India Quiz Questions and Answers 1) What is the number of states in India?

d)28 2) Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language? a)Andhra Pradesh 3) When was Burma was separated from India? c)1937 4) When did India become a republic? c)1950 5) Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960? a)Bombay 6) Who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India? c)N. Sanjeeva Reddy 7) What was the age of Morarji Desai when he became the Prime Minister? c)81 8) How was Tamil Nadu known? b)Madras 9) Which is the capital of Kerala? d)Thiruvananthapuram 10) Nagaland was separated from which state? d)Assam 11) Which is the smallest state in terms of area? c)Goa 12) Where is the tomb of Akbar? b)Sikandra 13) Which is the national animal of India? d)Tiger 14) Which is the national flower of India? a)Lotus 15) Who founded Indian National Congress? b)A. O. Hume Videos of Jana Gana Mana | National Anthem of India 16) Which former Indian Prime Minister s birthday is on December 25? b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee 17) Which state was known as North East Frontier Agency? d)Arunachal Pradesh 18) Which state or union territory has French as an official language? c)Pondicherry 19) Which is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir? d)Urdu

20) Which state became part of India in 1975? d)Sikkim 21) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule? b)Simla 22) Who was the only Indian Governor General? c)C. Rajagopalachari 23) Which Prime Minister could not prove his majority in Lok Sabha in May 1996? c)Atal Behari Vajpayee 24) Which of the following religions did not originate in India? d)Judaism 25) When did Rabindranath Tagore die? b)1941 Writers: Indian Literature R. K. Narayan: (Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar Narayanaswami) Tamil - first novel Swami and Friends; Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan;; Padma Vibhushan; He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1989. Vikram Seth: Kolkotta - Golden Gate was his first novel Salman Rushdie:Bombay - Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British Indian novelist an d essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize i n 1981 - Debut(Grimus) which is a science fiction Arundhati Roy:Malayalam & Bengali: She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her firs t novel Ram Mohan Roy's (1774-1833) campaign for introduction of scientific education in India and Swami Vivekananda's work are considered to be great examples of the E nglish literature in India. India's constitution came into effect on Republic Day, January 26, 1950. This da te was chosen as it was the anniversary of Purna Swaraj Day, which was held onJa nuary 26, 1930 Maini, Vandana [10:33 AM]: flag's width to its length is two to three, A navy-blue wheel in the center of t he white band represents the chakra , design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates t o the white band's width and it has 24 spokes. National Emblem of India: The Four Lions of Sarnath; It is an adaptation of the Buddhist Lion Capital of Asoka at Sarnath, near Banaras in the north Indian stat e of Uttar Pradesh. India National anthem is Jana Gana Mana - Originally in bengali by Rabindranath Tagore Vande Mataram, National Song of India - composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Ch atterji First President - Dr. Rajendra Prasad The first Prime Minister of free India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru National Animal of India - Tiger National Bird - Peacock National Sport of India- Hockey National Tree of India - Banyan