241 Very imp General Knowledge Ques with Ans ------------------------------------------------------------- 01 The first multipurpose project in India is: Damodar Valley 02 The place in North East India which receives the highest annual rainfall is: Chirrapunji 03 The largest Indian river flowing into the Arabian Sea is :Narmada 04 Indian broadcasting was nationalised in: 1930 05 The Indian forests are divided into how many regions :Eight 06 The place where Indian Standard time coinsides with local time is :Allahabad 07 The industry for which Vishakapatnam is famous for is Ship Building 08 The state which is the largest producer of iron ore in India is Karnataka 09 The longest railway platform in India measuring 836.63 mts. is located at Kharagpur 10 The Indian state which is largest exporter of cashewnut is Kerala 11 The main occupation of Indians is Agriculture 12 Nagarjuna Sagar dam is built across the River Krishna 13 Madras state was renamed as Tamilnadu in the year 1969 14 The main industry of Assam is Tea Industry 15 The Indian state which has maximum number of districts is Uttar pradesh 16 The length of Indian coastline is 7500 kms 17 The longest day in India is 21st June 18 The biggest museum in india is Indian Museum,Calcutta 19 The source of river Indus is Mount Kailash,Tibet 20 Kodaikanal, a famous holiday resort is located in Tamilnadu 21 Bangalore city is also called the Garden city 22 The only place in India where rock salt is found is in Mandi,Himachal Pradesh 23 The Gandhi Sagar dam is constructed across the river Chambal 24 The river that passes through the Thar desert is Sindhu 25 Nagoor,a place in Tamilnadu,is famous for Famous muslim shrine 26 The Hindustan Ship Yard is located at Vishakapatnam 27 The Indian state that tops in the production of cocoa is Kerala 28 The first major steel plant established in India was Tata Iron & Steel Co,Jamshedpur 29 Crude oil is found in south Gujarat at Ankleshwar 30 The first oil well drilled in India was at Naharpong in Assam 31 Calcutta is situated on the banks of river Hoogli 32 The largest opium growing state in India is Uttar Pradesh 33 Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd,Indias largest manufacturer of penicillin is located at Pimpri 34 The former name of Arunachal Pradesh was NEFA 35 Khajuraho temples are located at Chattarput,M.P. 36 The Indian freedom fighter who turned into a famous spiritualist was Aurobindo Ghosh 37 The king who installed a `Chain of Justice outside his place was Jehangir 38 The name of the mines in Rajasthas from where we get zinc is Zawar 39 Singereni in Andhra Pradesh is famous for Coal Mines 40 Amaravathi is located on the bank of river Krishna 41 Agra was founded in the year 1506 42 Ajmer was founded by Raja Ajay Dev Chauhan 43 The only Indian state where we find nickel ore is Orissa 44 The Udaygiri caves were built by Karavelu 45 The strength of Lok Sabha is 545 members 46 The National Museum of Natural History is located at New Delhi 47 The Indian Prime Minister who nationalised the banks was Mrs.Indira Gandhi 48 The birth date of Jawaharlal Nehru is 14th November 1889 49 The Environment protection Act came into effect in 1986 50 The capital city founded on the bank of river Gomathi is Lucknow 51 The president of the Indian National congress at its first session held in 1885 was Womesh Chandra Banerji 52 Bhaskara-II was a famous Mathematician 53 The Bhopal Gas leak incident occured in December 1984 54 The city that is called the city of golden Temple is Amritsar 55 Traveller Hawkins visited India in the year 1608 AD 56 Mahadevi Varma won the Jnanpith for her book titled Yama 57 The headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission is located at Dehradun 58 Satyartha Prakashwas written by Swami Dayananda Saraswati 59 Emperor Akbars Revenue Minister was Todarmal 60 The elder brother of famous sitarist Ravishankar is Uday Shankar,dancer 61 The first batsman to score a century in each of his first three tests is Mohammed Azharuddin 62 The 10th Vice-President of India is Krishan Kant 63 The first Chief of Indian Navy was R.D.Katari 64 The longest road in India is the Grand Trunk Road 65 The first modern college in India is the Fort William college,Calcutta 66 The first purely Indian bank is the Punjab National Bank 67 Lalit Kala Academy of India is situated at New Delhi 68 The first Indian to win Oscar Award is Bhanu Athaiya 69 Goa was liberated in the year 1961 70 Sharda Act was enacted to prevent Child Marriage 71 National Science day is celebrated on 28th February 72 Jamnalal Bajaj Awards are given for Constructive work 73 Rabindranath Tagore give up his knighthood because of the tragic incident