India GK Quiz – Part 1

1. Who is known as the “Father of Fiber Optics”?

A.

Shiv Nadar


B.

Ajay Bhatt


C.

Narinder Singh Kapany


D.

Vinod Dham


Answer:

Option C: Narinder Singh Kapany



2. Who was designated as one-day Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on the occasion of National Girl Child Day in 2021?

A.

Jyoti Kumari


B.

Shristi Goswami


C.

Ameya Lagadu


D.

Namya Joshi


Answer:

Option B: Shristi Goswami



3. Who was the first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)?

A.

Rajesh Gopinathan


B.

Natarajan Chandrasekaran


C.

Subramaniam Ramadorai


D.

Faqir Chand Kohli


Answer:

Option D: Faqir Chand Kohli



4. The NITI Aayog was formed on?

A.

January 1, 2015


B.

January 1, 2016


C.

January 1, 2017


D.

January 1, 2018


Answer:

Option A: January 1, 2015



5. Which is the first novel written by Chetan Bhagat?

A.

2 States


B.

One Indian Girl


C.

The 3 Mistakes of My Life


D.

Five Point Someone


Answer:

Option D: Five Point Someone



6. Who became the first chess grandmaster from India?

A.

Dibyendu Barua


B.

Vishwanath Anand


C.

Pravin Thipsay


D.

Abhijit Kunte


Answer:

Option B: Vishwanath Anand



7. Which is the three-star general officer rank in the Indian Army?

A.

Lieutenant General


B.

Field Marshal


C.

General


D.

Major General


Answer:

Option A: Lieutenant General



8. Who became the first Minister of Co-operation of India?

A.

Smriti Irani


B.

Rajnath Singh


C.

Narendra Modi


D.

Amit Shah


Answer:

Option D: Amit Shah



9. Which is the state butterfly of Maharashtra?

A.

Blue Mormon


B.

Wax Dart


C.

Common Grass Dart


D.

Rosy Oakblue


Answer:

Option A: Blue Mormon



10. Which former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh died in a helicopter crash?

A.

Prem Khandu Thungan


B.

Tomo Riba


C.

Dorjee Khandu


D.

Gegong Apang


Answer:

Option C: Dorjee Khandu



11. Which day is celebrated as Farmers Day in India?

A.

December 23


B.

December 31


C.

March 9


D.

March 12


Answer:

Option A: December 23



12. Which medal did the Indian men’s national field hockey team win at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

A.

Gold


B.

Silver


C.

Bronze


D.

No medal


Answer:

Option C: Bronze



13. Where is the headquarters of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)?

A.

New Delhi


B.

Mumbai


C.

Kolkata


D.

Chennai


Answer:

Option B: Mumbai



14. Who was the longest-serving Chief Minister of Gujarat?

A.

Narendra Modi


B.

Jivraj Narayan Mehta


C.

Madhav Singh Solanki


D.

Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai


Answer:

Option A: Narendra Modi



15. Who is known as the “Father of the Indian cinema”?

A.

D. D. Dabke


B.

Anna Salunke


C.

Dadasaheb Phalke


D.

V. Shantaram


Answer:

Option C: Dadasaheb Phalke



16. Which of the following states has the highest number of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats?

A.

Maharashtra


B.

West Bengal


C.

Uttar Pradesh


D.

Madhya Pradesh


Answer:

Option C: Uttar Pradesh



17. Which is the correct full form of IAS?

A.

Indian Administrative Staff


B.

Indian Administrative Service


C.

Indian Air Service


D.

International Administrative Service


Answer:

Option B: Indian Administrative Service



18. Which is the state fish of Kerala?

A.

Catla


B.

Green Chromide


C.

Ilish


D.

Grass Carp


Answer:

Option B: Green Chromide



19. Who became the first person to deliver a speech in Hindi at the United Nations General Assembly?

A.

Inder Kumar Gujral


B.

P. V. Narasimha Rao


C.

Manmohan Singh


D.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee


Answer:

Option D: Atal Bihari Vajpayee



20. Which is the tallest statue in India?

A.

Statue of Equality


B.

Thiruvalluvar Statue


C.

Statue of Unity


D.

