Answer: B) Mount Everest
Q12. The famous temple of Sun God is located at:
A) Puri
B) Varanasi
C) Konark
D) Madurai
✔️ Answer: C) Konark
Q13. The Indus Valley Civilization is also known as the:
A) Dravidian Civilization
B) Vedic Civilization
C) Harappan Civilization
D) Mauryan Civilization
✔️ Answer: C) Harappan Civilization
Q14. Who wrote the book "The White Tiger"?
A) Aravind Adiga
B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Vikram Seth
D) Ruskin Bond
✔️ Answer: A) Aravind Adiga
Q15. The chemical formula of water is:
A) H2O
B) H2SO4
C) NaCl
D) CO2
✔️ Answer: A) H2O
Q16. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) C. Rajagopalachari
✔️ Answer: D) C. Rajagopalachari
Q17. Who is the author of the book “The God of Small Things”?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Vikram Seth
C) Kiran Desai
D) Chetan Bhagat
✔️ Answer: A) Arundhati Roy
Q18. The first Indian to win an Olympic gold medal was:
A) Milkha Singh
B) Leander Paes
C) Abhinav Bindra
D) Vijender Singh
✔️ Answer: C) Abhinav Bindra
Q19. The Indian National Congress was founded in:
A) 1885
B) 1895
C) 1900
D) 1915
✔️ Answer: A) 1885
Q20. The famous 'Salt March' was led by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Sardar Patel
D) Mahatma Gandhi
✔️ Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q21. Who was the first emperor of the Mughal Empire?
A) Humayun
B) Akbar
C) Shah Jahan
D) Babur
✔️ Answer: D) Babur
Q22. The Great Wall of China was built to protect China from:
A) Mongol invasions
B) Indian invasions
C) Japanese invasions
D) European invasions
✔️ Answer: A) Mongol invasions
Q23. The famous 'Taj Mahal' is located in:
A) Jaipur
B) Agra
C) Delhi
D) Lucknow
✔️ Answer: B) Agra
Q24. The 'Jallianwala Bagh Massacre' took place in:
A) 1915
B) 1919
C) 1921
D) 1942
✔️ Answer: B) 1919
Q25. Who is the first man to step on the Moon?
A) Yuri Gagarin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Edwin Aldrin
D) John Glenn
✔️ Answer: B) Neil Armstrong
Q26. The main ingredient in making soap is:
A) Sodium hydroxide
B) Sodium bicarbonate
C) Potassium hydroxide
D) Sodium chloride
✔️ Answer: A) Sodium hydroxide
Q27. Who discovered the law of gravity?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Albert Einstein
C) Galileo
D) Nikola Tesla
✔️ Answer: A) Isaac Newton
Q28. The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Physics was:
A) C. V. Raman
B) Satyendra Nath Bose
C) Har Gobind Khorana
D) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
✔️ Answer: A) C. V. Raman
Q29. The longest train in the world is:
A) Trans-Siberian Railway
B) Shinkansen
C) Rajdhani Express
D) Eurostar
✔️ Answer: A) Trans-Siberian Railway
Q30. Which Indian state is known as the "Spice Garden of India"?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
✔️ Answer: A) Kerala
Q31. The UN Day is celebrated on:
A) October 1
B) October 15
C) October 24
D) November 15
✔️ Answer: C) October 24
Q32. The first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna award was:
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Mother Teresa
D) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
✔️ Answer: B) Sarojini Naidu
Q33. Who is regarded as the "Father of the Nation" in India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) B. R. Ambedkar
✔️ Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi
Q34. The famous "Kailasa Temple" is located in:
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Rajasthan
D) Tamil Nadu
✔️ Answer: B) Maharashtra
Q35. The currency of Japan is:
A) Yen
B) Dollar
C) Won
D) Peso
✔️ Answer: A) Yen
Q36. The Battle of Haldighati was fought between:
A) Akbar and Rana Pratap
B) Babur and Rana Sanga
C) Marathas and Mughals
D) Tipu Sultan and British
✔️ Answer: A) Akbar and Rana Pratap
Q37. The famous "Qutub Minar" is located in:
A) Delhi
B) Agra
C) Jaipur
D) Lucknow
✔️ Answer: A) Delhi
Q38. The term 'Biosphere' refers to:
A) All living organisms
B) The water bodies
C) The atmosphere
D) The global ecological system
✔️ Answer: D) The global ecological system
Q39. Who is known as the “Father of Indian National Congress”?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Allan Octavian Hume
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✔️ Answer: C) Allan Octavian Hume
Q40. The first country to grant women the right to vote was:
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) New Zealand
D) Australia
✔️ Answer: C) New Zealand
Q41. Which famous Indian scientist is known for his work on atomic energy?
A) Homi J. Bhabha
B) Vikram Sarabhai
C) C. N. R. Rao
D) Satyendra Nath Bose
✔️ Answer: A) Homi J. Bhabha
Q42. Who wrote the famous book "The Hind Swaraj"?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Mahatma Gandhi
✔️ Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q43. The first democratic country to give women the right to vote was:
A) United States
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) France
✔️ Answer: B) New Zealand
Q44. Who was the first female ruler of India?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Rani Lakshmi Bai
C) Razia Sultana
D) Noor Jahan
✔️ Answer: C) Razia Sultana
Q45. The currency of the United Kingdom is:
A) Dollar
B) Euro
C) Pound
D) Yen
✔️ Answer: C) Pound
Q46. The 'Iron Pillar' is located in:
A) Delhi
B) Agra
C) Jaipur
D) Lucknow
✔️ Answer: A) Delhi
Q47. Who invented the telephone?
A) Thomas Edison
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) Nikola Tesla
D) Guglielmo Marconi
✔️ Answer: B) Alexander Graham Bell
Q48. The capital of Nepal is:
A) Kathmandu
B) Pokhara
C) Lumbini
D) Biratnagar
✔️ Answer: A) Kathmandu
Q49. The first Asian Games were held in:
A) 1951
B) 1954
C) 1960
D) 1966
✔️ Answer: A) 1951
Q50. The famous "Ajanta Caves" are located in:
A) Rajasthan
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Madhya Pradesh
✔️ Answer: B) Maharashtra
Q51. Which of the following is the first man-made satellite to be launched into space?
A) Sputnik 1
B) Apollo 11
C) Voyager 1
D) Hubble Telescope
✔️ Answer: A) Sputnik 1
Q52. The currency of China is:
A) Yen
B) Ringgit
C) Yuan
D) Baht
✔️ Answer: C) Yuan
Q53. Which Indian leader is known as the "Iron Man of India"?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bhagat Singh
✔️ Answer: B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q54. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Helen Keller
D) Marie Curie
✔️ Answer: A) Amelia Earhart
Q55. The famous 'Red Fort' was built by:
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan
C) Babur
D) Aurangzeb
✔️ Answer: B) Shah Jahan
Q56. Who is regarded as the “Father of the Indian Nation”?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
✔️ Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi
Q57. The famous 'Black Hole' of Calcutta is associated with the:
A) First War of Independence
B) Anglo-Maratha War
C) Battle of Plassey
D) Battle of Buxar
✔️ Answer: C) Battle of Plassey
Q58. The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian state was:
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Sucheta Kriplani
D) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
✔️ Answer: C) Sucheta Kriplani
Q59. The term 'Biodiversity' refers to:
A) The variety of plants
B) The variety of organisms in a habitat
C) The variety of ecosystems in the world
D) Both B and C
✔️ Answer: D) Both B and C
Q60. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
✔️ Answer: B) C. Rajagopalachari
Q61. The first metal to be extracted from its ore by man was:
A) Copper
B) Iron
C) Gold
D) Silver
✔️ Answer: A) Copper
Q62. The longest river in the world is:
A) Nile
B) Amazon
C) Ganges
D) Mississippi
✔️ Answer: B) Amazon
Q63. Which is the capital of Canada?
A) Toronto
B) Ottawa
C) Vancouver
D) Montreal
✔️ Answer: B) Ottawa
Q64. The National River of India is:
A) Yamuna
B) Ganga
C) Brahmaputra
D) Godavari
✔️ Answer: B) Ganga
Q65. Who invented the printing press?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Thomas Edison
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Johannes Gutenberg
✔️ Answer: D) Johannes Gutenberg
Q66. The longest railway tunnel in India is:
A) Rohtang Tunnel
B) Chenani-Nashri Tunnel
C) Khyber Pass Tunnel
D) Mumbai Suburban Tunnel
✔️ Answer: B) Chenani-Nashri Tunnel
Q67. Who was the first president of the United States of America?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John Adams
✔️ Answer: B) George Washington
Q68. The Kumbh Mela is held every:
A) 5 years
B) 6 years
C) 7 years
D) 12 years
✔️ Answer: D) 12 years
Q69. Which chemical element is represented by the symbol 'O'?