of Jallianwala Bagh massacre 74 The Chief minister of a state who was awarded the Bharat Ratna was M.G.Ramachandran 75 Baba Amtes real name is Muralidhar Devidas Amte 76 Mihirsen,Indias famous long distance swimmer,was by profession An Advocate 77 Dr.Pramod Karan Sethi is famous for the Jaipur foot 78 Rabindranath Tagore was born at Jorasanko,Calcutta 79 The name of the school started by Rabindranath Tagore was Shanti Niketan 80 Neyveli Thermal Power Station is located in Tamil Nadu 81 The earlier name of Assam was Kamrup 82 Sir C.V.Raman was born at Thirunavannikaval 83 The Indian Academy of Science was founded by C.V.Raman 84 The Indian Academy of Science is located at Bangalore 85 All India Institute of Medical Science is located at New Delhi 86 Atomic Energy Commission is located at Mumbai 87 Cement Research Institute of India is located at Balabhgarh 88 Space Applications Centre is located at Ahmedabad 89 Jog falls is located at Jog,Karnataka 90 Jawaharlal Nehru died in the year 1964 91 Aurangzeb died in the year 1707 92 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan died in the year Frontier Gandhi 93 Rabindranath Tagore died in the year 1941 94 Mahatma Gandhi died in the year 1948 95 Zakir Hussein died in the year 1969 96 Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in the year 1833 97 Indias second Prime Minister was Gulzarilal Nanda 98 The first Law Minister of Independent India was Dr.B.R.Ambedkar 99 Jawaharlal Nehrus biography With No Regretswas written by Krishan Hathisingh 100 Indias first test tube baby was born in June 1986 101 The leader whose death was announced in the Lok Sabha before his actual death was Jayaprakash Narayan 102 The Gold mines located in Andhra Pradesh are Ramagiri Gold Fields,Ananthapur district 103 The Homeguards were organised in India in the year 1962 104 Ankleshwar oil field is located in Gujarat 105 The Indian Prime Minister who wrote the book `Nature Curewas Morarji Desai 106 Burma seperated from India in the year 1937 107 `Sea Birdproject is located at Karwar 108 The name of the artificial harbour along the west coast India is Kandla 109 The first medical college was established in India at Calcutta 110 Jawaharlal Nehrus mothers name was Swaroop Rani 111 The pin code was introduced in India in the year 1972 112 In his last years,Ambedkar converted to Buddhism 113 Gandhijis mothers name was Putli Bai 114 Gandhiji was born on 2nd October 1869 115 Khushwant Singh is a famous Journalist 116 The film actor who became the chiefminister of Andhra Pradesh was N.T.Rama Rao 117 Satyajit Ray was awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year 1992 118 Central Research Institute is located at Kasauli 119 The movie Raja Harishchandra was released in the year 1913 120 The first Indian Prime Minister to resign from office was Morarji Desai 121 The largest railway bridge in India is Sone Bridge,Bihar 122 The largest dome in India is the Gol Gumbaz,Bijapur 123 Air Force Day is celebrated on October 8 124 Indian Military Academy is located at Dehradun 125 The postal department was set up in India in the year 1854 126 Army day is celebrated on 21st Century 127 Navy day is celebrated on 4th December 128 The national flower of India is Lotus 129 NABARD was established in the year 1982 130 Koradi Thermal power Station is located at Maharashtra 131 PTI stands for Press Trust of India 132 Rail Coach Factory is located at Kapurthala 133 The construction of India was adopted on 26-11-1949 134 The construction of India became effective on 26-1-1950 135 `Mrinaliniwas written by Bankim chandra Chatterjee 136 Bhagat Singh was hanged in the year 1931 137 Sheik Abdulla was popularly known as Sher-e-Kashmir 138 Goa attained statehood on 30 May 1987 139 Gujarat attained statehood on 1 May 1960 140 Haryana attained statehood on 1 November 1966 141 The capital of Haryana is Chandigarh 142 Panipat is popularly known as Weaver City 143 Dal lake is located in Jammu and Kashmir 144 Madhya Pradesh attained statehood on November 1956 145 The capital of Madhya Pradesh is Bhopal 146 Manipur attained statehood on 21st January 1972 147 The capital of Manipur is Imphal 148 Meghalaya attained statehood on 21st January 1972 149 The capital of Meghalaya is Shillong 150 Meghalaya state was carved out of Assam 151 Mizoram attained statehood on 20th February 1987 152 The capital of Mizoram is Aizawl 153 Before attaining statehood,Mizoram was one of the districts of Assam 154 Nagaland attained statehood on 1 December 1963 155 The capital of Nagaland is Kohima 156 Orissa was earlier known as Kalinga 157 The capital of Orissa is Bhubaneshwar 158 The main airport of Orissa is located at Bhubaneshwar 159 