Discover India Quiz Questions with Answers...Know something about India - 2015 Part-2.

IDCC’s India Quiz-2015 for Housewives

1)      “Madam chanal nahi soch badliye” is a tag line of which of the following ads.

)                             A) Vicks     B)Moov    C) Iodex           D ) Zandu Balm

2)      Who was the Governor General of India during the India's First War of Independence in 1857? 
A) Lord Dalhousie   B) Lord Canning   C) Lord Northbrook  D) Lord Auckland

3)      Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission of India?

A) Lal Bahadur Shastri  B) Jawaharlal Nehru  C) Sardar Vallabhbai Patel D) None of the  above

4)      Find the odd one out in the followings

A. Ooty     B. Mussoorie   C. Jaipur     D. Shimla

5)      Recently which body replaced the planning commission?  (NITI Ayog)

6)      Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn by Gandhiji  mainly because of

A) Oppressive attitude of British Govt    B) Chauri-Chaura incident   C) Withdrawal of support by Muslims D) Friction between the Moderates and Extremists.

7)      The headquarters of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is located at

A) Mumbai      B) New Delhi     C) Chennai   D) Kolkata

8)      The paintings of Ajanta depict stories of the

A) Ramayana   B) Mahabharata  C) Jatakas  D) Panchatantra

9)      Who among the following did not rule North India?

A) Rajpuths     B) Chalukyas     C) Guptas    D) Mauryas

10)  The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilisation was

A) Worship of forces of nature   B) Organised city life C) Pastoral farming D) Caste society

11)  The British Government convened the first Round Table Conference in London to

A) Discuss the Nehru Report   B) Sign the Gandhi-Irwin Pact C) Discuss the Simon Commission Report D) None of these

12) “National Women’s Day” is celebrated on ________ across India.

A) 13-Feb    B) 17-Feb C) 23-Feb D) 18-Feb

13) In which of the following states is the Nathu La Pass situated?

A) Sikkim     B) West Bengal   C) Himachal Pradesh   D) Arunachal Pradesh

  

15) Match the Dams and the states in which they are situated ( Ans: A-2,B-4,C-1, D-3)

                        Dam                                                     States

A)     Hirakud                                        1) Chhattisgarh

B)     Mettur                                         2) Orissa

C)     Mahanadi                                    3) Karnataka

D)     Narayanpur                                 4) Tamil Nadu

16) The instrument that measures and records the relative humidity of air is

A) Lactometer    B) Barometer   C) Hydrometer D) Hygrometer

17) Who was the founder Chairman of ISRO?

A)  Vikram Sarabhai  B) A P J Abdul Kalam C)  Kasturirangan  D)  Homi J. Bhabha

18) Virus in computers is related to

A) Dust particles   B) Hardware    C) Program D) All of these

19) IRCTC launched _______ Scheme in February 2014 to make payment process fast and to reduce transaction failures due to bank payment related problems.

A) E-Paisa B) E-Wallet C) E-Money D) E-Credit

20) During the reign of which ancient Indian ruler, did Chinese traveller Fa-Hien visit India ?
(A) Dharmapala    (B) Harshavardhan   (C) Chandragupta Maurya  (D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

21) How do we better know film actor Rajeev Bhatia? 
(A) Govinda   (B) Jitendra    (C) Sunil Dutt   (D) Akshay Kumar

22) Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhdha, is in which present country? 
(A) Bhutan    (B) Nepal     (C) India   (D) Bangladesh

23) According to Mahabahrat, who was Abhimanyu's mother? 
(A) Draupadi    (B) Ulupi   (C) Chitrangada  (D) Subhadra

24) When simplified, (x^-1 + Y^-1)^-1   equal to ( Ans B)

^{A)  X + Y       B) XY/(X+Y)    C) XY       D) 1/ XY}

25) Who founded the Home Rule League in Calcutta in 1916

A) Lokmanya Tilak    B) Bipin Chandra Pal C) Mrs. Annie Besant   D) Arvind Ghosh

26) Which among the following is the India's first indigenously built submarine ? 
(A) INS Vela  (B) INS Vagli   C) INS Shankul   (D) INS Shalki

27) Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman says, “He is the only son of the only daughter-in-law of my only son’s father.” How is the man related to the woman?

