Q1. Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Constitution”?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c) Sardar Patel
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q2. What is the national flower of India?
a) Rose
b) Marigold
c) Lotus
d) Jasmine
Q3. Who wrote the Indian National Anthem
a) “Jana Gana Mana”?
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Q4. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Five Lakes”?
a) Kerala
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Sikkim
Q5. What is the official emblem of India?
a) Ashoka Chakra
b) Lotus
c) Tricolor Flag
d) Sarnath Lion Capital
Q6. Which national park is known for being the last refuge of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros?
a) Jim Corbett National Park
b) Ranthambhore National Park
c) Kaziranga National Park
d) Bandipur National Park
Q7. Which Indian state is home to the famous Sunderbans Tiger Reserve?
a) Odisha
b) West Bengal
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Q8. Which river forms the famous Sundarbans delta in India?
a) Brahmaputra
b) Ganges
c) Godavari
d) Yamuna
Q9. What is the name of India’s national aquatic animal?
a) Tiger
b) Lion
c) Dolphin
d) Crocodile
Q10. Which Indian environmentalist is known for her efforts in saving the forests of Uttarakhand and is often referred to as the “Chipko Movement” leader?
a) Medha Patkar
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Vandana Shiva
d) Sunderlal Bahuguna
Q11. Who is the author of the famous novel “The God of Small Things”?
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Vikram Seth
c) Arundhati Roy
d) Chetan Bhagat
Q12. Which Indian poet and philosopher is known for his collection of poems titled “Gitanjali”?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
d) Kalidasa
Q13. Who wrote the famous historical novel “The Immortals of Meluha”?
a) Amish Tripathi
b) Chetan Bhagat
c) Arundhati Roy
d) Jhumpa Lahiri
Q14. The White Tiger is a novel written by which Indian author?
a) Aravind Adiga
b) R.K. Narayan
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Vikram Seth
Q15. Which Indian author is known for the book “Train to Pakistan”?
a) Ruskin Bond
b) R.K. Narayan
c) Khushwant Singh
d) Vikram Seth
Q16. Who is often referred to as the “King of Bollywood” in the Indian film industry?
a) Shah Rukh Khan
b) Aamir Khan
c) Salman Khan
d) Amitabh Bachchan
Q17. Which Indian film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009?
a) Lagaan
b) Slumdog Millionaire
c) Taare Zameen Par
d) Rang De Basanti
Q18. Who is considered one of India’s greatest film directors and is known for classics like “Sholay” and “Mili”?
a) Yash Chopra
b) Raj Kapoor
c) Hrishikesh Mukherjee
d) Ramesh Sippy
Q19. What is the name of India’s highest-grossing film of all time
a) as of 2023?
b) Baahubali: The Beginning
c) Dangal
d) Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Q20. Who is the first Indian actor to win an Academy Award (Oscar)?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Aamir Khan
c) Irrfan Khan
d) Rajkumar Rao
Q21. Who is considered the founder of Buddhism and is known as the “Buddha”?
a) Krishna
b) Rama
c) Mahavira
d) Siddhartha Gautama
Q22. Which Hindu god is known as the “Destroyer” in the Holy Trinity of Brahma
a) Vishnu
b) and Shiva?
c) Brahma
d) Vishnu
Q23. What is the sacred river in Hinduism
a) known as the “Ganges”?
b) Yamuna
c) Brahmaputra
d) Ganges
Q24. Which Indian festival is known as the “Festival of Lights”?
a) Diwali
b) Holi
c) Navratri
d) Eid
Q25. Who is the author of the ancient Indian epic
a) the Ramayana?
b) Valmiki
c) Vyasa
d) Tulsidas
Q26. Who was the leader of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Udham Singh
d) General Dyer
Q27. Who was the first woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Kamala Nehru
d) Indira Gandhi
Q28. What was the main demand of the Non-Cooperation Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi?
a) Complete independence from British rule
b) Immediate withdrawal of the Rowlatt Act
c) Full responsible government for India
d) Boycott of foreign goods and institutions
Q29. Who is known as the “Iron Man of India” for his role in the integration of princely states into the Indian Union?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Bhagat Singh
Q30. Which event is celebrated as India’s Republic Day?
a) 42217
b) 46023
c) 37530
d) 41944
Q31. What is the capital of Karnataka?
a) Chennai
b) Hyderabad
c) Bengaluru
d) Mumbai
Q32. Which state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”?
a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Jammu and Kashmir
Q33. What is the capital of West Bengal?
a) Kolkata
b) Patna
c) Bhubaneswar
d) Ranchi
Q34. Which state is known as the “God’s Own Country”?
