1. Who was the first President of India?
A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad ✅
B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Mahatma Gandhi
📘 Dr. Rajendra Prasad served as the first President from 1950 to 1962.
2. What is the capital of Madhya Pradesh?
A) Indore
B) Bhopal ✅
C) Jabalpur
D) Gwalior
📘 Bhopal is the capital city and a major administrative center.
3. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
A) Earth
B) Mars ✅
C) Venus
D) Jupiter
📘 Mars appears red due to iron oxide on its surface.
4. Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?
A) Oxygen
B) Hydrogen
C) Nitrogen ✅
D) Carbon dioxide
📘 Nitrogen makes up about 78% of the atmosphere.
5. The Constitution of India was adopted on:
A) 15 August 1947
B) 26 January 1950
C) 26 November 1949 ✅
D) 2 October 1950
📘 The constitution was adopted on 26 Nov 1949 and came into effect on 26 Jan 1950.
6. Who invented the telephone?
A) Alexander Graham Bell ✅
B) Thomas Edison
C) Isaac Newton
D) James Watt
📘 Bell patented the telephone in 1876.
7. What is the currency of Japan?
A) Yuan
B) Yen ✅
C) Dollar
D) Won
📘 The Yen is Japan's official currency.
8. What is the SI unit of Force?
A) Pascal
B) Joule
C) Newton ✅
D) Watt
📘 Force is measured in Newtons (N).
9. Who was the founder of the Maurya Empire?
A) Ashoka
B) Chandragupta Maurya ✅
C) Bindusara
D) Harshavardhana
📘 Chandragupta Maurya established the empire in 321 BCE.
10. Which is the longest river in India?
A) Ganga ✅
B) Yamuna
C) Godavari
D) Brahmaputra
📘 Ganga is the longest river within India’s borders.
11. First Indian to win Nobel Prize?
A) CV Raman
B) Rabindranath Tagore ✅
C) Mother Teresa
D) Amartya Sen
📘 Tagore won the Nobel for Literature in 1913.
12. Headquarters of RBI is in:
A) Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Mumbai ✅
D) Hyderabad
📘 RBI is headquartered in Mumbai.
13. Who discovered the Laws of Motion?
A) Einstein
B) Newton ✅
C) Galileo
D) Kepler
📘 Newton formulated the three laws of motion.
14. How many players are there in a hockey team?
A) 9
B) 10
C) 11 ✅
D) 12
📘 A field hockey team has 11 players, including a goalkeeper.
15. The "Chipko Movement" is associated with:
A) Mining
B) Forest conservation ✅
C) Wildlife
D) Water pollution
📘 This movement aimed to prevent cutting down of trees.
16. Who built the Red Fort in Delhi?
A) Akbar
B) Shah Jahan ✅
C) Aurangzeb
D) Babur
📘 Shah Jahan built it in the 17th century.
17. National Income of India is calculated by:
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) CSO ✅
D) Planning Commission
📘 Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles national income data.
18. What is the chemical formula of water?
A) H2O ✅
B) HO2
C) H2O2
D) OH
📘 Water consists of two hydrogen and one oxygen atom.
19. What is the main source of energy for the sun?
A) Combustion
B) Nuclear fusion ✅
C) Chemical reaction
D) Radiation
📘 Sun generates energy via fusion of hydrogen into helium.
20. Which organ purifies blood in the human body?
A) Heart
B) Liver
C) Lungs
D) Kidneys ✅
📘 Kidneys filter blood and remove waste via urine.
21. Which city is called the “Silicon Valley of India”?
A) Pune
B) Hyderabad
C) Bengaluru ✅
D) Chennai
📘 Bengaluru is India’s IT hub.
22. Who wrote the book “Discovery of India”?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) B. R. Ambedkar
C) Jawaharlal Nehru ✅
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
📘 Written by Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942–46.
23. Which vitamin is obtained from sunlight?
A) A
B) C
C) D ✅
D) B12
📘 Sunlight helps synthesize Vitamin D in the skin.
24. What is the full form of GDP?
A) Gross Domestic Product ✅
B) General Development Plan
C) Government Development Policy
D) General Demographic Profile
📘 GDP measures total economic output of a country.
25. What is India's national aquatic animal?
A) Crocodile
B) River Dolphin ✅
C) Turtle
D) Frog
📘 Ganges river dolphin is the national aquatic animal.
26. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Constitution”?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) B. R. Ambedkar ✅
📘 Dr. Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee.
27. Which is the largest desert in the world?
A) Thar
B) Gobi
C) Sahara
D) Antarctica ✅
📘 Antarctica is classified as a cold desert and is the largest.
28. Currency of the United Kingdom is:
A) Euro
B) Pound Sterling ✅
C) Dollar
D) Franc
📘 The official currency is British Pound (GBP).
29. The ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched in:
A) 1930
B) 1942 ✅
C) 1947
D) 1919
📘 Launched by Gandhi on 8 August 1942.
30. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
A) Mercury ✅
B) Zinc
C) Copper
D) Aluminum
📘 Mercury is the only metal liquid at room temperature.
31. India's first satellite was:
A) Aryabhata ✅
B) INSAT
C) IRS
D) Bhaskara
📘 Launched in 1975 with Soviet help.
32. The largest gland in human body is:
A) Pancreas
B) Thyroid
C) Liver ✅
D) Adrenal
📘 Liver helps in metabolism and detoxification.
33. Father of Green Revolution in India?
A) C. Subramaniam
B) Verghese Kurien
C) M. S. Swaminathan ✅
D) Norman Borlaug
📘 He introduced high-yielding crop varieties.
34. Which Indian river is called ‘Dakshina Ganga’?
A) Krishna
B) Cauvery ✅
C) Godavari
D) Narmada
📘 Cauvery is revered like Ganga in southern India.