A) Son      B) Father    C) Son-in-law     D) Grandson

28) Which one of the following is the India’s first Atomic Power Station?

A) Rajasthan Atomic Power Station B) Tarapur Atomic Power Station

C) Madras Atomic Power Station D) Narora Atomic Power Station

29) Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India? 
(A) Mahatma Gandhi  (B) Bal Gangadhr Tilak (C) Rabindra Nath Tagore (D) Jawaharlal Nehru

30) Who was the first soldier of the Indian armed forces to be awarded Param Vir Chakra, the highest military award of India? 
(A) Major Shaitan Singh   (B) Naik Jadu Nath Singh  (C) Major Som Nath Sharma (D) Major Dhan Singh Thapa

Audio Clues

1)This is the theme song of what?

 (Aadhar card)

2) Identify the speaker who spoke from Red Fort.

 (H D Devegouda)

3)Identify the sportsman. 

( Anil Kumble)    

4)This is title track of a TV serial. Identify the serial.

(Ye Hai Mohabatte)

5)Identify the musical instrument.

(Sitar)

6)Identify the Bollywood actor of present generation who made his debut in “Students of the Year”.  

(Varun Dhawan)

7)Identify the famous English novelist of “Half Girl Friend” fame. 

(Chetan Bhagat)

8)Identify this mega TV serial of Door Darshan era.

(Ramayan)

9)Identify this sports icon of India.

(Saina Nevaal)

10)  Name the movie.

  (Mai Khiladi Tu Anadi)

Visual Clues
1)Identify this famous personality

(Hritik Roshan)

2)Identify this famous personality.

 (Mukesh Ambani)

3)This is the logo of what? 

(All India Carrom Federation)

4)Identify this monument.

 (Victoria Memorial Kolkatta)

5)Identify the couple. 

(Sonia Gandhi & Rajiva Gandhi)

6)Identify this model turned TV star turned politician.

(Smriti Irani)

7)Identify the sportsman posing with Hitler.

(Dhyanchnad)

8)Identify this news reader of DD era.

(salma Sultan)

9)Identify this person- the governor of RBI.

  (Raghu Ram Rajan)

1  10)Identify this historic fort situated in Maharastra. 

     (Raigad Fort)   

Discover India Quiz Questions with Answers...Know something about India -2015 Part-1.

IDCC’s Discover India Quiz-2015 for Employees 

1)    “Bhor hui jeevan mein  Shuru nai udaan  Mili hume pehchaan  Khule naye ab dwaar” is the theme song of

               A) PAN Card     B) Voter ID card    C) Aadhar card       D) Citizen card.

2) Dinanath Gopal X - an Indian writer,      Priya Vijay X- an Indian actress,         Ramesh X - Marathi novelist,  Suresh X- an Indian economist, Vijay X - an Indian playwright : ‘X’ is common between them What is it? (X-Tendulkar)

3) This term in Jainism translates to “destroyer of enemies”, a nuclear class submarine in the Indian Navy. Name it. (Arihanta)

4) Expand “NITI” in NITI Ayog which replaced planning commission. (National Institution for Transforming India Aayog)

5) 'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer? 
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

6) Which among the following is the largest Buddhist monastery in India ?
(A) Ghum monastery (West Bengal) (B) Rumtek monastery (Sikkim) (C) Twang monastery (Arunachal Pradesh) (D) Kursha monastery (Jammu & Kashmir)

7) 'Ace', 'Double fault', 'Smash', Second service', and 'Game point' terms are related with which sport ?

(A) Tennis    (B) Squash    (C) Table Tennis     (D) Badminton

8) Which ancient Indian sage authored the 'Yog Darshan' ?

(A) Jaimini    (B) Gautam     (C) Kapil Muni       (D) Patanjali

9) By what name is the Irish lady Margaret Elizabeth Noble, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, better known?

(A) Meera Ben (B) Mother Teresa (C) Savitri Khanolkar (D) Sister Nivedita

10) Who authored ancient Sanskrit plays 'Malti Madhava', 'Mahavircharita' and 'Uttar Ramcharita' ? 

(A) Kalidas    (B) Bhavabhuti   (C) Banabhatta  (D) Vishakhadatta

11) Which is the 2nd highest civilian award in India ? 