Dhyana Buddha Statue


Answer:

Option C: Statue of Unity



21. Which was India’s last Five Year Plan?

A.

11th Five Year Plan


B.

12th Five Year Plan


C.

13th Five Year Plan


D.

14th Five Year Plan


Answer:

Option B: 12th Five Year Plan



22. Who was appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry after Kiran Bedi was removed from the post?

A.

A. K. Singh


B.

Tamilisai Soundararajan


C.

Manoj Sinha


D.

Anil Baijal


Answer:

Option B: Tamilisai Soundararajan



23. The book “No Full Stops In India” is a collection of ten essays written by?

A.

Arundhati Roy


B.

E. M. Forster


C.

Anees Jung


D.

Mark Tully


Answer:

Option D: Mark Tully



24. Which is the highest award bestowed to a sportsperson in India?

A.

Dronacharya Award


B.

Arjuna Award


C.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award


D.

Ekalavya Award


Answer:

Option C: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award



25. Ram Nath Kovind became the _________ President of India.

A.

11th


B.

12th


C.

13th


D.

14th


Answer:

Option D: 14th



26. Who was appointed as Reserve Bank of India Governor in 2018?

A.

Shaktikanta Das


B.

Urjit Patel


C.

Raghuram Rajan


D.

D. Subbarao


Answer:

Option A: Shaktikanta Das



27. Which one of the following is not a fundamental right in the Indian Constitution?

A.

Right to Equality


B.

Right to Property


C.

Right to Freedom of Religion


D.

Right against Exploitation


Answer:

Option B: Right to Property



28. Who was the chief guest of India’s first Republic Day parade in 1950?

A.

Mohammed Zahir Shah


B.

Queen Elizabeth II


C.

Rab Butler


D.

Sukarno


Answer:

Option D: Sukarno



29. Who was the inaugural holder of “The First Gentleman of India”?

A.

Manmohan Singh


B.

Feroze Gandhi


C.

Ram Nath Kovind


D.

Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat


Answer:

Option D: Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat



30. Who is the author of the book “The child and the state in India”?

A.

Peter van der Veer


B.

Christophe Jaffrelot


C.

Myron Weiner


D.

Ashutosh Varshney


Answer:

Option C: Myron Weiner



31. Which temple in India is called the “Black Pagoda”?

A.

Padmanabhaswamy Temple


B.

Konark Sun Temple


C.

Kashi Vishwanath Temple


D.

Brihadisvara Temple


Answer:

Option B: Konark Sun Temple



32. Which is the official language of Nagaland?

A.

English


B.

Hindi


C.

Nagamese


D.

Bengali


Answer:

Option A: English



33. Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of India in 2021?

A.

Ranjan Gogoi


B.

Sharad Arvind Bobde


C.

N. V. Ramana


D.

Dipak Misra


Answer:

Option C: N. V. Ramana



34. Which one of the following high courts was not established in 2000?

A.

Jharkhand High Court


B.

Uttarakhand High Court


C.

Sikkim High Court


D.

Chhattisgarh High Court


Answer:

Option C: Sikkim High Court



35. “The Shade of Swords” is a book written by?

A.

M. J. Akbar


B.

Manil Suri


C.

R. K. Narayan


D.

Vikram Seth


Answer:

Option A: M. J. Akbar



36. Deepika Kumari is associated with which one of the following sports?

A.

Rowing


B.

Bowling


C.

Shooting


D.

Archery


Answer:

Option D: Archery



37. Who is the head of the Union Council of Ministers?

A.

President


B.

Prime Minister


C.

Chief Justice


D.

Chief Minister


Answer:

Option B: Prime Minister



38. Which city is known as the “Garden City of India”?

A.

Chennai


B.

Bangalore


C.

Hyderabad


D.

Mumbai


Answer:

Option B: Bangalore



39. The legal advisor to a State Government of India is known as?

A.

Attorney General


B.

Public Prosecutor


C.

Advocate General


D.

Chief Minister


Answer:

Option C: Advocate General



40. Ravi Shankar was famous for playing which musical instrument?

A.

Flute


B.

Sitar


C.

Veena


D.