A) Oxygen
B) Osmium
C) Ozone
D) Opium
✔️ Answer: A) Oxygen
Q70. The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year:
A) 1757
B) 1800
C) 1803
D) 1900
✔️ Answer: A) 1757
Q71. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was established in the year:
A) 1950
B) 1956
C) 1961
D) 1967
✔️ Answer: C) 1961
Q72. Who discovered penicillin?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Albert Einstein
C) Alexander Fleming
D) Thomas Edison
✔️ Answer: C) Alexander Fleming
Q73. The first Chairman of the Planning Commission of India was:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) C. D. Deshmukh
D) P. C. Mahalanobis
✔️ Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q74. The highest waterfall in the world is:
A) Angel Falls
B) Niagara Falls
C) Victoria Falls
D) Iguazu Falls
✔️ Answer: A) Angel Falls
Q75. The popular 'Shankar's Weekly' was associated with:
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) K.K. Aziz
D) K. Shankar Pillai
✔️ Answer: D) K. Shankar Pillai
Q76. The currency of South Korea is:
A) Yen
B) Peso
C) Won
D) Baht
✔️ Answer: C) Won
Q77. The famous 'Sanchi Stupa' is located in:
A) Rajasthan
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Bihar
✔️ Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh
Q78. The Nobel Prize is given in how many categories?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
✔️ Answer: C) 6
Q79. The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal was:
A) P.T. Usha
B) Mary Kom
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Kiran Bedi
✔️ Answer: B) Mary Kom
Q80. The official language of the United Nations is:
A) English
B) French
C) Arabic
D) All of the above
✔️ Answer: D) All of the above
Q81. The longest river in India is:
A) Yamuna
B) Ganga
C) Godavari
D) Brahmaputra
✔️ Answer: B) Ganga
Q82. The first woman in space was:
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Valentina Tereshkova
C) Sally Ride
D) Sunita Williams
✔️ Answer: B) Valentina Tereshkova
Q83. The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) is in:
A) Paris
B) Geneva
C) New York
D) London
✔️ Answer: B) Geneva
Q84. The famous “Mona Lisa” painting is in the museum of:
A) New York
B) London
C) Paris
D) Florence
✔️ Answer: C) Paris
Q85. The first Indian to win the Booker Prize was:
A) Vikram Seth
B) Arundhati Roy
C) R.K. Narayan
D) Ruskin Bond
✔️ Answer: B) Arundhati Roy
Q86. Who was the first man to step on the Moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Buzz Aldrin
C) Yuri Gagarin
D) John Glenn
✔️ Answer: A) Neil Armstrong
Q87. The headquarters of the International Court of Justice is located in:
A) London
B) Geneva
C) The Hague
D) Paris
✔️ Answer: C) The Hague
Q88. The Battle of Buxar was fought in:
A) 1757
B) 1764
C) 1775
D) 1780
✔️ Answer: B) 1764
Q89. The first person to travel in space was:
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) John Glenn
D) Alan Shepard
✔️ Answer: B) Yuri Gagarin
Q90. The famous 'Gateway of India' is located in:
A) Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Kolkata
D) Chennai
✔️ Answer: B) Mumbai
Q91. The national flower of India is:
A) Lotus
B) Rose
C) Sunflower
D) Lily
✔️ Answer: A) Lotus
Q92. The currency of Japan is:
A) Yen
B) Ringgit
C) Won
D) Baht
✔️ Answer: A) Yen
Q93. Who invented the light bulb?
A) Nikola Tesla
B) Thomas Edison
C) Albert Einstein
D) Alexander Graham Bell
✔️ Answer: B) Thomas Edison
Q94. The Indian Parliament consists of:
A) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
B) Rajya Sabha and President
C) Lok Sabha and President
D) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and President
✔️ Answer: D) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and President
Q95. The famous Indian painting style 'Warli' originates from:
A) Rajasthan
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Uttar Pradesh
✔️ Answer: C) Maharashtra
Q96. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?
A) Satyendra Nath Bose
B) C.V. Raman
C) Homi J. Bhabha
D) Jagadish Chandra Bose
✔️ Answer: B) C.V. Raman
Q97. The first woman President of the United States was:
A) Eleanor Roosevelt
B) Condoleezza Rice
C) Hillary Clinton
D) None
✔️ Answer: D) None
Q98. The currency of the USA is:
A) Dollar
B) Yen
C) Euro
D) Peso
✔️ Answer: A) Dollar
Q99. The Indian national flag was designed by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Pingali Venkayya
✔️ Answer: D) Pingali Venkayya
Q100. The famous 'Taj Mahal' was built by:
A) Babur
B) Akbar
C) Shah Jahan
D) Jahangir
✔️ Answer: C) Shah Jahan
Q101. The famous 'Red Fort' is situated in which city?
A) Ahmedabad
B) Mumbai
C) Kolkata
D) Delhi
✔️ Answer: D) Delhi
Q102. The oldest active stock exchange in the world is located in:
A) London
B) New York
C) Tokyo
D) Amsterdam
✔️ Answer: D) Amsterdam
Q103. The "Father of the Nation" is a title given to:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bhagat Singh
✔️ Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi
Q104. The famous 'Jantar Mantar' is located in:
A) Jaipur
B) Delhi
C) Agra
D) Kolkata
✔️ Answer: A) Jaipur
Q105. Who was the first female Prime Minister of India?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Sushma Swaraj
D) Sonia Gandhi
✔️ Answer: A) Indira Gandhi
Q106. Who is known as the “Missile Man of India”?
A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C) Rajiv Gandhi
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✔️ Answer: B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Q107. The first Asian Games were held in:
A) 1950
B) 1951
C) 1952
D) 1953
✔️ Answer: B) 1951
Q108. The “Mother Teresa” Memorial Centre is located in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Chennai
D) Mumbai
✔️ Answer: B) Kolkata
Q109. Which of the following is the official language of the United Nations?
A) English
B) Arabic
C) French
D) All of the above
✔️ Answer: D) All of the above
Q110. Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) Buzz Aldrin
D) Alan Shepard
✔️ Answer: A) Neil Armstrong
Q111. The First Indian to win a Nobel Prize in Literature was:
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Mulk Raj Anand
C) Vikram Seth
D) Arundhati Roy
✔️ Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore
Q112. The ‘Mohenjo-Daro’ is located in which country?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Afghanistan
D) Bangladesh
✔️ Answer: A) Pakistan
Q113. The famous 'Bharatanatyam' dance is associated with which state of India?
A) Kerala
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
✔️ Answer: C) Tamil Nadu
Q114. Who is the founder of Facebook?
A) Mark Zuckerberg
B) Bill Gates
C) Steve Jobs
D) Larry Page
✔️ Answer: A) Mark Zuckerberg
Q115. The 15th August is celebrated as Independence Day in India to mark the end of:
A) First World War
B) Second World War
C) Indian Independence
D) Non-Cooperation Movement
✔️ Answer: C) Indian Independence
Q116. Which Indian city is known as the "Pink City"?
A) Mumbai
B) Jaipur
C) Lucknow
D) Delhi
✔️ Answer: B) Jaipur
Q117. Who is known as the "Father of Indian Unrest"?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Mahatma Gandhi
✔️ Answer: B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q118. The famous "Sanchi Stupa" is located in:
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Orissa
✔️ Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh
Q119. Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic gold medal?
A) Dhyan Chand
B) Milkha Singh
C) Abhinav Bindra
D) Vijender Singh
✔️ Answer: C) Abhinav Bindra
Q120. The capital of the Indian state of Kerala is:
A) Chennai
B) Thiruvananthapuram
C) Kochi
D) Bengaluru
✔️ Answer: B) Thiruvananthapuram
Q121. The National Anthem of India was written by:
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
✔️ Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore
Q122. The famous "Ajanta Caves" are located in which Indian state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat
D) Rajasthan
✔️ Answer: B) Maharashtra
Q123. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the:
A) Red Sea
B) Arabian Sea
C) Indian Ocean
D) Bay of Bengal
✔️ Answer: A) Red Sea
Q124. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) C. Rajagopalachari
D) Lord Mountbatten
✔️ Answer: C) C. Rajagopalachari
Q125. Which river is known as the "Sorrow of Bengal"?
A) Yamuna
B) Mahanadi
C) Brahmaputra
D) Kosi
✔️ Answer: D) Kosi
Q126. The first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal was:
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) Leander Paes
C) Milkha Singh
D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
✔️ Answer: A) Abhinav Bindra
Q127. Who is known as the “Architect of Indian Constitution”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
D) Mahatma Gandhi
✔️ Answer: C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Q128. The headquarters of the United Nations is located in:
A) London
B) Paris
C) New York
D) Geneva
✔️ Answer: C) New York
Q129. The currency of the United States is:
A) Dollar
B) Yen
C) Euro
D) Pound
✔️ Answer: A) Dollar
Q130. The Indian national tree is:
A) Banyan
B) Peepal
C) Mango
D) Neem
✔️ Answer: A) Banyan
Q131. The 2016 Summer Olympics were held in which city?
