Facts About India Part- 8

▪ The Governor General of British India who adopted English as the official language of India in 1835:

Ans: William Bentick

▪ What is known as the Magna Carta of Indian Education:

Ans: Wood's Despatch

▪ Constituent Assembly adopted ‘Janaganaman’ as the national anthem of India on:

Ans: 24th January 1950

▪ The region mentioned in the National Anthem which is not a part of India at present:

Ans: Sindh

• Who wrote ‘Vande Mataram' the national song of India:

Ans:Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

• Which animal can be seen on the left side of the wheel in the bottom of the national emblem:

Ans:Horse

▪ Words in the national emblem "Satyameva Jayate’ is taken from: Ans:Mundakopanishad

▪ The ratio of the width and length of national flags:

Ans:2:3 (length:width= 3:2)

▪ National aquatic animal of India:

Ans:River Dolphin

▪ The father of the idea 'Gram Swararj’:

Ans:Mahathma Gandhi

▪ Who was the exponent of Sriniketan Projlect:

Ans:Rabindranath Tagore

▪ Which part of the Constitution influenced the formation of Planning Commission:

Ans:Directive Principles

▪ The first Five year Plan was started in:

Ans: 1951

▪ Which five year plan was called Harrold Domer model:

Ans: First

▪ Community Development Programme was introduced in India in:

Ans: 1952

• National Development Council was formed in:

Ans: 1952

▪ National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) was launched in:

Ans: 1980

• Indira Awaas liojana (IAY) was introduced in:

Ans: 1985

▪ The ex-officio chairman of the NIT Aayog is:

Ans: Prime Minister

• The first state formed on linguistic basis in 1953:

Ans: Andhra

• In which year Indian states were reorganised under linguistic basis for the first time:

Ans: 1956

▪ Oldest Dravidian language:

Ans: Tamil

▪The largest language in Dravidian group:

Ans: Telugu

▪ The main language of Lakshadweep:

Ans: Malayalam

• Gurumukhi is the script of which language:

Ans: Punjabi

• Who is regarded as the father ot Indian Army:

Ans: Major Stringer Lawrence

▪ The first Indian to become the Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army:

Ans: K. M. Cariappa

▪ The second nuclear experiment by India conducted in 1998 which was code named as:

Ans: Operation Shakti

• In which year India launched Operation Vijay in Kargil:

Ans: 1999

▪ Which paramilitary force is entrusted with the duty of airports, atomic power stations, Taj Mahal etc

Ans: CISF

▪ What percent of the world area is occupied by India:

Ans: 2.4

▪ The total land frontier of India:

Ans: 15200 km

• The southernmost point of India is Indira Point. It is in:

Ans: Great Nicobar Island

▪ The westernmost State in India:

Ans: Gujarat

▪ The southern most capital city in India:

Ans: Thiruvananthapuram

• Which region in India has the lowest altitude?

Ans: Kuttanad

• Siachen Glacier; the highest battlefield in the world is in the state of:

Ans: Jammu Kashmir

▪ The river which originates from Anasagar in Rajasthan:

Ans: Luni

• The highest peak in Eastern Ghats:

Ans: Jindhagada

▪ The state with the longest coast line in South India:

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

▪ The Indian state with the largest population as per 2011 Census:

Ans: Uttar Pradesh

• Apatamis is a tribe of:

Ans: Arunachal Pradesh

▪ Bhangra is a dance form of which Indian state:

Ans: Punjab

▪ The largest agro based industry in India:

Ans: Cotton textiles

• The south Indian state leads in cotton textiles:

Ans: Tamil Nadu

• The largest producer of coffee in India:

Ans: Karnataka

• Which is known as the Mineral state of India:

Ans: Jharkhand

• Rice bowl of Central India:

Ans: Chhattisgarh

• Number of districts in Andaman and Nicobar:

Ans: Three

• In which state is Wheeler island:

Ans: 0disha

• In which state the tourist destination ‘Ghoom Monastery’ is located:

Ans: West Bengal

• In which state is Karera Wild Life Sanctuary:

Ans: Madhya Pradesh

• Mandovi and Zuari rivers flow through the state of:

Ans: Goa

• In which state is Baba Budan hills:

Ans: Karnataka

• Which is called 'Varanasi of Hills’:

Ans: Mandi (Himachal Pradesh)

• Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is in the state of:

Ans: Karnataka

• Malabar Hill is in:

Ans: Mumbai

▪ The first biosphere reserve in India:

Ans: Nilgiri

▪ Manchester of South India:

Ans: Coimbatore

▪ Which state is called the Heart of India:

Ans: Madhya Pradesh

▪ Which is known as the Steel City of India:

Ans: Jamshedpur

▪ Who is known as the father of Indian industry:

Ans: Jamshedji Tata

▪ In India, the first unit of cement industry was established in 1904 at:

Ans: Madras

▪ The first engineering college in India:

Ans: IIT Roorkee

▪ The first agricultural university in India was established at:

Ans: Pantnagar

▪ The first atomic power station in India:

Ans: Tarapur

▪ Kushok Bakula Rimpoche airport is at:

Ans: Leh ( Jammu Kashmir)

• Where is Air Force Academy in India:

Ans: Hyderabad

▪ In which state is Bhabha Atomic Research Centre:

Ans: Maharashtra

▪ The headquarters of Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI):

Ans: New Delhi

▪ The headquarters of the Airport Authority of India:

Ans: New Delhi (in Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan)

• Vaishno Devi Temple is in the state of:

Ans: Jammu & Kashmir

▪ Where is Kandariya Mahadeva temple:

Ans: Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh)

▪ Who is regarded as the father of Indian Cinema:

Ans: Dadasaheb Phalle

▪ The first film in South India:

Ans: Keechaka Vadham (Tamil)

▪ The first Indian film to be nominated for Oscar:

Ans: Mother India

▪ ’Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram" is the motto of:

Ans: Doordarshan

• Bahujana Hitaya, Bahujana Sukhaya’ is the motto of:

Ans: Alkkashavani

• Who published Bengal Gazette:

Ans:James Augustus Hickey

▪ In which state largest number of newspapers are published:

Ans:Uttar Pradesh

• The oldest existing daily in India:

Ans:Bombay Samachar

• Who was the Prime Minister of India when the first Indian expedition team reached Antarctica:

Ans:Indira Gandhi

• Indian team reached Arctic region for the first time in:

Ans: 2007