India GK Questions, Quiz

Q16. Which state has the highest literacy rate
(A) Goa
(B) Kerala
(C) Mizoram
(D) Manipur

Q17. What was the code name of the first nuclear tests conducted by India in on 18 May 1974, in Pokhran, Rajasthan ?
(A) Operation Vijay
(B) Operation Shakti
(C) Smiling Buddha
(D) Operation Ashwamedh

Q18. Which state is known as India's Spice Garden ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Assam
(D) Andhra Pradesh

Q19.On which riverbank is Goa located?
(A) Ganga
(B) Mandovi
(C) Gomati
(D) Sabarmati

Q20. Which State in India is the largest producer of Soyabean?
(A) Assam
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Maharastra

Q21. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in?
(A) 1930
(B) 1928
(C) 1932
(D) 1927

Q22. On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to Space ?
(A) Salyut 7
(B) Soyuz-T
(C) Apollo 11
(D) Progress 1

Q23. Who was the backup crew for Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space?
(A) Ravi Kumar
(B) Ravish Sharma
(C) Madhavan Nair
(D) Ravish Malhotra

Q24. Which is India's first artificial satellite?
(A) INSAT
(B) Aryabhata
(C) Bhaskara
(D) Rohini

Q25. IRS series satellites are used for?
(A) Remote Sensing
(B) Tele Communication
(C) Astronomy
(D) Forestry

Q26. First University established in India
(A) University of Calcutta
(B) Delhi University
(C) Madras University
(D) Banaras Hindu University

Q27. The first IIT was established in1951 known as
(A) IIT Delhi
(B) IIT Kanpur
(C) IIT Kharagpur
(D) IIT Madras

Q28. Biggest District in India
(A) Leh, Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Bikaner, Rajasthan
(C) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
(D) Kachchh, Gujrat

Q29. Smallest District in India
(A) Mahe, Puducherry
(B) Central Delhi, Delhi
(C) Diu, Daman and Diu
(D) Yaman, Puducherry

Q30. Arundhati Roy was the first Indian to won a Man Booker Prize. She won for the book
(A) The Ghost Road
(B) Last Orders
(C) White Tiger
(D) The God of Small Things

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