(A) Padam Shri    (B) Padam Bhushan   (C) Padam Vibhushan   (D) Bharat Ratna

12) In an equilateral triangle, how many sides are equal? 

(A) Two      (B) All     (C) None    (D) Not fixed

13) Which building, designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens, and located at Raisina Hill in New Delhi, was formerly known as 'Viceregal Palace' ?

(A) India Gate (B) Teen Murti Bhavan (C) Rashtrapati Bhavan (D) Sansad Bhavan

14)    Which chariot-shaped temple, built by King Narasimha Deva I of Ganga dynasty in 13th century, is also known as the 'Black Pagoda’? 

(A) Sun Temple, Konark (B) Jagannath Temple, Puri (C) Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar (D) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

15) In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ?

(A) Annie Besant   (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya  (C) Syed Ahmed Khan (D) S.Radhakrishnan

16) 'Zindagi Ka Karvan' book is an autobiography of which former Prime Minister of India? 

(A) Chandrashekhar  (B) Morarji Desai (C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee D) Vishwanath Pratap Singh

17) In which sport do sportswoman Jhulan Goswami, Mithali Raj, Anjum Chopra, Rumeli Dhar and Amita Sharma represent India? 

(A) Hockey   (B) Tennis     (C) Badminton    (D) Cricket

18) Which seventh century Indian mathematician was the first in the world to treat 'zero' as a number and show its mathematical operations?

(A) Aryabhatta   (B) Medhatithi  (C) Brahmagupta  (D) Bhaskaracharya

19) What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall? 

(A) Isobar     (B) Isohel   (C) Isotherm (D) Isohyet

20) Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ? 

(A) Kolkata     (B) Bengaluru    (C) Ahmedabad   (D) Lucknow

21) Where did Goutam Buddha die?

(A) Lumbini    (B) Kusinagara   (C) Pavapur i  (D) Magadha 

22) Match the following (J.L.Nehru -Shantivan ,B.R. Ambedkar -Chaithrabhoomi ,Indira Gandhi   -     Shaktisthal ,Charan Singh   -               Kisan Ghat )

Charan Singh            -         Shantivan

Indira Gandhi            -         Chaithrabhoomi     

J.L.Nehru                    -         Shaktisthal

B.R. Ambedkar          -         Kisan Ghat

23) Which was the India's first newspaper (started by J.K.Hikki)? Ans- Bengal Gazette (1780)

24) “Different seasons, different reasons, one region”, is a catch line associated with

(A)             J&K Tourism (B) Himachal Tourism (C) Uttarakhand Tourism (D) MP Tourism

25) The southernmost point of India’s territory is ________

A) The Indira Point               B) Kanyakumari    C) Pondicherry     D) Lakshadweep

26) Among the following, whose kingdom was annexed by the British on the basis of the doctrine of lapse?

A) Maharaja of Baroda        B) Rani of Jhansi                  C) Nawab of Hyderabad      D) None of these

27) Who wrote the Babarnama?

A) Mumtaz Mahal B) Jahanara Beghum            C) Roshanara Beghum  D) Gulbadan Beghum

28) Which is the capital of Nagaland?  (Ans: Kohima)

29) Match  the  following. [Ans:  (a) – (iv), (b) – (i), (c) – (iii), (d) – (ii) ]

(a) Rigveda             (i) Music

(b) Samveda           (ii) Medicine

(c) Yajurveda          (iii) Rituals

(d) Atharveda         (iv) Prayers of Vishnu, Vayu, Indra & agni

30) Which newspaper was started by Pandit J L neharu?

A) The Deccan chronicle    B) The National herald        C) Deccan Herald D) The Statesman

    Audio Clues

1) Identify the speaker  

(Ans: Shashi Tharoor)

2) Identify this famous personality 

(Amin Sayani)

3) Identify this famous personality 

(Raj Kapoor)

4) Identify the speaker 

(Dr A P J Abdul kalam)


5)  Identify the musical  instrument 

 (Mouth organ)

6) Identify the person 

(Arun Jaitli)

7) Identify the person  

(Sania Mirza)
8) Identify this famous Hindi poet (virat Kavi) 

(Ans: Shail Chaturvedi)

9) Identify the musical instrument 

( Sexophone)