Rajasthan attained statehood in the year 1958 160 The capital of Rajasthan is Jaipur 161 The capital of Sikkim is Gangtok 162 Indias highest peak is the Kanchenjunga 163 Mount Abu, a famous hill station is located at Rajasthan 164 The main attraction of Mount Abu are the Dilwara Jain Temples 165 Hussain Sagar Lake is located at Hyderabad 166 The Samadhi of Gandhiji is known as Rajghat 167 The Samadhi of Gandhiji is located on the bank of river Yamuna 168 The largest state in India is Madhya Pradesh 169 The highest TV tower in India is located at New Delhi 170 The most literate state in India is Kerala 171 Golconda Fort is located near Hyderabad 172 Gateway of India is located at Mumbai 173 Buland Darwaza is located at Fatehpur Sikri 174 Badrinath is located at Uttar Pradesh 175 Elephanta Caves are located on an island near Mumbai 176 Ajanta caves are located near Aurangabad 177 Humayus tomb is located at New Delhi 178 Jantar Mantar is located in New Delhi 179 Jantar Mantar is an Observatory 180 Jantar Mantar was constructed by Maharaja Jai Singh II 181 Mughal Gardens is located at New Delhi 182 Qutb-Minar is located at New Delhi 183 Rashtrapati Bhawan was built by Edwin Lutyens 184 The samadhi of Indira Gandhi is known as Shakti Sthal 185 The Tower of Victory is located at Chittoor 186 Victoria Memorial is located at Calcutta 187 The highest airfield of India is the Chushul airfield,Ladakh 188 The largest lake of India is the Wular lake,Kashmir 189 The largest Zoo of India is the Zoological Garden,Calcutta 190 The most populated state of India is Uttar Pradesh 191 Central Bureau of Investigation was formed in 1963 192 BSF stands for Border Security Force 193 ITBP stands for Indo-Tibetan Border Police 194 The actual name of Mother Teresa was Agnes Gonxha Bejaxhiu 195 A programme launched by Chandrababu Naidu,Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, to clean the city of Hyderabad was named Janmabhoomi 196 Vajpayee Government was sworn in for the second time on 19 march, 1998 197 Miss World 1997 contest was held at Seychelles 198 The Miss World 1997 title was won by Diana Hayden 199 The Miss World 1996 Contest was held at Bangalore 200 Mother Teresa died on 5 September 1997 201 Bill Gates visited India in March 1997 202 The Carnatic volalist who won the Bharat Ratna Award was M.S.Subbulakshmi 203 The first musician to get the Bharat Ratna M.S.Subbulakshmi 204 Kerala attained statehood on 1st November 1956 205 Sahar airport is located at Mumbai 206 Dum Dum airport is located at Calcutta 207 The first ever railway train travelled from Bombay-Thane 208 The only Indian metro railway system is at Calcutta 209 Air India was formed in 1946 210 Indian Airlines was formed in 1953 211 Indira Gandhi airport is located at Delhi 212 Meenambakkam airport is located at Chennai 213 The Export-Import Bank of India is also known as EXIM Bank 214 The Navy Academy is located at Cochin 215 In 1983,Bharat Ratna was posthumously awarded to Acharya Vinoba Bhave 216 Mrs.Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31-10-1984 217 Mr.Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on 21-5-1991 218 The strength of Rajya Sabha is 250 219 The supreme commander of Army,Navy and Airforce is the President 220 The Chairman of the Lok Sabha is the Speaker 221 Pong dam is located in Punjab 222 The fastest train in India is the Shatabdi Express 223 The oldest refinery in India is the Digboi refinery 224 The largest refinery of India is the IOC Refinery at Koyah,Gujarat 225 The Bhakra dam is built across the River Sutlej 226 The first General Elections were held in India in the year 1952 227 The first engineering college established in India is the Thompson college,Roorkee 228 The first library established in India is the William Carey library,Serampore 229 The oldest english daily newspaper of India is The Times of India 230 The largest post office in India is the GPO,Mumbai 231 The largest prison in India is the Tihar Central Jail,Delhi 232 The first Indian state formed on linguistic basis after Independence was Andhra Pradesh 233 The largest cave temple in India is Ellora 234 The only diamond producing area in India is Panna Diamond Belt,M.P. 235 The biggest public sector bank in India is the State Bank of India 236 Reserve Bank of India was established in 1935 237 The oldest tree in India is the Monus Serrata at Joshimutt 238 The first Education Minister of free India was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 239 Who is known as the Father of Indian industry Jamshedji Tata 240 Gandhiji was assassinated by Nathuram Godse 241 VDIS was launched on July 1, 1997
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