A) Tokyo
B) Rio de Janeiro
C) London
D) Beijing
✔️ Answer: B) Rio de Janeiro
Q132. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) C.V. Raman
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
✔️ Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore
Q133. The first Muslim President of India was:
A) Zakir Husain
B) Mohammad Hidayatullah
C) Maulana Azad
D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
✔️ Answer: A) Zakir Husain
Q134. The first Indian satellite was:
A) Aryabhata
B) Rohini
C) INSAT
D) GSAT
✔️ Answer: A) Aryabhata
Q135. The famous 'India Gate' is located in:
A) Delhi
B) Agra
C) Kolkata
D) Mumbai
✔️ Answer: A) Delhi
Q136. The national bird of India is:
A) Peacock
B) Sparrow
C) Eagle
D) Parrot
✔️ Answer: A) Peacock
Q137. The headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India is located in:
A) Mumbai
B) Delhi
C) Bengaluru
D) Kolkata
✔️ Answer: A) Mumbai
Q138. The first woman to win the Booker Prize was:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Kiran Desai
C) Shashi Tharoor
D) Vikram Seth
✔️ Answer: A) Arundhati Roy
Q139. The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan in memory of his:
A) Wife
B) Mother
C) Father
D) Son
✔️ Answer: A) Wife
Q140. The famous "Lal Qila" is located in which city?
A) Agra
B) Delhi
C) Lucknow
D) Mumbai
✔️ Answer: B) Delhi
Q141. Who was the first President of India?
A) Rajendra Prasad
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
D) Dr. Zakir Husain
✔️ Answer: A) Rajendra Prasad
Q142. The currency of Canada is:
A) Dollar
B) Pound
C) Rupee
D) Lira
✔️ Answer: A) Dollar
Q143. The famous 'Bharatiya Janata Party' is headquartered in:
A) Bengaluru
B) Delhi
C) Kolkata
D) Chennai
✔️ Answer: B) Delhi
Q144. The largest island in the world is:
A) Borneo
B) Greenland
C) Australia
D) Madagascar
✔️ Answer: B) Greenland
Q145. The Indian Parliament consists of:
A) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and President
B) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
C) Rajya Sabha and President
D) Lok Sabha and President
✔️ Answer: A) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and President
Q146. Who was the first person to win the Booker Prize for India?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Vikram Seth
✔️ Answer: A) Arundhati Roy
Q147. Who was the first person to travel in space?
A) Yuri Gagarin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Alan Shepard
D) John Glenn
✔️ Answer: A) Yuri Gagarin
Q148. The famous 'Gandhi Ashram' is located in:
A) Delhi
B) Ahmedabad
C) Kolkata
D) Mumbai
✔️ Answer: B) Ahmedabad
Q149. Who wrote the famous book “The Discovery of India”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Rabindranath Tagore
✔️ Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q150. The first successful test of the Indian Nuclear Bomb was conducted at:
A) Pokhran
B) Thar Desert
C) Hyderabad
D) Jaisalmer
✔️ Answer: A) Pokhran
Q151. The first Indian to win the Booker Prize is:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Vikram Seth
C) R.K. Narayan
D) Salman Rushdie
✔️ Answer: A) Arundhati Roy
Q152. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Kalpana Chawla
D) Valentina Tereshkova
✔️ Answer: A) Amelia Earhart
Q153. The Indian national song ‘Vande Mataram’ was composed by:
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Lata Mangeshkar
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✔️ Answer: A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Q154. The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year:
A) 1757
B) 1857
C) 1610
D) 1707
✔️ Answer: A) 1757
Q155. The capital city of Australia is:
A) Sydney
B) Melbourne
C) Canberra
D) Brisbane
✔️ Answer: C) Canberra
Q156. The famous book ‘The Origin of Species’ was written by:
A) Charles Darwin
B) Albert Einstein
C) Isaac Newton
D) Karl Marx
✔️ Answer: A) Charles Darwin
Q157. The longest river in the world is:
A) Nile
B) Amazon
C) Yangtze
D) Mississippi
✔️ Answer: A) Nile
Q158. Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Cinema”?
A) Dadasaheb Phalke
B) Raj Kapoor
C) B.R. Chopra
D) Satyajit Ray
✔️ Answer: A) Dadasaheb Phalke
Q159. The Indian national flower is:
A) Rose
B) Lotus
C) Lily
D) Jasmine
✔️ Answer: B) Lotus
Q160. The 'Khajuraho' temples are situated in which Indian state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Gujarat
✔️ Answer: A) Madhya Pradesh
Q161. The first person to reach the South Pole was:
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Roald Amundsen
D) Ferdinand Magellan
✔️ Answer: C) Roald Amundsen
Q162. The world's first manned spaceflight was made by:
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) John Glenn
D) Alan Shepard
✔️ Answer: B) Yuri Gagarin
Q163. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Marie Curie
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Mother Teresa
✔️ Answer: A) Marie Curie
Q164. The Red Cross is an international organization related to:
A) Education
B) Health and Disaster Relief
C) War crimes
D) Politics
✔️ Answer: B) Health and Disaster Relief
Q165. Who was the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal?
A) Milkha Singh
B) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
C) Abhinav Bindra
D) Leander Paes
✔️ Answer: C) Abhinav Bindra
Q166. The famous “Victoria Memorial” is located in which city?
A) Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Mumbai
D) Chennai
✔️ Answer: B) Kolkata
Q167. The "Rivers of Babylon" is a famous song written by:
A) Bob Dylan
B) Elton John
C) Neil Diamond
D) Boney M
✔️ Answer: D) Boney M
Q168. The currency of the UK is:
A) Dollar
B) Pound
C) Euro
D) Franc
✔️ Answer: B) Pound
Q169. Who is known as the "Father of the Nation" in India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Bhagat Singh
✔️ Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi
Q170. The largest desert in the world is:
A) Sahara Desert
B) Kalahari Desert
C) Arabian Desert
D) Gobi Desert
✔️ Answer: A) Sahara Desert
Q171. The River Thames flows through which city?
A) Paris
B) London
C) New York
D) Berlin
✔️ Answer: B) London
Q172. The famous "Ganga Sagar" is located in which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) West Bengal
C) Bihar
D) Odisha
✔️ Answer: B) West Bengal
Q173. Who was the first man to journey into space?
A) Yuri Gagarin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Buzz Aldrin
D) Valentina Tereshkova
✔️ Answer: A) Yuri Gagarin
Q174. The currency of China is:
A) Yen
B) Won
C) Renminbi
D) Ringgit
✔️ Answer: C) Renminbi
Q175. The first Indian film to be nominated for an Academy Award was:
A) Lagaan
B) Mother India
C) Salaam Bombay
D) Pather Panchali
✔️ Answer: B) Mother India
Q176. The "Sanchi Stupa" is located in which Indian state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra
D) Uttar Pradesh
✔️ Answer: A) Madhya Pradesh
Q177. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in which year?
A) 1815
B) 1915
C) 1789
D) 1900
✔️ Answer: A) 1815
Q178. Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Charles Lindbergh
C) Neil Armstrong
D) Alan Shepard
✔️ Answer: B) Charles Lindbergh
Q179. Who was the first Emperor of the Mughal dynasty?
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Humayun
D) Shah Jahan
✔️ Answer: B) Babur
Q180. The famous 'Taj Mahal' was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his:
A) Mother
B) Wife
C) Daughter
D) Sister
✔️ Answer: B) Wife
Q181. The famous 'Rashtrapati Bhavan' is located in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Kolkata
D) Ahmedabad
✔️ Answer: A) New Delhi
Q182. Who is regarded as the "Father of Modern India"?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
✔️ Answer: D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q183. The capital of Italy is:
A) Florence
B) Milan
C) Rome
D) Venice
✔️ Answer: C) Rome
Q184. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Sonia Gandhi
D) Sushma Swaraj
✔️ Answer: A) Indira Gandhi
Q185. The "Sundarbans" are located in which state?
A) Bihar
B) West Bengal
C) Odisha
D) Uttar Pradesh
✔️ Answer: B) West Bengal
Q186. The capital of Canada is:
A) Montreal
B) Toronto
C) Ottawa
D) Vancouver
✔️ Answer: C) Ottawa
Q187. The first woman to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was:
A) Theresa May
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Angela Merkel
D) Indira Gandhi
✔️ Answer: B) Margaret Thatcher
Q188. The first Indian to win a Grammy Award was:
A) Ravi Shankar
B) Zakir Hussain
C) A. R. Rahman
D) Lata Mangeshkar
✔️ Answer: C) A. R. Rahman
Q189. Who discovered the theory of gravity?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Nikola Tesla
✔️ Answer: B) Isaac Newton
Q190. Who invented the telephone?
A) Nikola Tesla
B) Thomas Edison
C) Alexander Graham Bell
D) Albert Einstein
✔️ Answer: C) Alexander Graham Bell
Q191. The famous 'Hawa Mahal' is located in which city?
