KNOW YOUR INDIA
1.
Who was the first Indian man to climb Mount Everest in the year 1963?
Tenzing Norgay
Nawang Gombu
Arun Pal
Geet Sethi
2.
Who gave the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' in India's struggle for freedom?
Rajguru
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bhagat Singh
Sukhdev
3.
Who wrote the Mahabharata?
Bharadwaja
Narada
Vyasa
Valmiki
4. Of the following trees, which is considered sacred by the Hindus and is seldom cut?
Tulip tree
Coconut palm
Peepal
Jujube tree
5. Who composed music for the famous song 'Ae mere vatan ke logo'?
C.Ramchandra
Shankar Jaikishan
Jaidev
Naushad
6. Which was Amitabh Bachchan's first film?
Zanjeer
Saat Hindustani
Roti Kapda Aur Makan
Kala Pathar
7. Which of these dances is associated with Orissa?
Nautanki
Tamasha
Odissi
Bharatanatyam
8. Who was the heroine of Raj Kapoor in the film 'Barsaat'?
Nargis
Madhubala
Meena Kumari
Nimmi
9. Who started Chipko Environment movement in U.P.?
Arundhati Roy
Sunderlal Bahuguna
Maneka Gandhi
Prafulla Mahanti
10.
Which is the biggest port in India?
Bombay
Madras
Kandla
Visakhapatnam
11.
Which was the first newspaper in India?
Bengal Gazette
Calcutta Chronicle
Madras Courier
Bengal Journal
12.
From which foreign country do the largest number of tourists visit India?
U.K.
U.S.A.
West Germany
France
13.
Who has often been described as the 'Flying Sikh'?
Milkha Singh
Jarnel Singh
Balbir Singh
Trilokn Singh
14.
In which year was the first railway line in India opened?
1853
1861
1835
1836
15.
Who wrote Discovery of India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
R.C.Majumdar
M.K.Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
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