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GK quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the professional Twenty 20 cricket league in India called?

a)

IPL

b)

WORLD CUP

c)

CRICKET

d)

MATCH

2.

Which are the two houses of the Parliament?

a)

The Lok sabha

b)

The Rajya sabha

c)

The Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha

d)

The Judiciary

3.

Which is India’s smallest state?

a)

Assam

b)

Goa

c)

Odisha

d)

Rajasthan

4.

Who was the author of Ramayana?

a)

Sachin Tendulkar

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Ramanujan

d)

Valmiki

5.

Which Indian Cricketer was recently given the ‘Padma Vibushan’ award?

a)

M.S. Dhoni

b)

Sachin Tendulkar

c)

Shikhar Dhawan

d)

Pandeya

6.

Which city is known as the Blue City of India?

a)

Jodhpur

b)

Ambala

c)

Rewari

d)

Chandigarh

7.

Which country shares the shortest border with India?

a)

Pakistan

b)

Nepal

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Bangladesh

8.

Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel peace prize?

a)

Tiwari

b)

Dhoni

c)

Sachin Tendulkar

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

9.

Which latitude line passes through India?

a)

Antarctic Circle

b)

Arctic Circle

c)

Tropic of capricorn

d)

Tropic of Cancer

10.

Which is the national language of India?

a)

Malyalam

b)

Hindi

c)

Gujrati

d)

Haryanvi

11.

Which state is known as ‘Scotland of the East’ in India?

a)

Assam

b)

Meghalaya

c)

Nagaland

d)

Mizoram

12.

Who is known as the Flying Sikh of India?

a)

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur.

b)

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur.

c)

Nawab Kapur Singh

d)

Milka Singh

13.

Who has the highest authority in India?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

President

c)

Parliament

d)

Governor

14.

Which state in India has the largest population?

a)

Bihar

b)

Delhi

c)

Arunachal Pradesh

d)

Himachal pradesh

15.

which is the National aquatic animal of India?

a)

Whale

b)

River Dolphin

c)

Penguin

d)

Seal

16.

which is the National motto of India?

a)

Satyameva Jayate

b)

Swastik

17.

Which is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh ?

a)

Itanagar

b)

Dispur

c)

Imphal

d)

Panaji

18.

Which of the following states is not located in North ?

a)

Jharkhand

b)

Jammu

c)

Himachal Pradesh

d)

Haryana

19.

Which is the largest coffee producing state of India ?

a)

Kerala

b)

Tamil nadu

c)

Karnataka

d)

Arunachal Pradesh

20.

Which two colours we add to make green ?

a)

Yellow and Blue

b)

Red and Yellow

c)

Light Blue and Pink

d)

Orange and White

21.

What is the animal symbol of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ?

a)

Dolphin

b)

Kangaroo

c)

Tiger

d)

Giant Panda

22.

By which Name River Ganga is Known in Bangladesh

a)

Saraswati

b)

Kosi

c)

Gandak

d)

Padma

23.

Thailand is also known as the _____________________.

a)

Hermit Kingdom

b)

Land of White Elephant

c)

Forbidden City

d)

Land of Rising Sun

24.

Where did British first open there factories in eastern part of India

a)

Andhra Pradesh

b)

Chattisgarh

c)

Orissa

d)

Bengal

25.

Why were large walls built around the cities?

a)

Floods

b)

Enemy attacks

c)

Large crowds

d)

Religious beliefs

26.

in mahabharat who was the one who killed maternal uncle of Dhuryodhan

a)

Bheema

b)

Arjun

c)

Sahadeva

d)

Nakula

27.

who was the first ruler of the haryanka dynasty in magadha?

a)

Bimbisara

b)

Ashoka

c)

Chandra Gupta Maurya

d)

Harshavardhana

28.

Who among the following was the first Indian to qualify

for the Civil Services?

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Akbar

c)

Bipin Chandra Pal

d)

Satyendranath Tagore

29.

The Rowlatt act was passed in :

a)

1912

b)

1925

c)

1919

d)

1920

30.

Who called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak ?

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Lala Lajpat Rai

c)

Nehru

d)

B.R.Ambedkar

31.

Akbar created unity through much of India (the Mughal Empire) by

a)

Allowing local governors complete freedom to rule their regions.

b)

Stationing military units at strategic points throughout the empire.

c)

Abolishing taxes on non-Muslims.

32.

This ruler was a religious conservative who did not allow freedom of religion.

a)

Aurangbez

b)

Akbar

c)

Babur

d)

Shah Jahan

33.

What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Indus River

c)

Ganges river

d)

Thar desert

34.

Which of the following rivers flows in a rift valley?

a)

Kosi

b)

Kaveri

c)

Tapi

d)

Narmada

35.

Which of the following rivers flows in a rift valley?

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Odisha

c)

Karnataka

d)

Bihar

36.

The winter monsoon is ___________ than the summer monsoon.

a)

Deadlier

b)

Wetter

c)

Drier

d)

Colder

37.

Indians rely on the summer monsoons to grow crops and provide?

a)

snow

b)

droughts

c)

wind

d)

electricity

38.

The largest Fresh water lake in India is

a)

Wular

b)

Kolleru

c)

Pangong Tso

d)

Tso Morari

39.

Which of these cities gets the least amount of rainfall

a)

Simla

b)

Mumbai

c)

Calcutta

40.

Egypt and India BOTH

a)

developed near mountain ranges

b)

are peninsulas

c)

have monsoons

d)

developed near rivers