A) Delhi
B) Jaipur
C) Agra
D) Mumbai
✔️ Answer: B) Jaipur
Q192. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
A) Yuri Gagarin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Alan Shepard
D) Buzz Aldrin
✔️ Answer: B) Neil Armstrong
Q193. The capital city of Japan is:
A) Kyoto
B) Tokyo
C) Osaka
D) Hiroshima
✔️ Answer: B) Tokyo
Q194. The longest river in India is:
A) Yamuna
B) Ganges
C) Brahmaputra
D) Godavari
✔️ Answer: B) Ganges
Q195. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature was:
A) Toni Morrison
B) Haruki Murakami
C) Alice Munro
D) Selma Lagerlöf
✔️ Answer: D) Selma Lagerlöf
Q196. The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) is located in:
A) Paris
B) Geneva
C) New York
D) London
✔️ Answer: B) Geneva
Q197. The United Nations was founded in the year:
A) 1940
B) 1941
C) 1942
D) 1945
✔️ Answer: D) 1945
Q198. The first manned mission to the Moon was called:
A) Apollo 12
B) Apollo 11
C) Apollo 13
D) Apollo 14
✔️ Answer: B) Apollo 11
Q199. The world's highest mountain peak is:
A) Mount Kilimanjaro
B) Mount Everest
C) K2
D) Kanchenjunga
✔️ Answer: B) Mount Everest
Q200. The currency of Russia is:
A) Ruble
B) Dollar
C) Pound
D) Euro
✔️ Answer: A) Ruble
Q200. The currency of Russia is:
A) Ruble
B) Dollar
C) Pound
D) Euro
✔️ Answer: A) Ruble
Q201. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Mulk Raj Anand
D) Arundhati Roy
✔️ Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore
Q202. Who discovered the concept of ‘zero’?
A) Aryabhata
B) Brahmagupta
C) Bhaskaracharya
D) Ramanujan
✔️ Answer: B) Brahmagupta
Q203. The Battle of Buxar was fought between the forces of the British and the combined armies of:
A) Marathas, Rajputs, and Sikhs
B) Shuja-ud-Daula, Mir Qasim, and the Nawab of Bengal
C) Sikhs and Rajputs
D) Marathas and Mughals
✔️ Answer: B) Shuja-ud-Daula, Mir Qasim, and the Nawab of Bengal
Q204. The first person to walk in space was:
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Buzz Aldrin
C) Yuri Gagarin
D) Alexei Leonov
✔️ Answer: D) Alexei Leonov
Q205. Who was the first woman to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Kamini Roy
C) Annie Besant
D) Indira Gandhi
✔️ Answer: C) Annie Besant
Q206. The famous ‘Jantar Mantar’ is located in:
A) Delhi
B) Jaipur
C) Bhopal
D) Mumbai
✔️ Answer: B) Jaipur
Q207. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Santosh Yadav
C) Bachendri Pal
D) Kalpana Chawla
✔️ Answer: C) Bachendri Pal
Q208. The 'Treaty of Versailles' was signed after which war?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Civil War
D) Seven Years' War
✔️ Answer: A) World War I
Q209. The 'Father of Modern Physics' is:
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Nikola Tesla
✔️ Answer: A) Albert Einstein
Q210. The longest river of India is:
A) Godavari
B) Brahmaputra
C) Ganges
D) Yamuna
✔️ Answer: C) Ganges
Q211. Who is known as the “Missile Man of India”?
A) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
B) Vikram Sarabhai
C) Homi J. Bhabha
D) Ram Manohar Lohia
✔️ Answer: A) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Q212. Who wrote the famous Indian national anthem “Jana Gana Mana”?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Lata Mangeshkar
D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
✔️ Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore
Q213. The capital of Canada is:
A) Ottawa
B) Toronto
C) Montreal
D) Vancouver
✔️ Answer: A) Ottawa
Q214. Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Rajendra Prasad
✔️ Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q215. The city of ‘Petra’ is located in which country?
A) Egypt
B) Jordan
C) Israel
D) Iraq
✔️ Answer: B) Jordan
Q216. The first human to reach space was:
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Buzz Aldrin
C) Yuri Gagarin
D) John Glenn
✔️ Answer: C) Yuri Gagarin
Q217. Who invented the light bulb?
A) Nikola Tesla
B) Thomas Edison
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Michael Faraday
✔️ Answer: B) Thomas Edison
Q218. Who wrote the famous book ‘The God of Small Things’?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Kiran Desai
C) R.K. Narayan
D) Vikram Seth
✔️ Answer: A) Arundhati Roy
Q219. The famous Battle of Haldighati was fought between which two rulers?
A) Akbar and Rana Pratap
B) Rana Pratap and Man Singh
C) Shivaji Maharaj and Aurangzeb
D) Peshwa Baji Rao and Nizam
✔️ Answer: B) Rana Pratap and Man Singh
Q220. The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics was:
A) C.V. Raman
B) Satyendra Nath Bose
C) Homi J. Bhabha
D) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
✔️ Answer: A) C.V. Raman
Q221. Who wrote the famous novel ‘The Old Man and the Sea’?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Mark Twain
C) Charles Dickens
D) William Shakespeare
✔️ Answer: A) Ernest Hemingway
Q222. The first woman to fly in space was:
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Valentina Tereshkova
D) Sally Ride
✔️ Answer: C) Valentina Tereshkova
Q223. The largest continent in the world is:
A) Europe
B) Asia
C) Africa
D) North America
✔️ Answer: B) Asia
Q224. The currency of Japan is:
A) Dollar
B) Rupee
C) Yen
D) Won
✔️ Answer: C) Yen
Q225. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Kamini Roy
C) Annie Besant
D) Indira Gandhi
✔️ Answer: C) Annie Besant
Q226. Who discovered the theory of electromagnetism?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Michael Faraday
D) James Clerk Maxwell
✔️ Answer: C) Michael Faraday
Q227. Who was the first ruler of the Maurya dynasty?
A) Ashoka
B) Chandragupta Maurya
C) Bindusara
D) Kautilya
✔️ Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya
Q228. The ancient city of ‘Babylon’ was located in which present-day country?
A) Iran
B) Iraq
C) Egypt
D) Syria
✔️ Answer: B) Iraq
Q229. Who is known as the "Father of Indian Civil Services"?
A) Lord Curzon
B) Warren Hastings
C) Thomas Babington Macaulay
D) Robert Clive
✔️ Answer: C) Thomas Babington Macaulay
Q230. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Mother Teresa
D) Lata Mangeshkar
✔️ Answer: A) Indira Gandhi
Q231. Who was the first woman to win the Booker Prize?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Kiran Desai
C) J.K. Rowling
D) Hilary Mantel
✔️ Answer: A) Arundhati Roy
Q232. The famous 'Gateway of India' is located in which city?
A) Chennai
B) New Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Kolkata
✔️ Answer: C) Mumbai
Q233. Who is known as the "Father of Modern India"?
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
✔️ Answer: A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q234. The national flag of India was designed by:
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Pingali Venkayya
✔️ Answer: D) Pingali Venkayya
Q235. The world's highest waterfall is:
A) Angel Falls
B) Niagara Falls
C) Victoria Falls
D) Iguazu Falls
✔️ Answer: A) Angel Falls
Q236. The capital city of Brazil is:
A) Rio de Janeiro
B) São Paulo
C) Brasília
D) Recife
✔️ Answer: C) Brasília
Q237. Who invented the airplane?
A) Wright brothers
B) Thomas Edison
C) Nikola Tesla
D) Henry Ford
✔️ Answer: A) Wright brothers
Q238. The 'Lunar' refers to which planet's moon?
A) Mars
B) Venus
C) Earth
D) Saturn
✔️ Answer: C) Earth
Q239. Who was the first man to go to the Moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Buzz Aldrin
C) Yuri Gagarin
D) Alan Shepard
✔️ Answer: A) Neil Armstrong
Q240. The first synthetic dye was discovered by:
A) William Perkin
B) Robert Hooke
C) Michael Faraday
D) Louis Pasteur
✔️ Answer: A) William Perkin
Q241. The famous novel ‘The Hobbit’ was written by:
A) J.R.R. Tolkien
B) George Orwell
C) C.S. Lewis
D) Mark Twain
✔️ Answer: A) J.R.R. Tolkien
Q242. The Battle of Plassey took place in which year?
A) 1740
B) 1757
C) 1780
D) 1803
✔️ Answer: B) 1757
Q243. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
A) Marie Curie
B) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
C) Rosalind Franklin
D) Rita Levi-Montalcini
✔️ Answer: A) Marie Curie
Q244. The Great Barrier Reef is located in which country?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Indonesia
D) Philippines
✔️ Answer: A) Australia
Q245. The famous 'Iron Bridge' is located in which country?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) France
D) Germany
✔️ Answer: A) United Kingdom
Q246. Who was the first woman to lead a country as a Prime Minister?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
D) Golda Meir
✔️ Answer: C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Q247. The highest civilian award of India is:
A) Padma Bhushan
B) Padma Vibhushan
C) Bharat Ratna
D) Padma Shri
✔️ Answer: C) Bharat Ratna
Q248. The currency of Italy is:
A) Lira
B) Peso
C) Euro
D) Dollar
✔️ Answer: C) Euro
Q249. The 'Red Fort' is located in which city?
A) Agra
B) Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Jaipur
✔️ Answer: B) Delhi
Q250. Who was the first ruler of the Gupta Empire?
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Samudragupta
C) Chandragupta I
D) Vikramaditya
✔️ Answer: C) Chandragupta I
Q251. Who is regarded as the "Father of the Nation" in India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
✔️ Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi
Q252. Which of the following rivers is known as the “Sorrow of Bengal”?
A) Ganga
B) Brahmaputra
C) Damodar
D) Yamuna
✔️ Answer: C) Damodar
Q253. The first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal was:
A) Milkha Singh
B) Abhinav Bindra
C) Leander Paes
D) P.V. Sindhu
✔️ Answer: B) Abhinav Bindra
Q254. The famous city of ‘Troy’ is located in which modern-day country?
