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6)      Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn by Gandhiji  mainly because of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