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Do you know India?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the code name of the first nuclear tests conducted by India on 18 May 1974, in Pokhran, Rajasthan?

a)

Operation Vijay

b)

Operation Shakti

c)

Smiling Buddha

d)

Operation Ashwamedh

2.

The first IIT was established in 1951 known as

a)

IIT Delhi

b)

IIT Kanpur

c)

IIT Madras

d)

IIT Kharagpur

3.

Arundhati Roy was the first Indian to win a Man Booker Prize, She won for the book

a)

The God of Small Things

b)

The Ghost Road

c)

Last Orders

d)

White Tiger

4.

Rabindranath Tagore (first non-European) won noble prize in 1913 for the book

a)

Gitimalya

b)

Balak

c)

Manasi

d)

Gitanjali

5.

Who is known as the father of Indian Green Revolution

a)

V Kurien

b)

C Subramanian

c)

MS Sawminathan

d)

None of the above

6.

The value of “Pi” was first calculated by the Indian mathematician

a)

Varahamihira

b)

Budhayana

c)

Aryabhata

d)

Panini

7.

In Which year was the Capital of India shifted from Calcutta to Delhi

a)

1918

b)

1907

c)

1911

d)

1916

8.

Indian Standard Time (IST) refers to the local time of which city

a)

Allahabad (Prayagraj)

b)

Banaras

c)

Delhi

d)

Kolkata

9.

Who is known as “Birdman of India”

a)

Humayun Abdulali

b)

Salim Ali

c)

Biswamoy Biswas

d)

Poornachandra Tejaswi

10.

Which is the other Country that celebrate independence day on 15 August

a)

Pakistan

b)

Bahrain

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

South Korea