A) Greece
B) Turkey
C) Italy
D) Egypt
✔️ Answer: B) Turkey
Q255. Who is credited with the discovery of insulin?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Albert Einstein
C) Alexander Fleming
D) Frederick Banting
✔️ Answer: D) Frederick Banting
Q256. Who invented the telephone?
A) Nikola Tesla
B) Thomas Edison
C) Alexander Graham Bell
D) Michael Faraday
✔️ Answer: C) Alexander Graham Bell
Q257. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
A) 1737
B) 1757
C) 1777
D) 1800
✔️ Answer: B) 1757
Q258. The world's largest desert is:
A) Sahara
B) Gobi
C) Kalahari
D) Atacama
✔️ Answer: A) Sahara
Q259. The longest railway platform in India is at:
A) Howrah
B) Gorakhpur
C) Mumbai
D) Delhi
✔️ Answer: B) Gorakhpur
Q260. The first human to journey into outer space was:
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) Alan Shepard
D) Buzz Aldrin
✔️ Answer: B) Yuri Gagarin
Q261. The largest state in India by area is:
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Rajasthan
✔️ Answer: D) Rajasthan
Q262. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Mother Teresa
B) Marie Curie
C) Rosalind Franklin
D) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
✔️ Answer: B) Marie Curie
Q263. The currency of China is:
A) Rupee
B) Yen
C) Yuan
D) Won
✔️ Answer: C) Yuan
Q264. Who is considered the "Father of the Indian Constitution"?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) B.R. Ambedkar
D) Mahatma Gandhi
✔️ Answer: C) B.R. Ambedkar
Q265. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
✔️ Answer: B) C. Rajagopalachari
Q266. The famous 'Taj Mahal' is situated in which city?
A) Delhi
B) Agra
C) Jaipur
D) Lucknow
✔️ Answer: B) Agra
Q267. Which Indian leader is associated with the phrase "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
✔️ Answer: B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q268. The battle of Waterloo was fought between:
A) Napoleon and the Allied forces
B) Julius Caesar and the Germanic tribes
C) Alexander the Great and Darius III
D) Genghis Khan and the Mongols
✔️ Answer: A) Napoleon and the Allied forces
Q269. Who invented the first practical steam engine?
A) James Watt
B) Thomas Newcomen
C) George Stephenson
D) Isambard Kingdom Brunel
✔️ Answer: A) James Watt
Q270. Who is the first woman to travel in space?
A) Sally Ride
B) Valentina Tereshkova
C) Kalpana Chawla
D) Mae Jemison
✔️ Answer: B) Valentina Tereshkova
Q271. The Battle of Panipat was fought between which two rulers?
A) Akbar and Maharana Pratap
B) Shershah Suri and Humayun
C) Marathas and the Mughal Empire
D) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
✔️ Answer: D) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
Q272. The headquarters of the World Trade Organization is in:
A) Washington D.C.
B) London
C) Geneva
D) New York
✔️ Answer: C) Geneva
Q273. The famous writer of the novel '1984' is:
A) Aldous Huxley
B) George Orwell
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Mark Twain
✔️ Answer: B) George Orwell
Q274. The state of Jammu & Kashmir is divided into how many districts?
A) 10
B) 22
C) 20
D) 30
✔️ Answer: B) 22
Q275. Who was the first emperor of the Maurya dynasty?
A) Chandragupta Maurya
B) Bindusara
C) Ashoka
D) Kautilya
✔️ Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya
Q276. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was passed in the year:
A) 2004
B) 2005
C) 2006
D) 2007
✔️ Answer: B) 2005
Q277. Who was the first President of the United States?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John Adams
✔️ Answer: B) George Washington
Q278. Who was the first emperor of the Mughal Empire?
A) Humayun
B) Akbar
C) Babur
D) Shah Jahan
✔️ Answer: C) Babur
Q279. The first Indian woman to fly an aircraft was:
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) J.R.D. Tata
D) Captain Durba Banerjee
✔️ Answer: D) Captain Durba Banerjee
Q280. Who is credited with the theory of evolution by natural selection?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Charles Darwin
C) Albert Einstein
D) Gregor Mendel
✔️ Answer: B) Charles Darwin
Q281. The River Nile flows through which of the following countries?
A) Kenya and Uganda
B) Egypt and Sudan
C) South Africa and Botswana
D) Nigeria and Chad
✔️ Answer: B) Egypt and Sudan
Q282. Who founded the Indian National Congress?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Allan Octavian Hume
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Dadabhai Naoroji
✔️ Answer: B) Allan Octavian Hume
Q283. Who was the first woman to become the President of India?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Pratibha Patil
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
✔️ Answer: B) Pratibha Patil
Q284. The famous temple of ‘Angkor Wat’ is located in which country?
A) Vietnam
B) Thailand
C) Cambodia
D) Laos
✔️ Answer: C) Cambodia
Q285. The largest island in the world is:
A) Australia
B) Greenland
C) New Guinea
D) Borneo
✔️ Answer: B) Greenland
Q286. The author of the book ‘The Lion and the Jewel’ is:
A) Wole Soyinka
B) Chinua Achebe
C) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
D) John Updike
✔️ Answer: A) Wole Soyinka
Q287. The largest continent by population is:
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) Europe
D) North America
✔️ Answer: B) Asia
Q288. The Battle of Waterloo took place in:
A) France
B) Belgium
C) Germany
D) Netherlands
✔️ Answer: B) Belgium
Q289. The National Museum of India is located in which city?
A) Mumbai
B) New Delhi
C) Kolkata
D) Chennai
✔️ Answer: B) New Delhi
Q290. Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic gold medal?
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) Neeraj Chopra
C) Milkha Singh
D) K.D. Jadhav
✔️ Answer: B) Neeraj Chopra
Q291. The longest river in the world is:
A) Amazon
B) Nile
C) Yangtze
D) Mississippi
✔️ Answer: A) Amazon
Q292. The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice is:
A) Bachendri Pal
B) Santosh Yadav
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Kiran Bedi
✔️ Answer: B) Santosh Yadav
Q293. Who is known as the "Father of the Indian Space Program"?
A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) Homi J. Bhabha
C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
D) Satish Dhawan
✔️ Answer: A) Vikram Sarabhai
Q294. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
A) Venus
B) Earth
C) Mars
D) Jupiter
✔️ Answer: C) Mars
Q295. The term "Atomic Number" was introduced by:
A) Niels Bohr
B) John Dalton
C) J.J. Thomson
D) Moseley
✔️ Answer: D) Moseley
Q296. The national flower of India is:
A) Rose
B) Jasmine
C) Lotus
D) Lily
✔️ Answer: C) Lotus
Q297. The first satellite launched into space was:
A) Hubble Space Telescope
B) Sputnik 1
C) Apollo 11
D) Chandrayaan 1
✔️ Answer: B) Sputnik 1
Q298. Who was the first governor-general of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Rajendra Prasad
✔️ Answer: B) C. Rajagopalachari
Q299. Who is known as the “Iron Man of India”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✔️ Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q300. The headquarters of the United Nations is located in:
A) Geneva
B) New York
C) Paris
D) Washington, D.C.
✔️ Answer: B) New York
Q301. The first Indian to win an Olympic medal was:
A) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
B) Dhyan Chand
C) K.D. Jadhav
D) Milkha Singh
✔️ Answer: C) K.D. Jadhav
Q302. The leader of the Indian National Army (INA) was:
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
✔️ Answer: A) Subhas Chandra Bose
Q303. Who discovered the law of gravity?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) James Clerk Maxwell
D) Nikola Tesla
✔️ Answer: B) Isaac Newton
Q304. The official residence of the President of India is:
A) Rashtrapati Bhavan
B) Parliament House
C) Red Fort
D) Akbar's Tomb
✔️ Answer: A) Rashtrapati Bhavan
Q305. The famous "Jantar Mantar" is located in which city?
A) Jaipur
B) Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Bangalore
✔️ Answer: A) Jaipur
Q306. The currency of Japan is:
A) Ringgit
B) Yen
C) Peso
D) Won
✔️ Answer: B) Yen
Q307. Who is the author of the book ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
A) Emily Brontë
B) Jane Austen
C) Charlotte Brontë
D) Charles Dickens
✔️ Answer: B) Jane Austen
Q308. Which is the smallest state in India by area?
A) Goa
B) Sikkim
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Delhi
✔️ Answer: A) Goa
Q309. The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is located in:
A) New York
B) Paris
C) Washington D.C.
D) London
✔️ Answer: C) Washington D.C.
Q310. Who among the following was known as the “Lady with the Lamp”?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Mother Teresa
C) Marie Curie
D) Sarojini Naidu
✔️ Answer: A) Florence Nightingale
Q311. Who is considered the "Father of Indian Cinema"?
A) Raj Kapoor
B) Dadasaheb Phalke
C) Guru Dutt
D) Satyajit Ray
✔️ Answer: B) Dadasaheb Phalke
Q312. Which is the largest continent in terms of area?
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) Europe
D) Australia
✔️ Answer: B) Asia
Q313. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect China from which invaders?
