Thursday, September 10, 2009

quiz time

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

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 & 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) When did Rabindranath Tagore die?
b) 1941