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Round 1: Rapid Fire

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Current Railway Minister of India is

a)

A. Mamta Banarjee

b)

B. Ram Vilash

c)

C. Ashwini Vaishnaw

d)

D. Piyush Goyal

2.

2. Which god is also known as ‘Gauri Nandan’?

a)

A. Agni

b)

B. Indra

c)

C. Hanuman

d)

D. Ganesha

3.

3. Which city is known as Pink City in India?

a)

A. Banglore

b)

B. Maysore

c)

C. Jaipur

d)

D. Kochi

4.

4. Who wrote India's National Anthem?

a)

A. Rabindranath Tagore

b)

B. Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

C. Chetan Bhagat

d)

D. RK Narayan

5.

5. How many states are there in India?

a)

A. 28

b)

B. 29

c)

C. 31

d)

D. 32

6.

6. Where in India Gate located?

a)

A. Agra

b)

B. Punjab

c)

C. Mumbai

d)

D. New Delhi

7.

7. Who wrote Vande Mataram?

a)

A. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

b)

B. Rabindranath Tagore

c)

C. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

d)

D. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

8.

8. The largest Buddhist Monastery in India is located at

a)

A.Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh

b)

B.Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh

c)

C. Dharmashala, Himachal Pradesh

d)

D. Gangtok, Sikkim

9.

9. Which of the following musical instruments is NOT of foreign origin?

a)

A. Tabla

b)

B. Flute

c)

C. Sitar

d)

D. Violin

10.

10. Who was the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?

a)

A. P.T.Usha

b)

B. Kunjarani Devi

c)

C. Bachendri Pal

d)

D. Karnam Maleshwari

11.

11. Which Indian city hosts Indian movie industry?

a)

A. Goa

b)

B. Mumbai

c)

C. Chennai

d)

D. Calcutta

12.

12. Which city is known as the "Silicon Valley Of India"?

a)

A. Delhi

b)

B. Mumbai

c)

C. Chennai

d)

D. Bengaluru

13.

13. Starting with the earliest, arrange the following events in Narendra Modi’s life in chronological order.

(A) CM of Gujarat

(B) Took oath as PM

(C) Joined BJP

(D) Became RSS Pracharak

a)

ABCD

b)

CDAB

c)

CADB

d)

DCAB

14.

14. What is the length of India’s coastline?

a)

A. 5909 km

b)

B. 5997 km

c)

C. 6181 km

d)

D. 6100 km

15.

15. Which of the following ancient Indian towns was home to the three scholar sages Kapila, Gargi and Maitreya?

a)

A. Kaashi

b)

B. Mithila

c)

C. Ujjaini

d)

D. Pataliputra

16.

16. The English established their first factory in India at:

a)

A. Bombay

b)

B. Surat

c)

C. Sutanati

d)

D. Madras

17.

17. The adult human skeleton is made up of ___ bones.

a)

A. 207

b)

B. 208

c)

C. 206

d)

D. 205

18.

PV Sindhu is GOT ______ MEDAL IN 2020 TOKIYO OLYMPIC

a)

A. GOLD

b)

B. SILVER

c)

C. BRONZE

d)

D. None

19.

19. Which is the most sensitive organ in our body?

a)

Eyes

b)

Nose

c)

Ear

d)

Skin

20.

20. Which was the first country to use paper money?

a)

America

b)

England

c)

China

d)

India

21.

21. Who discovered electricity?

a)

1. Stephen Hawking

b)

2. Albert Einstein

c)

3. Charles Darwin

d)

4. Benjamin franklin

22.

22.Who painted the Mona Lisa painting?

a)

Vincent van Gogh

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Raphael

23.

23. Name the National Reptile of India?

a)

King cobra

b)

Snakes

c)

Crocodiles

d)

Tortoises

24.

24. Which is a green planet in our solar system?

a)

Pluto

b)

Venus

c)

Uranus

d)

Mars

25.

25. DRDL stands for

a)

Defense Research & Development Laboratory

b)

Department of Research & Development Laboratory

c)

Differential Research & Documentation Laboratory

d)

none of above

26.

26. Fathometer is used to measure

a)

Earthquake

b)

Rainfall

c)

Ocean Depth

d)

Sound Intensity

27.

27. Total number of oceans in the world

a)

3

b)

5

c)

7

d)

12

28.

28. Which day is world Engineers Day?

a)

15 September

b)

4 March

c)

4 August

d)

12 January

29.