A) Mongols
B) Persians
C) Japanese
D) Russians
✔️ Answer: A) Mongols
Q314. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Rajendra Prasad
✔️ Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q315. The first Nobel Prize in the field of Economics was awarded in the year:
A) 1968
B) 1950
C) 1960
D) 1945
✔️ Answer: A) 1968
Q316. The atomic number of Carbon is:
A) 6
B) 8
C) 12
D) 14
✔️ Answer: A) 6
Q317. Which of the following is not a member of the United Nations?
A) Switzerland
B) Taiwan
C) Russia
D) United States
✔️ Answer: B) Taiwan
Q318. The largest island in the world is:
A) Greenland
B) Borneo
C) Australia
D) New Guinea
✔️ Answer: A) Greenland
Q319. The first city to host the modern Olympic Games was:
A) Paris
B) London
C) Athens
D) Rome
✔️ Answer: C) Athens
Q320. The famous 'Taj Mahal' was built by:
A) Shah Jahan
B) Akbar
C) Babur
D) Humayun
✔️ Answer: A) Shah Jahan
Q321. Who is known as the "Father of the Indian Space Program"?
A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C) Satish Dhawan
D) Homi J. Bhabha
✔️ Answer: A) Vikram Sarabhai
Q322. Who is the longest-serving Prime Minister of India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
D) Narendra Modi
✔️ Answer: B) Indira Gandhi
Q323. The first manned mission to land on the Moon was named:
A) Apollo 10
B) Apollo 11
C) Apollo 9
D) Apollo 12
✔️ Answer: B) Apollo 11
Q324. Who developed the theory of General Relativity?
A) Nikola Tesla
B) Albert Einstein
C) Isaac Newton
D) Niels Bohr
✔️ Answer: B) Albert Einstein
Q325. The Indian Independence Act was passed in the year:
A) 1947
B) 1945
C) 1948
D) 1946
✔️ Answer: A) 1947
Q326. The currency of the United Kingdom is:
A) Dollar
B) Euro
C) Pound Sterling
D) Franc
✔️ Answer: C) Pound Sterling
Q327. The national bird of India is:
A) Sparrow
B) Peacock
C) Crow
D) Parrot
✔️ Answer: B) Peacock
Q328. The longest river in India is:
A) Yamuna
B) Ganga
C) Brahmaputra
D) Godavari
✔️ Answer: B) Ganga
Q329. The largest animal on Earth is:
A) African Elephant
B) Blue Whale
C) Giraffe
D) Great White Shark
✔️ Answer: B) Blue Whale
Q330. Who is the author of the book ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’?
A) Anne Frank
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Vikram Seth
D) Rabindranath Tagore
✔️ Answer: A) Anne Frank
Q331. The first Indian to win a Nobel Prize was:
A) C.V. Raman
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
✔️ Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore
Q332. The ‘BrahMos’ missile is developed by India in collaboration with:
A) Russia
B) USA
C) Israel
D) Japan
✔️ Answer: A) Russia
Q333. The currency of Canada is:
A) Dollar
B) Rupee
C) Pound
D) Canadian Dollar
✔️ Answer: D) Canadian Dollar
Q334. The longest railway tunnel in the world is:
A) Gotthard Base Tunnel
B) Channel Tunnel
C) Seikan Tunnel
D) Shinkansen Tunnel
✔️ Answer: A) Gotthard Base Tunnel
Q335. The first woman to win the Booker Prize was:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Kiran Desai
C) Margaret Atwood
D) Virginia Woolf
✔️ Answer: A) Arundhati Roy
Q336. The 'Gateway of India' is located in which city?
A) Delhi
B) Chennai
C) Mumbai
D) Kolkata
✔️ Answer: C) Mumbai
Q337. The famous French artist who painted the Mona Lisa is:
A) Edgar Degas
B) Claude Monet
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Leonardo da Vinci
✔️ Answer: D) Leonardo da Vinci
Q338. The capital city of Australia is:
A) Sydney
B) Melbourne
C) Canberra
D) Brisbane
✔️ Answer: C) Canberra
Q339. The first man-made satellite launched into space was:
A) Apollo 11
B) Sputnik 1
C) Hubble Telescope
D) Chandrayaan-1
✔️ Answer: B) Sputnik 1
Q340. In which year did the Quit India Movement begin?
A) 1940
B) 1942
C) 1945
D) 1930
✔️ Answer: B) 1942
Q341. Which organ purifies blood in the human body?
A) Heart
B) Liver
C) Kidney
D) Lungs
✔️ Answer: C) Kidney
Q342. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
A) Mars
B) Venus
C) Saturn
D) Mercury
✔️ Answer: A) Mars
Q343. The Emergency in India in 1975 was declared under which article?
A) Article 352
B) Article 356
C) Article 360
D) Article 368
✔️ Answer: A) Article 352
Q344. Who is known as the Iron Man of India?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
C) B.R. Ambedkar
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
✔️ Answer: D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q345. Which is the smallest bone in the human body?
A) Femur
B) Stapes
C) Ulna
D) Tibia
✔️ Answer: B) Stapes
Q346. The First Battle of Panipat was fought in:
A) 1526
B) 1556
C) 1761
D) 1576
✔️ Answer: A) 1526
Q347. Who among the following was associated with the Swadeshi Movement?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Bhagat Singh
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✔️ Answer: B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q348. Who is the father of the Indian Constitution?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
✔️ Answer: B) B.R. Ambedkar
Q349. Which is the highest peak in India?
A) Mount Everest
B) Nanda Devi
C) Kanchenjunga
D) K2
✔️ Answer: C) Kanchenjunga
Q350. Name the chemical used to preserve food:
A) Sodium Chloride
B) Sodium Benzoate
C) Sodium Carbonate
D) Sodium Bicarbonate
✔️ Answer: B) Sodium Benzoate
Q351. In which year was the Indian National Congress founded?
A) 1857
B) 1885
C) 1905
D) 1947
✔️ Answer: B) 1885
Q352. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
A) Mercury
B) Sodium
C) Aluminium
D) Lead
✔️ Answer: A) Mercury
Q353. The Headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India is in:
A) Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Mumbai
D) Hyderabad
✔️ Answer: C) Mumbai
Q354. The National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ was composed by:
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Aurobindo Ghosh
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
✔️ Answer: A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Q356. How many players are there in a hockey team (on field)?
A) 9
B) 10
C) 11
D) 12
✔️ Answer: C) 11
Q357. The term “Bull and Bear” is used in:
A) Politics
B) Stock Market
C) Cricket
D) Weather
✔️ Answer: B) Stock Market
Q358. Who discovered the law of gravitation?
A) Galileo
B) Newton
C) Kepler
D) Faraday
✔️ Answer: B) Newton
Q359. Which Article of the Constitution deals with Right to Equality?
A) Article 12
B) Article 14
C) Article 15
D) Article 16
✔️ Answer: B) Article 14
Q360. Who was the first Indian to win Nobel Prize?
A) C.V. Raman
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Mother Teresa
D) Amartya Sen
✔️ Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore
Q361. Which gas is used in fire extinguishers?
A) Oxygen
B) Hydrogen
C) Nitrogen
D) Carbon Dioxide
✔️ Answer: D) Carbon Dioxide
Q362. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Warren Hastings
D) Lord Wavell
✔️ Answer: B) C. Rajagopalachari
Q363. Which is the longest river in the world?
A) Ganga
B) Nile
C) Amazon
D) Yangtze
✔️ Answer: B) Nile
Q364. Who invented the telephone?
A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Thomas Edison
C) Marconi
D) James Watt
✔️ Answer: A) Alexander Graham Bell
Q365. The book ‘Discovery of India’ was written by:
A) M.K. Gandhi
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Sardar Patel
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
✔️ Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q366. The capital of Bhutan is:
A) Kathmandu
B) Thimphu
C) Dhaka
D) Male
✔️ Answer: B) Thimphu
Q367. Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Duties?
A) Part IV
B) Part IVA
C) Part III
D) Part II
✔️ Answer: B) Part IVA
Q368. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
A) Bindusara
B) Ashoka
C) Chandragupta Maurya
D) Harshavardhana
✔️ Answer: C) Chandragupta Maurya
Q369. Which is the national aquatic animal of India?
A) Blue Whale
B) Ganges River Dolphin
C) Shark
D) Dugong
✔️ Answer: B) Ganges River Dolphin
Q370. Dronacharya Award is related to:
A) Acting
B) Coaching in Sports
C) Writing
D) Adventure
✔️ Answer: B) Coaching in Sports
Q371. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) Vallabhbhai Patel
✔️ Answer: C) Rajendra Prasad
Q372. Which country is known as the Land of Rising Sun?
A) India
B) China
C) Japan
D) Australia
✔️ Answer: C) Japan
Q373. What is the SI unit of pressure?
A) Pascal
B) Newton
C) Joule
D) Watt
✔️ Answer: A) Pascal
Q374. Who discovered penicillin?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Alexander Fleming
C) Marie Curie
D) Robert Hooke
✔️ Answer: B) Alexander Fleming
Q375. What is the currency of Bangladesh?