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
Q35. What is the capital of Rajasthan?
a) Jaipur
b) Jodhpur
c) Udaipur
d) Bikaner
Q36. Which river is known as the “Lifeline of Delhi”?
a) Yamuna
b) Ganges
c) Brahmaputra
d) Sutlej
Q37. Which Indian river is sometimes referred to as the “Sorrow of Bengal” due to its annual flooding?
a) Ganges
b) Brahmaputra
c) Yamuna
d) Godavari
Q38. Which is the longest river in India?
a) Ganges
b) Brahmaputra
c) Yamuna
d) Godavari
Q39. Which is the largest saltwater lake in India?
a) Dal Lake
b) Vembanad
c) Chilika Lake
d) Wular Lake
Q40. Which river is known as the “Ganga of the South”?
a) Yamuna
b) Godavari
c) Cauvery
d) Tungabhadra
Q41. Who is known as the “Missile Woman of India” for her contributions to India’s ballistic missile program?
a) Kiran Bedi
b) Indira Nooyi
c) Kalpana Chawla
d) Tessy Thomas
Q42. Who is the founder of Infosys
a) one of India’s largest IT services companies?
b) Ratan Tata
c) N. R. Narayana Murthy
d) Mukesh Ambani
Q43. Which Indian physicist is known for his work on the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate and is often called the “father of the Indian nuclear program”?
a) Dr. C. V. Raman
b) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
c) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
d) Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
Q44. Who is known as the “Nightingale of India”?
a) Lata Mangeshkar
b) Asha Bhosle
c) Kishore Kumar
d) Sarojini Naidu
Q45. Who is the first Indian woman to become a commercial pilot?
a) Kalpana Chawla
b) Bachendri Pal
c) Rani Padmini
d) Rajiv Gandhi
Q46. Who is the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
a) C. V. Raman
b) S. Chandrasekhar
c) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
d) Amartya Sen
Q47. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his poetic works in 1913
a) becoming the first non-European to receive the honor?
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Kazi Nazrul Islam
Q48. Who is the Indian economist and philosopher who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his work on welfare economics?
a) Amartya Sen
b) Raghuram Rajan
c) Manmohan Singh
d) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Q49. Who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his work on the structure and function of the ribosome?
a) C. V. Raman
b) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
c) Amartya Sen
d) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Q50. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her struggle for the right of all children to education?
a) Kiran Bedi
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Mother Teresa
d) Kailash Satyarthi
Q51. Which national park is known for being the last refuge of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros?
a) Jim Corbett National Park
b) Ranthambhore National Park
c) Kaziranga National Park
d) Bandipur National Park
Q52. Which Indian state is home to the famous Sunderbans Tiger Reserve?
a) Odisha
b) West Bengal
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Q53. Which river forms the famous Sundarbans delta in India?
a) Brahmaputra
b) Ganges
c) Godavari
d) Yamuna
Q54. What is the name of India’s national aquatic animal?
a) Tiger
b) Lion
c) Dolphin
d) Crocodile
Q55. Which Indian environmentalist is known for her efforts in saving the forests of Uttarakhand and is often referred to as the “Chipko Movement” leader?
a) Medha Patkar
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Vandana Shiva
d) Sunderlal Bahuguna
Q56. Who is the author of the famous novel “The God of Small Things”?
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Vikram Seth
c) Arundhati Roy
d) Chetan Bhagat
Q57. Which Indian poet and philosopher is known for his collection of poems titled “Gitanjali”?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
d) Kalid