29. Who is the father of engineering?

a)

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

b)

Shah Jahan

c)

Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha

d)

Verghese Kurien

30.

30. Who is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?

a)

Santosh Yadav

b)

Dina Vakil

c)

Sushmita Sen

d)

Marie Curie

31.

31. Which city is hosting the ‘Meeting of Space Economy Leaders under India’s G20 presidency’?

a)

Chennai

b)

Pune

c)

Bengaluru

d)

Hyderabad

32.

32. Where was India’s first national Museum opened?

a)

Delhi

b)

Hyderabad

c)

Rajasthan

d)

Mumbai

33.

33. The father of Indian missile technology is _________________?

a)

Dr Homi Bhabha

b)

Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

c)

Dr U.R. Rao

d)

Dr Chidambaram

34.

34. Who was known as Iron man of India?

a)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Subhash Chandra Bose

d)

Govind Ballabh Pant

35.

35. The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is

a)

Ramanujam

b)

Raja Ramanna

c)

Shakunthala Devi

d)

Rina Panigrahi

36.

36. The great Victoria Desert is located in

a)

Australia

b)

Canada

c)

North America

d)

West Africa

37.

37. World Literacy Day is observed on

a)

Sep 5

b)

Aug 6

c)

Oct 24

d)

Sep 8

38.

38. Who has written the book ‘My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir’?

a)

Jagmohan

b)

Anees Jung

c)

Nissim Ezekiel

d)

M.J.Akbar

39.

39. One People, One State, One leader” was the policy of

a)

A) Stalin

b)

B) Hitler

c)

C) Lenin

d)

D) Mussolin

40.

40. What is the full form of GDP

a)

A) Gross domestic product

b)

B) Global domestic Ratio

c)

C) Gross depository revenue

d)

D) Global depository receipts

41.

41. The Government of India has decided to declare which of the following rivers a "National River"

a)

A) Yamuna

b)

B) Kaveri

c)

C) Ganga

d)

D) None of these

42.

42. Who was first president of BCCI

a)

A) R.E. Grant Govan

b)

B) Dr. Maharajkumar Sir Vijaya Ananda

c)

C) Sikandar Hyat Khan

d)

D) Anthony S.D’Mello

43.

43. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in

a)

A) 1928

b)

B) 1932

c)

C) 1936

d)

D) 1948

44.

44. The first Indian to share the Oscar award was

a)

A) Hargobind Khurana

b)

B) Rabindranath Tagore

c)

C) Bhanu Athaiya

d)

D) None of these

45.

45. The first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Literature was

a)

A) Mother Teresa

b)

B) Rabindranath Tagore

c)

C) Sarojini Naidu

d)

D) C.V.Raman

46.

46. Which city is known as “Queen of Arabian Sea” ?

a)

A) Vizag

b)

B) Kakinada

c)

C) Mumbai

d)

D) Kochi

47.

47. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

a)

Pressure

b)

Force

c)

Momentum

d)

Acceleration

48.

48. Who among the following nations is not a member of BRICS?

a)

India

b)

Japan

c)

Russia

d)

China

49.

49. Jayalalithaa recently sworn in as the Chief Minister of which state?

a)

A Kerala

b)

B Karnataka

c)

C Arunachal Pradesh

d)

D Tamil Nadu

50.

50. Which of the following is the Unit of work?

a)

Ampere

b)

Joule

c)

Coulomb

d)

Ohm

51.

51. The 2022 FIFA World Cup was held in

a)

Argentina

b)

Qatar

c)

England

d)

France

52.

52. How many countries are currently members of the United Nations?

a)

191

b)

193

c)

190

d)

192

53.

53. Who is known as Father of Indian Constitution?

a)

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

54.

54. What was the name of 11 May 1998 Pokhran 2 test?

a)

Operation Agni

b)

Operation Smiling Buddha

c)

Operation Mom

d)

Operation Shakti

55.

55. Kumbh Mela is held in every __ years

a)

A) 12

b)

B) 10

c)

C) 7

d)

D) 5

56.

56. Atomic theory was devised by

a)

A) Mosley

b)

B) John Dalton

c)

C) Daimler

d)

D) None of these

57.

57. India became a member of the United Nations in

a)

A) 1945

b)

B) 1947

c)

C) 1949

d)

D) 1950

58.

58. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?

a)

Saturn

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Jupiter

59.

59. What is the largest ocean in the world?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

60.

60. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

a)

Hg

b)

Ag

c)

Au

d)

Fe