A) Taka
B) Rupee
C) Riyal
D) Kyat
✔️ Answer: A) Taka
Q376. The famous Bhimbetka caves are located in:
A) Maharashtra
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Rajasthan
✔️ Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh
Q377. How many fundamental rights are guaranteed by the Indian Constitution?
A) 7
B) 6
C) 8
D) 5
✔️ Answer: B) 6
Q378. Which state is the largest producer of tea in India?
A) Assam
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) West Bengal
✔️ Answer: A) Assam
Q379. The non-cooperation movement was withdrawn after which incident?
A) Jallianwala Bagh
B) Simon Commission
C) Chauri Chaura
D) Dandi March
✔️ Answer: C) Chauri Chaura
Q380. What is the chemical symbol of silver?
A) Si
B) Ag
C) Au
D) Sg
✔️ Answer: B) Ag
Q381. Name the gas responsible for the greenhouse effect:
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon Dioxide
D) Neon
✔️ Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide
Q382. Which Mughal emperor built the Red Fort?
A) Akbar
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Aurangzeb
✔️ Answer: C) Shah Jahan
Q383. The largest continent by area is:
A) Africa
B) North America
C) Asia
D) Europe
✔️ Answer: C) Asia
Q384. The Great Bath was found in which Harappan site?
A) Mohenjodaro
B) Lothal
C) Harappa
D) Kalibangan
✔️ Answer: A) Mohenjodaro
Q385. The Nobel Prize is not awarded in which of the following fields?
A) Peace
B) Literature
C) Mathematics
D) Chemistry
✔️ Answer: C) Mathematics
Q386. The Headquarters of ISRO is located in:
A) Chennai
B) Bengaluru
C) Hyderabad
D) Pune
✔️ Answer: B) Bengaluru
Q387. Panchayati Raj was first introduced in which Indian state?
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
✔️ Answer: A) Rajasthan
Q388. The study of earthquakes is called:
A) Seismology
B) Geology
C) Volcanology
D) Paleontology
✔️ Answer: A) Seismology
Q389. Which Veda is considered the oldest?
A) Sama Veda
B) Yajur Veda
C) Rig Veda
D) Atharva Veda
✔️ Answer: C) Rig Veda
Q390. The Planning Commission was replaced by:
A) NITI Aayog
B) Finance Commission
C) RBI
D) Ministry of Planning
✔️ Answer: A) NITI Aayog
Q391. Who discovered the circulation of blood?
A) William Harvey
B) Edward Jenner
C) Robert Koch
D) Watson and Crick
✔️ Answer: A) William Harvey
Q392. Which freedom fighter formed the 'Azad Hind Fauj'?
A) M.K. Gandhi
B) Sardar Patel
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
✔️ Answer: C) Subhas Chandra Bose
Q393. The Ashoka Chakra has how many spokes?
A) 12
B) 20
C) 24
D) 36
✔️ Answer: C) 24
Q394. What is the boiling point of water at sea level in Celsius?
A) 0°C
B) 100°C
C) 50°C
D) 212°C
✔️ Answer: B) 100°C
Q395. Who is known as the "Missile Man of India"?
A) Homi Bhabha
B) Vikram Sarabhai
C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
D) Satish Dhawan
✔️ Answer: C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Q396. The 'Chipko Movement' is related to:
A) Water Conservation
B) Forest Conservation
C) Women Empowerment
D) Pollution Control
✔️ Answer: B) Forest Conservation
Q397. Who gave the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri
D) Indira Gandhi
✔️ Answer: C) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q398. The term 'Biosphere' refers to:
A) All living organisms
B) All water bodies
C) All the layers of atmosphere
D) The global ecological system of life
✔️ Answer: D) The global ecological system of life
Q399. The National Income of India is calculated by:
A) NITI Aayog
B) Ministry of Finance
C) RBI
D) Central Statistical Office (CSO)
✔️ Answer: D) Central Statistical Office (CSO)
Q400. Who wrote 'Geetanjali'?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Premchand
✔️ Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore
Q400. Who wrote 'Geetanjali'?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Premchand
✔️ Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore
Q401. The famous Dilwara Temples are located in:
A) Khajuraho
B) Mount Abu
C) Hampi
D) Konark
✔️ Answer: B) Mount Abu
Q402. What is the capital of Canada?
A) Toronto
B) Vancouver
C) Montreal
D) Ottawa
✔️ Answer: D) Ottawa
Q403. What is the main source of energy for the Sun?
A) Combustion
B) Nuclear fission
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Radioactivity
✔️ Answer: C) Nuclear fusion
Q404. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh
✔️ Answer: B) Gujarat
Q405. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Supreme Court
D) Parliament
✔️ Answer: A) President
Q406. Which acid is found in lemon?
A) Oxalic acid
B) Tartaric acid
C) Citric acid
D) Acetic acid
✔️ Answer: C) Citric acid
Q407. Who was the first Indian woman to go to space?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Sunita Williams
C) Ritu Karidhal
D) Tessy Thomas
✔️ Answer: A) Kalpana Chawla
Q408. Which dance is associated with Kerala?
A) Kathak
B) Kuchipudi
C) Bharatanatyam
D) Kathakali
✔️ Answer: D) Kathakali
Q409. The famous Sanchi Stupa is located in which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Odisha
✔️ Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh
Q410. Which Indian cricketer is known as the “Little Master”?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Kapil Dev
C) Sunil Gavaskar
D) Sachin Tendulkar
✔️ Answer: C) Sunil Gavaskar
Q411. Which planet has the largest number of moons?
A) Earth
B) Jupiter
C) Mars
D) Venus
✔️ Answer: B) Jupiter
Q412. Who is regarded as the ‘Father of Modern India’?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Rabindranath Tagore
D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
✔️ Answer: D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q413. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Pratibha Patil
D) Sucheta Kriplani
✔️ Answer: A) Indira Gandhi
Q414. Who is known as the “Father of the Nation”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✔️ Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi
Q415. The UN Headquarters is located in:
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) New York
D) London
✔️ Answer: C) New York
Q416. In which year did India become a Republic?
A) 1947
B) 1950
C) 1952
D) 1955
✔️ Answer: B) 1950
Q417. The atomic number of Oxygen is:
A) 8
B) 6
C) 10
D) 4
✔️ Answer: A) 8
Q418. The Rajya Sabha is also known as:
A) Lower House
B) Upper House
C) Advisory Body
D) None of the above
✔️ Answer: B) Upper House
Q419. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
A) United States
B) Russia
C) Canada
D) Australia
✔️ Answer: C) Canada
Q420. The first satellite launched by India was:
A) Aryabhata
B) INSAT-1A
C) GSAT-1
D) Rohini
✔️ Answer: A) Aryabhata
Q421. Who invented the World Wide Web?
A) Bill Gates
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Steve Jobs
D) Larry Page
✔️ Answer: B) Tim Berners-Lee
Q422. The Battle of Plassey was fought in:
A) 1745
B) 1757
C) 1761
D) 1857
✔️ Answer: B) 1757
Q423. Who is considered the “Father of Indian Cinema”?
A) Raj Kapoor
B) Satyajit Ray
C) Bimal Roy
D) V. Shantaram
✔️ Answer: B) Satyajit Ray
Q424. The Indian Flag has how many colors?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 2
✔️ Answer: A) 3
Q425. What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
A) Colombo
B) Kathmandu
C) Dhaka
D) Male
✔️ Answer: A) Colombo
Q426. The famous 'Kumbh Mela' is held every:
A) 2 years
B) 3 years
C) 5 years
D) 12 years
✔️ Answer: D) 12 years
Q427. Who is the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Vikram Seth
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Kamala Das
✔️ Answer: A) Arundhati Roy
Q428. The Earth’s core is mainly composed of:
A) Silicon
B) Oxygen
C) Iron
D) Magnesium
✔️ Answer: C) Iron
Q429. The White House is the official residence of the President of:
A) Russia
B) France
C) USA
D) United Kingdom
✔️ Answer: C) USA
Q430. The famous Red Fort is situated in:
A) Delhi
B) Agra
C) Jaipur
D) Mumbai
✔️ Answer: A) Delhi
Q431. The longest mountain range in the world is:
A) Himalayas
B) Andes
C) Alps
D) Ural
✔️ Answer: B) Andes
Q432. The national flower of India is:
A) Rose
B) Lotus
C) Sunflower
D) Jasmine
✔️ Answer: B) Lotus
Q433. The first female astronaut in space was:
A) Sally Ride
B) Valentina Tereshkova
C) Mae Jemison
D) Kalpana Chawla
✔️ Answer: B) Valentina Tereshkova
Q434. The first war of Indian Independence was fought in:
A) 1857
B) 1860
C) 1905
D) 1942
✔️ Answer: A) 1857
Q435. Who was the first woman President of India?
