1. Which City in Gujrat is famous for Zari Production ?
2. On which river bank is Goa Located ?
3. In which state does Monikaran, a pilgrim site located ?
4. Who built the famous Sanchi Stupa ?
5. Name the British Governor – General, who was responsible for the introduction
of Railway in India ?
6. Which Indian City was known in ancient times as ‘Saket” ?
7. Which City in India is served by the Diamond Harbor ?
8. Name India’s largest salt water lake which is also the Asia’s Largest inland salt
water lagoon ?
9. Name the famous “Tear-Shaped” lake located in the Himalayas ?
10. Which city in India was built a 15.8 mtrs. high “Gandhi Stupa” dedicated to
Mahatma Gandhi ?
11. Which state of India is known as “Land of Five Rivers” ?
12. In which year was India’s Capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi ?
13. Which state in India is rated by the National Geographic Traveller Magazine,
as one of the top 50 “Must See” places in the World ?
14. Who was the first Indian F.R.S (Fellow Royal Society) ?
15. Which important human right is protected in Article 21 of the constitution of
India ?
16. Name the person who was killed during ‘Operation Blue Star’ of 1984 ?
17. Name the Indian’s first Deputy Prime Minister ?
18. Which former Indian President died in a road accident ?
19. What is the name of the first research station established by India in The
Antarctica ?
20. Who built the “Moti” mosque located inside the premises of Delhi’s Red Fort ?
ANSWERS
(1) Surat (2) Mandovi (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Ashoka (5) Lord Dalhousie
(6) Faizabad (7) Kolkata (Calcutta) (8) The Chilka Lake (area approx 1100 Sq. Km.)
(9) Nainital Lake in Uttarakhand (10) Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh
(11) Punjab (the river are – Chenab, Ravi, Godavari, Jhelam, Sutlej) (12) 1911
(13) Kerala (14) Cursetji (15) Right to Life & Liberty (16) Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala
(17) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (18) Gaini Zail Singh (19) Dakshin Gangotri
(20) Aurangzeb
