India GK

  1. Anand Van    Baba Amte
  2. Arya Samaj      Swami Dayanand
  3. Biggest Mosque   Jama Masjid in New Delhi
  4. Brahmo samaj   Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  5. Chetpet      Chennai polluted lake converted into fishery
  6. Chipko movement   Sunder lal Bahugana
  7. Fastest train   Shatabdi express (Delhi to Bhopal)
  8. First and only industrialist to be awarded with Bharat Ratna   JRD Tata
  9. First Indian to receive Booker prize    Salamn Rushdie (British Indian)
  10. First Indian to receive Pulitzer prize    Gobind Behri Lal
  11. First Indian woman to receive Booker Prize   Arundhati Roy
  12.  Highest award   Bharat Ratna
  13. Highest dam   Bhakra dam (225.5 m)
  14. Highest gallantry award   Param vir chakra
  15. Highest gateway    Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri
  16. Highest lake    Devtal lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
  17. Highest peak     Karakoram-2 or K-2 (8611 m)
  18. Highest rainfall    Mausinram near Cherapunji
  19. Highest road    Road at Khardungla, Leh
  20. Home rule League    Annie Besant
  21. Indian National Congress      A O Hume
  22. Jana gana mana adopted as national anthem on   24th Jan 1950
  23. Jana gana mana translated into Hindi-Urdu by     Abid Ali
  24. Kashi Hindu University   Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
  25. Largest district   Ladakh
  26. Largest dome    Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
  27. Largest fresh water lake    Kolleru lake (A.P.)
  28. Largest lake     Wular lake, Kashmir
  29. Largest man made lake    Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihad dam)
  30. Largest public sector bank   SBI
  31. Largest river without delta   Narmada and Tapti
  32. Largest saline water lake     Chilka lake, Orissa
  33. Largest waterfall     Gersoppar waterfall, Mysore
  34. Largest zoo   Zoological garden at Alipur (Kolkata)
  35. Longest canal    Indira Gandhi canal or Rajasthan canal
  36. Longest Cantilever Span bridge   Howrah bridge
  37. Longest dam     Hirakud dam in Orissa
  38. Longest electric railway line   Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
  39. Longest river    The Ganges
  40. Longest river bridge    Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
  41. Longest road      Grand Trunk road
  42. Longest tributary river    Yamuna
  43. Longest tunnel   Jawahar tunnel (Jammu Kashmir)
  44. National emblem adopted on     26 Jan 1950
  45. National emblem taken from     Lion capital of Ashoka at Sarnath
  46. Nirmal Hriday     Mother Teresa
  47. Prarthna samaj     Keshav Chandra Sen
  48. Satyamev Jayate taken from    Mundaka Upanishad
  49. Shanti Niketan    Rabindranath Tagore
  50. Sikh dharam    Guru Nanak
  51. State wise largest area under forest   Madhya Pradesh
  52. State with longest coastline   Gujarat
  53. State with longest coastline (South )   Andhra Pradesh
  54. Swaraj Party  C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru
  55. Theosophical society     William Jones
  56. Total no. Of lions in emblem    4, 4th hidden from view
  57. Tricolour flag accepted by INC in year   1931
  58. Tricolour flag adopted on    22 July 1947
  59. Trucolur flag given by    Pingali Venakyya
  60. Vande Mataram written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay in novel    Anandmath
  61. Widow remarriage     Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  62. Yoga     Patanjali
  63. Can you unscramble the following word to reveal a type of animal: RFEFAIG?   Giraffe
  64. How many equal sides does an isosceles triangle have?  Two equal sides
  65. How much change would you have from £1.50 if you bought two chocolate bars at 70p each?   10p
  66. In which country is Mount Everest located?  Nepal
  67. Is Easter celebrated on the same date every year?  No, Easter has no fixed date
  68. Sydney is the largest city of which country?   Australia
  69. What is the largest rainforest in the world?     The Amazon
  70. What is the name of Prince William’s wife?  Catherine
  71. What word, beginning with letter C, is a measurement of temperature in degrees?  Celsius
  72. What word, beginning with letter L, is the name of a hot liquid that erupts from a volcano?  Lava
  73. Which famous girl band released a song called ‘Black Magic’ in 2015?   Little Mix
  74. Which ocean separates North America from Europe?  The Atlantic Ocean
  75. Which of the following materials is a type of metal: Gold, Glass, Resin?  Gold
  76. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?   Mars
  77. Which Saint Day is celebrated on February 14th?   Saint Valentine

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