Tabla


Answer:

Option B: Sitar



41. Which is the oldest High Court in India?

A.

Calcutta High Court


B.

Allahabad High Court


C.

Bombay High Court


D.

Madras High Court


Answer:

Option A: Calcutta High Court



42. Which one of the following Vice-Presidents of India died in Office?

A.

Krishan Kant


B.

Gopal Swarup Pathak


C.

Shankar Dayal Sharma


D.

K. R. Narayanan


Answer:

Option A: Krishan Kant



43. R. K. Mathur became the first Lieutenant Governor of which one of the below union territories?

A.

Jammu and Kashmir


B.

Ladakh


C.

Puducherry


D.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands


Answer:

Option B: Ladakh



44. Between 1952 and 2020, how many members of the Anglo-Indian community can be nominated by the President to the Lok Sabha?

A.

1


B.

2


C.

12


D.

15


Answer:

Option B: 2



45. Who among the below is not a wrestler?

A.

Divya Kakran


B.

Sarita Mor


C.

Pooja Dhanda


D.

Kalaivani Srinivasan


Answer:

Option D: Kalaivani Srinivasan



46. In 2019, the Tamil Nadu government renamed Chennai Central railway station after which former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?

A.

M. Karunanidhi


B.

J. Jayalalithaa


C.

M. G. Ramachandran


D.

C. N. Annadurai


Answer:

Option C: M. G. Ramachandran



47. Who is the author of the Bengali novel “Devdas”?

A.

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay


B.

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee


C.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar


D.

Michael Madhusudan Dutt


Answer:

Option A: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay



48. What is the minimum age required for voting in India?

A.

16 years


B.

17 years


C.

18 years


D.

21 years


Answer:

Option C: 18 years



49. Which festival marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year?

A.

Navreh


B.

Ugadi


C.

Vishu


D.

Bohag Bihu


Answer:

Option D: Bohag Bihu



50. Who was the calligrapher of the Indian Constitution in English?

A.

Vasant Krishan Vaidya


B.

Nandalal Bose


C.

Prem Behari Narain Raizada


D.

Beohar Rammanohar Sinha


Answer:

Option C: Prem Behari Narain Raizada



51. President Ram Nath Kovind was the governor of which Indian state from 2015 to 2017?

A.

Uttar Pradesh


B.

Bihar


C.

Maharashtra


D.

Rajasthan


Answer:

Option B: Bihar



52. Which Indian state is called “God’s Own Country”?

A.

Goa


B.

Himachal Pradesh


C.

Kerala


D.

Meghalaya


Answer:

Option C: Kerala



53. Which one of the below is a book written by Anita Desai?

A.

Cry, the Peacock


B.

A Suitable Boy


C.

The White Tiger


D.

The Inheritance of Loss


Answer:

Option A: Cry, the Peacock



54. Who was the chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian Constituent Assembly?

A.

Jawaharlal Nehru


B.

Rajendra Prasad


C.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


D.

B. R. Ambedkar


Answer:

Option D: B. R. Ambedkar



55. Who became the first Indian to win a world title in motorsports?

A.

Harith Noah


B.

Anam Hashim


C.

Aravind KP


D.

Aishwarya Pissay


Answer:

Option D: Aishwarya Pissay



56. Which President of India passed away in 2020?

A.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


B.

Pranab Mukherjee


C.

K. R. Narayanan


D.

Shankar Dayal Sharma


Answer:

Option B: Pranab Mukherjee



57. Which is the correct full form of FIR?

A.

Forensic Information Report


B.

First Information Review


C.

First Incident Report


D.

First Information Report


Answer:

Option D: First Information Report



58. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council in 2017?

A.

Bibek Debroy


B.

Amir Ullah Khan


C.

Suresh Tendulkar


D.

C. Rangarajan


Answer:

Option A: Bibek Debroy



59. India observes National Vaccination Day annually on?

A.

March 24


B.

March 16


C.

December 12


D.

July 3


Answer:

Option B: March 16



60. The first hydroelectric power plant in India was installed in?

A.

Shimla


B.

Darjeeling


C.

Idukki


D.

Khandwa


Answer:

Option B: Darjeeling



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