ನೆನಪಿನ ಅಂಗಳದಿಂದ: 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

(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)

10) Who is the director of this movie?

(Kabir khan)

Visual Clues

Identify the place/railway station (MalgudI)
Identify the player in the middle (Ans; Sumit Nagal)
Identify the place

(Ajanta Yellora)

4) Identify the district which is coloured in yellow. (Uttara Kannada)

05) Connect them all (All died in plane crash: GMC Balyogi Madhavrao Scindia, OP Jindal, Andhra Pradesh cm Y S Rajasekhara Reddy Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu)