1. In which Indian state was Kalpana Chawla born?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Haryana
(c) Gujarat
(d) Punjab
2. What year was Kalpana Chawla selected by NASA for astronaut training?
(a) 1980
(b) 1994
(c) 1970
(d) 2000
3. What was the name of Kalpana Chawla’s first space mission?
(a) Atlantis
(b) Columbia
(c) Challenger
(d) Discovery
1. In which city was Homi Bhabha born?
(a) Mumbai, India
(b) London, England
(c) Paris, France
(d) New York City, USA
2. What field of science did Homi Bhabha specialize in?
(a) Biology
(b) Chemistry
(c) Physics
(d) Geology
3. Homi Bhabha is widely regarded as the “Father of” what in India?
(a) Space Exploration
(b) The Green Revolution
(c) The Indian Nuclear Programme
(d) Modern Medicine
1. What was Sri Aurobindo’s birth name?
(a) Mirra Alfassa
(b) Rajneesh
(c) Aurobindo Ghose
(d) Sri Chinmoy
2. In which country was Sri Aurobindo born?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) India
(d) Nepal
3. Sri Aurobindo was a prominent figure in which of these fields?
(a) Science
(b) Politics
(c) Engineering
(d) Accounting
1. When was Gujarat formed?
a) 5 February 1948
b) 1 May 1960
c) 7 July 1972
d) 1 November 1956
2. Which sea is to the west of Gujarat?
a) Yellow
b) Arabian
c) Timor
d) Laptev
3. Which state is to the north of Gujarat?
a) Karnataka
b) Orissa
c) Rajasthan
d) Tamil Nadu
1. When was Haryana formed?
a) 31 March 1957
b) 22 June 1972
c) 4 July 1976
d) 1 November 1966
2. Which state is to the east of Haryana?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Punjab
d) Chhattisgarh
3. Which state is to the south of Haryana?
a) Bihar
b) Rajasthan
c) Jharkhand
d) West Bengal
1. When did Har Gobind Khorana win Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1973
b) 1968
c) 1964
d) 1976
2. When was Har Gobind Khorana born?
a) 9 January 1922
b) 15 April 1917
c) 4 September 1919
d) 30 December 1925
3. In which country is Har Gobind Khorana’s birthplace Raipur?
a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) Nepal
d) Pakistan
1. When was George Nathaniel Curzon viceroy of India?
a) 1884-1888
b) 1899-1905
c) 1894-1898
d) 1906-1911
2. When was George Nathaniel Curzon born?
a) 11 January 1859
b) 8 April 1840
c) 2 September 1845
d) 12 December 1862
3. Where was George Nathaniel Curzon born?
a) Aberdeen
b) Elgin
c) Kedleston
d) Salisbury
1) On which novel by Vikas Swarup is the film Slumdog Millionaire based?
a) Rich Dad Poor Dad
b) Q and A
c) Think And Grow Rich
d) 31 July 1880
2) Who has played the character of quiz master Prem Kumar in Slumdog Millionaire?
a) Siddhartha Basu
b) Salman Khan
c) Shah Rukh Khan
d) Anil Kapoor
3) Who answers all the questions correctly in the gameshow Kaun Banega Karordpati in Slumdog Millionaire?
a) Javed Khan
b) Jamal Malik
c) Salim Malik
d) Sohail Khan
1) Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
2) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966)
3) India Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984)
5) Charan Singh (1979-1980)
7) Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1989-1990)
8) Chandra Shekhar (1990-1991)
9) Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (1991-1996)
10) Atal Behari Vajpayee (1996, 1998-2004)
11) Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (1996-1997)
12) Inder Kumar Gujral (1997-1998)
13) Manmohan Singh (2004- )
1. What was Raj Kapoor’s full name?
a) Raghunath Raj Kapoor
b) Raghuveer Raj Kapoor
c) Ranbir Raj Kapoor
d) Mahaveer Raj Kapoor
2. When was Raj Kapoor born?
a) 9 February 1914
b) 14 May 1920
c) 18 August 1919
d) 14 December 1924
3. Where was Raj Kapoor born?
a) Peshawar
b) Calcutta
c) Dehradun
d) Nainital