Study Point

Q1. Who was the first to discover India?

Answer: Vasco da Gama

Q2. Who is known as the “Iron Man” of India?

Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q3. What is the Capital of India?

Answer: New Delhi

Q4. Which state is also known as the “fruit bowl” of India?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

Q5. Which is the national sport of India?

Answer: Hockey

Q6. Which state is also known as the “land of rising sun”?

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

Q7. Where is the Taj Mahal located?

Answer: Agra

Q8. Which Indian state has the smallest coastline?

Answer: Goa

Q9. What is the national heritage animal of India?

Answer: Elephant

Q10. In which state is the International Kite Festival celebrated?

Answer: Gujarat

Q11. Which state in India has the highest population?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Q12. Name the national bird of India.

Answer: Peacock

Q13. How many states are there in India?

Answer: There are 28 states and 8 Union territories in India

Q14. Which is the national animal of India?

Answer: Tiger

Q15. Who is considered the ‘Father of the Nation’?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Q16. Which festival in India is called the festival of colours?

Answer: Holi

Q17. Which one of the seven wonders is located in India?

Answer: Taj Mahal

Q18. Which are the countries that share borders with India?

Answer: Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Bangladesh

Q19. What are the names of the Houses of Parliament?

Answer: The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

Q20. Who was the first person in India to receive the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Q21. Which city is called the Pink City in India?

Answer: Jaipur

Q22. What is India’s national flower?

Answer: Lotus

Q23. What is India’s name in Hindi?

Answer: Bharat

Q24. When is India’s Independence Day celebrated?

Answer: August 15th

Q25. Which is India’s largest biosphere reserve?

Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Q26. Which Indian cricketer won the ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 2018?

Answer: MS Dhoni

Q27. Where is the headquarters of ISRO located?

Answer: Bengaluru

Q28. Who was the author of Ramayana?

Answer: Valmiki

Q29. Which is India’s smallest state?

Answer: Goa

Q30. Which major latitude passes through India?

Answer: Tropic of Cancer

Q31. Where in India did Gautam Buddha attain enlightenment?

Answer: Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Q32. Which state has the title of ‘Scotland of the East’ in India?

Answer: Shillong

Q33. What are the three services of the Indian Armed Forces?

Answer: Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force

Q34. What are India’s top Olympic sports?

Answer: Shooting, Wrestling, Field hockey, and Athletics

Q35. Which temple shaped like a chariot is dedicated to the Sun God?

Answer: Sun Temple in Puri

Q36. Who was famously called the Flying Sikh of India?

Answer: Milkha Singh

Q37. Who was the first Indian woman to be awarded the Bharat Ratna?

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Q38. How many languages does the Indian constitution recognise?

Answer: 22 languages

Q39. What was Raja Rammohan Roy’s contribution to the legislative?

Answer: Abolition of Sati

Q40. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?

Answer: Lord Chelmsford

Q41. What was the newspaper started by Annie Besant called?

Answer: New India

Q42. Who was India’s first President?

Answer: Dr Rajendra Prasad

Q43. Who was India’s first Prime Minister?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Q44. Which is the hottest state in India?

Answer: Rajasthan

Q45. Which is India’s southernmost city?

Answer: Kanyakumari

Q46. What is the Indian national currency called?

Answer: Rupee

Q47. How many colours are there in the Indian flag?

Answer: 4 – Saffron, White, and Green bands, and a blue Ashoka Chakra

Q48. What is the total area occupied by India?

Answer: 3,287,263 sq km

Q49. What is the National Anthem of India?

Answer: Jana Gana Mana

Q50. Which is the longest river in India?

Answer: The Ganges