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Pratibha Patil
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
✔️ Answer: B) Pratibha Patil
Q436. The world’s tallest building is the:
A) Burj Khalifa
B) Eiffel Tower
C) Petronas Towers
D) CN Tower
✔️ Answer: A) Burj Khalifa
Q437. The longest bone in the human body is the:
A) Femur
B) Tibia
C) Humerus
D) Fibula
✔️ Answer: A) Femur
Q438. The first Indian satellite was named:
A) Bhaskara
B) Aryabhata
C) Rohini
D) INSAT-1A
✔️ Answer: B) Aryabhata
Q439. Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon Dioxide
D) Hydrogen
✔️ Answer: B) Nitrogen
Q440. Who among the following was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
A) Ashoka
B) Chandragupta Maurya
C) Bindusara
D) Bimbisara
✔️ Answer: B) Chandragupta Maurya
Q441. The instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure is:
A) Thermometer
B) Barometer
C) Anemometer
D) Hygrometer
✔️ Answer: B) Barometer
Q442. The largest gland in the human body is:
A) Pancreas
B) Thyroid
C) Liver
D) Pituitary
✔️ Answer: C) Liver
Q443. The capital of Uttarakhand is:
A) Nainital
B) Mussoorie
C) Dehradun
D) Almora
✔️ Answer: C) Dehradun
Q444. The first woman President of India was:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Pratibha Patil
D) Sucheta Kripalani
✔️ Answer: C) Pratibha Patil
Q445. Who wrote the national anthem of India?
A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Kavi Pradeep
D) Sarojini Naidu
✔️ Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore
Q446. Which is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
A) Gold
B) Iron
C) Diamond
D) Quartz
✔️ Answer: C) Diamond
Q447. Who was the first Indian to go to space?
A) Rakesh Sharma
B) Kalpana Chawla
C) Sunita Williams
D) Vikram Sarabhai
✔️ Answer: A) Rakesh Sharma
Q448. What is the chemical symbol of gold?
A) Gd
B) Go
C) Au
D) Ag
✔️ Answer: C) Au
Q449. Which Mughal emperor built the Jama Masjid in Delhi?
A) Akbar
B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan
D) Aurangzeb
✔️ Answer: C) Shah Jahan
Q450. The World Health Organization (WHO) is headquartered in:
A) Paris
B) Geneva
C) Washington D.C.
D) London
✔️ Answer: B) Geneva
Q451. The acid found in vinegar is:
A) Sulfuric acid
B) Citric acid
C) Acetic acid
D) Tartaric acid
✔️ Answer: C) Acetic acid
Q452. The river which flows through the Grand Canyon is:
A) Amazon
B) Colorado
C) Mississippi
D) Missouri
✔️ Answer: B) Colorado
Q453. The National Science Day is celebrated on:
A) February 28
B) January 26
C) March 8
D) December 10
✔️ Answer: A) February 28
Q454. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Gujarat
D) Maharashtra
✔️ Answer: C) Gujarat
Q455. The process of conversion of gas into liquid is called:
A) Sublimation
B) Evaporation
C) Condensation
D) Freezing
✔️ Answer: C) Condensation
Q456. The ozone layer is found in which layer of the atmosphere?
A) Troposphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Stratosphere
D) Exosphere
✔️ Answer: C) Stratosphere
Q457. Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the Fundamental Rights?
A) Article 14–18
B) Article 19–22
C) Article 12–35
D) Article 36–51
✔️ Answer: C) Article 12–35
Q458. The Battle of Plassey was fought in which year?
A) 1757
B) 1764
C) 1857
D) 1818
✔️ Answer: A) 1757
Q459. Who is known as the Nightingale of India?
A) Mother Teresa
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Annie Besant
✔️ Answer: C) Sarojini Naidu
Q460. The Indian Parliament is composed of:
A) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
B) President and Prime Minister
C) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and President
D) Cabinet and President
✔️ Answer: C) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and President
Q461. Which of the following is a renewable source of energy?
A) Coal
B) Petroleum
C) Solar
D) Natural Gas
✔️ Answer: C) Solar
Q462. The Indian national flag was designed by:
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C) Pingali Venkayya
D) Mahatma Gandhi
✔️ Answer: C) Pingali Venkayya
Q463. The 'Quit India Movement' was launched in the year:
A) 1930
B) 1942
C) 1947
D) 1920
✔️ Answer: B) 1942
Q464. The atomic number of Oxygen is:
A) 6
B) 8
C) 16
D) 12
✔️ Answer: B) 8
Q465. The Gobi Desert is located in:
A) China and Mongolia
B) India and Pakistan
C) USA and Canada
D) South Africa and Namibia
✔️ Answer: A) China and Mongolia
Q466. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
A) Mahavira
B) Gautama Buddha
C) Shankaracharya
D) Kabir
✔️ Answer: B) Gautama Buddha
Q467. Which vitamin is produced in the human skin by sunlight?
A) Vitamin A
B) Vitamin B
C) Vitamin C
D) Vitamin D
✔️ Answer: D) Vitamin D
Q468. What is the currency of China?
A) Yen
B) Won
C) Renminbi
D) Baht
✔️ Answer: C) Renminbi
Q469. The Constitution of India was adopted on:
A) August 15, 1947
B) November 26, 1949
C) January 26, 1950
D) October 2, 1949
✔️ Answer: B) November 26, 1949
Q470. Who among the following is known as 'Deshbandhu'?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Chittaranjan Das
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
✔️ Answer: B) Chittaranjan Das
Q471. The planet known as the "Red Planet" is:
A) Venus
B) Jupiter
C) Mars
D) Mercury
✔️ Answer: C) Mars
Q472. What is the capital of Canada?
A) Toronto
B) Ottawa
C) Montreal
D) Vancouver
✔️ Answer: B) Ottawa
Q473. The 42nd amendment of the Indian Constitution is known as:
A) Anti-Defection Law
B) Mini Constitution
C) Panchayati Raj Act
D) Fundamental Duties Act
✔️ Answer: B) Mini Constitution
Q474. The author of 'Discovery of India' is:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
✔️ Answer: C) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q475. The fastest land animal is:
A) Leopard
B) Cheetah
C) Lion
D) Tiger
✔️ Answer: B) Cheetah
Q476. The first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympics was:
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) Milkha Singh
C) P.T. Usha
D) Leander Paes
✔️ Answer: A) Abhinav Bindra
Q477. The total number of chromosomes in humans is:
A) 22
B) 23
C) 44
D) 46
✔️ Answer: D) 46
Q478. The major constituent of biogas is:
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Methane
C) Propane
D) Butane
✔️ Answer: B) Methane
Q479. India became a republic on:
A) August 15, 1947
B) January 26, 1950
C) November 26, 1949
D) October 2, 1950
✔️ Answer: B) January 26, 1950
Q480. Which state in India has the largest forest cover?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Chhattisgarh
✔️ Answer: A) Madhya Pradesh
Q481. The most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust is:
A) Iron
B) Aluminium
C) Copper
D) Zinc
✔️ Answer: B) Aluminium
Q482. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy involved which chemical?
A) Methane
B) Carbon monoxide
C) Methyl isocyanate
D) Ethylene
✔️ Answer: C) Methyl isocyanate
Q483. The international court of justice is located in:
A) Geneva
B) The Hague
C) New York
D) Paris
✔️ Answer: B) The Hague
Q484. The largest freshwater lake in India is:
A) Dal Lake
B) Wular Lake
C) Chilika Lake
D) Loktak Lake
✔️ Answer: B) Wular Lake
Q485. What is the unit of electric current?
A) Volt
B) Watt
C) Ampere
D) Ohm
✔️ Answer: C) Ampere
Q486. Who invented the telephone?
A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Thomas Edison
C) James Watt
D) Michael Faraday
✔️ Answer: A) Alexander Graham Bell
Q487. Who discovered the law of gravitation?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Galileo Galilei
C) Isaac Newton
D) James Watt
✔️ Answer: C) Isaac Newton
Q488. The term ‘Green Revolution’ is associated with:
A) Industry
B) Services
C) Agriculture
D) Mining
✔️ Answer: C) Agriculture
Q489. The largest continent by area is:
A) Africa
B) North America
C) Europe
D) Asia
✔️ Answer: D) Asia
Q490. The chemical formula of water is:
A) CO₂
B) H₂O
C) O₂
D) NaCl
✔️ Answer: B) H₂O
Q491. The first battle of Panipat was fought in:
A) 1526
B) 1556
C) 1761
D) 1857
✔️ Answer: A) 1526
Q492. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was founded in:
A) 1947
B) 1951
C) 1969
D) 1972
✔️ Answer: C) 1969
Q493. Which part of the plant conducts photosynthesis?
A) Root
B) Stem
C) Leaf
D) Flower
✔️ Answer: C) Leaf
Q494. The ‘Chipko Movement’ was related to:
A) Pollution
B) Tree Conservation
C) Wildlife Protection
D) River Water Sharing
✔️ Answer: B) Tree Conservation
Q495. Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Sardar Patel
D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
✔️ Answer: B) Lord Mountbatten
Q496. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
A) Mercury
B) Zinc
C) Lead
D) Silver
✔️ Answer: A) Mercury
Q497. The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established in:
A) 1945
B) 1985
C) 1991
D) 1995
✔️ Answer: D) 1995
Q498. Which gas do plants absorb during photosynthesis?
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon Dioxide
D) Hydrogen
✔️ Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide
Q499. The author of the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ is:
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) R.C. Dutt
✔️ Answer: A) Dadabhai Naoroji
Q500. Which of the following is not a Union Territory of India?
A) Chandigarh
B) Ladakh
C) Sikkim
D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
✔️ Answer: C) Sikkim
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