1: Food heritage. X was first conceived in the ancient Punjab region, but soon became popular all over India. The south-Indian states have their own versions of X. In Myanmar (Burma) it is eaten with curries or cooked with either egg or mutton, or as a dessert with white sugar. X in Trinidad and Tobago is generally larger and thinner. Give the common Indian name
Ans: Parantha
2: Bholu with a lamp in his hand is a mascot of which organisation?
Ans: Indian Railways
Ans: Indian Railways
3: Which is the oldest mountain range in India ?
Ans: Aravallis.
Ans: Aravallis.
4: Dolphins can be seen in two large Goa rivers . One is Mandovi. Name the other.
Ans: Zuari
Ans: Zuari
5: Which Indian football team plays it’s league home matches in Tilak Maidan-Vasco?
Ans: Churchill Brothers
Ans: Churchill Brothers
6: Norman Pritchard is in the Indian folklore for the Olympics. Which Norman became the second Indian to win a gold medal at the 1958 British Empire Games-Cardiff (in the same edition Milkha Singh won the 440 yards to become the first Indian to win a gold medal)?
Ans: Norman Snell in the Individual Pursuit category in cycling
Ans: Norman Snell in the Individual Pursuit category in cycling
7: How do we know Margaret Noble better in Indian history?
Ans: Sister Nivedita
Ans: Sister Nivedita
8: Which ninth century dynasty included names of Nagabhatta I, Mahendrapala I and Mahipala I and Kannauj remained an important epicentre of the kingdom?
Ans: Pratiharas
Ans: Pratiharas
9: Gharials had their captive breeding centre in which wildlife sanctuary in eastern India?
Ans: Nandan Kanan
Ans: Nandan Kanan
10: Connect the words Polo, Sangai, Nine Hills One Valley and Ratan Thiyam
Ans: Manipur
Ans: Manipur
11: He swapped his masculinity. He was finally killed by Aswathama on the 18th day of battle. Who?
Ans: Shikhandi
Ans: Shikhandi
12: Pangong Tso Lake will be roughly 5 hours drive from which Indian city?
Ans: Leh
Ans: Leh
13: With which state of India would you associate the following tribes: Angami, Ao, Chakhesang (Chokri/Kheza), Chang, Khiamniungan, Kuki, Konyak, Lotha, Phom, Pochury, Rengma, Sumi, Sangtam, Yimchungru and Zeliang?
Ans: Nagaland
Ans: Nagaland
14: ……a necklace broke. A row of pearls mislaid. One sixth fell to the floor. One fifth upon the bed. The young woman saved one third of them. One tenth were caught by her lover. If six pearls remained upon the string How many pearls were there altogether? Which great Indian treatise divided into 13 chapters, would have this riddle?
Ans: Lilavati by Bhaskara II
Ans: Lilavati by Bhaskara II
15: Which Indian brand name , set up by the Tatas , gets its name from a Leon Delibes opera about an Indian maiden called Lakshmi ?
Ans: Lakme
Ans: Lakme
16: INS Arihant is India’s first what?
Ans: Nuclear Submarine
Ans: Nuclear Submarine
17: According to Ramayana who was the wife of Indrajit?
Ans: Sulochana
Ans: Sulochana
18: Which actress starred opposite Ashok Kumar in the 1936 classic Achhut Kanya ?
Ans: Devika Rani
Ans: Devika Rani
19: 900 of them exist (according to People’s Survey of India) as opposed to 1,652 (in the 1961 census). Every fortnight there is a loss of one, every decade we loss about 100 of them. What?
Ans: Mother Tongue
Ans: Mother Tongue
20: While forming the organisation on June 12, 1905, he formulated seven vows. The first three being: That the country will always be first in his thoughts and that he will give to her service the best that is in him; That in serving the country he will seek no personal advantage for himself; That he will regard all Indians as brothers and will work for the advancement of all without distinction of caste and creed. Name the person and the organisation
Ans: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Servants of India Society
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