India Quiz

1. What is the number of states in India?
  • Correct Answer: 28

2. Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language?
  • Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh

3. When was Burma was separated from India?
  • Correct Answer: 1937

4. When did India become a republic?
  • Correct Answer: 1950

5. Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960?
  • Correct Answer: Bombay

6. Who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India?
  • Correct Answer: N. Sanjeeva Reddy

7. What was the age of Morarji Desai when he became the Prime Minister?
  • Correct Answer: 81

8. How was Tamil Nadu known?
  • Correct Answer: Madras

9. Which is the capital of Kerala?
  • Correct Answer: Thiruvananthapuram

10. Nagaland was separated from which state?
  • Correct Answer: Assam

11. Which is the smallest state in terms of area?
  • Correct Answer: Goa

12. Where is the tomb of Akbar?
  • Correct Answer: Sikandra

13. Which is the national animal of India?
  • Correct Answer: Tiger

14. Which is the national flower of India?
  • Correct Answer: Lotus

15. Who founded Indian National Congress?
  • Correct Answer: A. O. Hume

16. Which former Indian Prime Minister’s birthday is on December 25?
  • Correct Answer: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

17. Which state was known as North East Frontier Agency?
  • Correct Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

18. Which state or union territory has French as an official language?
  • Correct Answer: Pondicherry

19. Which is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir?
  • Correct Answer: Urdu

20. Which state became part of India in 1975?
  • Correct Answer: Sikkim

21. Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule?
  • Correct Answer: Simla

22. Who was the only Indian Governor General?
  • Correct Answer: C. Rajagopalachari

23. Which Prime Minister could not prove his majority in Lok Sabha in May 1996?
  • Correct Answer: Atal Behari Vajpayee

24. Which of the following religions did not originate in India?
  • Correct Answer: Judaism

25. When did Rabindranath Tagore die?
  • Correct Answer: 1941

26. When was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam President of India?
  • Correct Answer: 2002-2007

27. Who was man of the match in the final of Cricket World Cup 1983?
  • Correct Answer: Mohinder Amarnath

28. What is the CBI motto?
  • Correct Answer: Industry, Impartiality, Integrity

29. Which country came into existence after Indo-Pak War of 1971?
  • Correct Answer: Bangladesh

30. On which novel by Vikas Swarup is the film Slumdog Millionaire based?
  • Correct Answer: Q and A

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