35. Which state is known as the ‘Spice Garden of India’?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala ✅
C) Karnataka
D) Assam
📘 Kerala produces pepper, cardamom, and other spices.
36. What is the chemical name of table salt?
A) Sodium Bicarbonate
B) Sodium Chloride ✅
C) Potassium Nitrate
D) Calcium Carbonate
📘 NaCl is the formula for common salt.
37. Who discovered penicillin?
A) Louis Pasteur
B) Marie Curie
C) Alexander Fleming ✅
D) Isaac Newton
📘 Fleming discovered it in 1928.
38. In which year did India become a Republic?
A) 1947
B) 1949
C) 1950 ✅
D) 1952
📘 India became a republic on 26 January 1950.
39. Which is the largest lake in India?
A) Vembanad
B) Wular
C) Chilika
D) Vembanad ✅
📘 Located in Kerala, it’s the largest by area.
40. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A) Indira Gandhi ✅
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Sonia Gandhi
D) Pratibha Patil
📘 Indira Gandhi served from 1966 to 1977 and 1980 to 1984.
41. Which instrument is used to measure blood pressure?
A) Barometer
B) Hygrometer
C) Sphygmomanometer ✅
D) Thermometer
📘 It measures systolic and diastolic pressure.
42. Where is the headquarters of the United Nations?
A) Paris
B) New York ✅
C) Geneva
D) London
📘 UN HQ is in New York, USA.
43. Which gas do green plants absorb from the atmosphere?
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon Dioxide ✅
D) Hydrogen
📘 Used in photosynthesis to make food.
44. Who wrote 'Panchatantra'?
A) Kalidas
B) Vishnu Sharma ✅
C) Tulsidas
D) Valmiki
📘 A collection of ancient moral stories.
45. Which is the largest animal on Earth?
A) Elephant
B) Giraffe
C) Blue Whale ✅
D) Shark
📘 The blue whale is the largest known animal.
46. Name the longest bone in the human body:
A) Femur ✅
B) Tibia
C) Radius
D) Humerus
📘 Femur is the thigh bone.
47. Which state has the highest population in India?
A) Maharashtra
B) Bihar
C) West Bengal
D) Uttar Pradesh ✅
📘 UP is the most populous state.
48. Who was the first Indian in space?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Rakesh Sharma ✅
C) Sunita Williams
D) Vikram Sarabhai
📘 Went to space in 1984 on Soyuz T-11.
49. Who painted the famous “Mona Lisa”?
A) Picasso
B) Van Gogh
C) Leonardo da Vinci ✅
D) Rembrandt
📘 One of the most famous artworks in the world.
50. What is the boiling point of water?
A) 50°C
B) 90°C
C) 100°C ✅
D) 120°C
📘 At sea level, water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
51. What is the capital of Bhutan?
A) Thimphu ✅
B) Kathmandu
C) Colombo
D) Dhaka
📘 Thimphu is the capital and largest city of Bhutan.
52. Which is the smallest continent?
A) Europe
B) Australia ✅
C) Antarctica
D) South America
📘 Australia is both a continent and a country.
53. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur?
A) 1919 ✅
B) 1920
C) 1918
D) 1921
📘 Occurred on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar.
54. Who is the first woman Governor of an Indian state?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Sarojini Naidu ✅
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Sucheta Kriplani
📘 She became Governor of Uttar Pradesh in 1947.
55. Which part of the plant conducts photosynthesis?
A) Root
B) Stem
C) Leaf ✅
D) Flower
📘 Leaves contain chlorophyll that captures sunlight.
56. Which Mughal emperor built the Red Fort?
A) Akbar
B) Babur
C) Shah Jahan ✅
D) Aurangzeb
📘 Constructed in 1648 in Delhi.
57. The term ‘GDP’ stands for:
A) Gross Development Product
B) Gross Domestic Product ✅
C) Government Development Plan
D) General Domestic Policy
📘 GDP is the value of all final goods and services produced.
58. Which vitamin is synthesized by sunlight?
A) Vitamin A
B) Vitamin C
C) Vitamin D ✅
D) Vitamin K
📘 Sunlight helps in production of Vitamin D in skin.
59. Who invented the telephone?
A) Thomas Edison
B) Alexander Graham Bell ✅
C) Nikola Tesla
D) James Watt
📘 Bell invented it in 1876.
60. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
A) C. Rajagopalachari ✅
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Wavell
D) Rajendra Prasad
📘 He served from 1948 to 1950.
61. Which article of Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights?
A) Article 12–35 ✅
B) Article 36–51
C) Article 14
D) Article 370
📘 Fundamental Rights are guaranteed under Part III.
62. What is the main source of energy for Earth?
A) Moon
B) Wind
C) Sun ✅
D) Water
📘 Sun is the ultimate source of energy.
63. Who wrote the book "Discovery of India"?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) B. R. Ambedkar
C) Jawaharlal Nehru ✅
D) Sardar Patel
📘 Written during his imprisonment in 1942.
64. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Gujarat ✅
D) Maharashtra
📘 Gujarat has the longest coastline (~1600 km).
65. Which blood group is called the universal donor?
A) AB+
B) O- ✅
C) B+
D) A-
📘 O negative can be given to anyone.
66. Dandi March was related to:
A) Non-Cooperation
B) Civil Disobedience ✅
C) Quit India
D) Revolt of 1857
📘 Salt Satyagraha began in 1930 with Dandi March.
67. The ozone layer protects from:
A) Radio waves
B) UV rays ✅
C) X-rays
D) Infrared rays
📘 Ozone absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation.
68. Hirakud Dam is built on which river?
A) Ganga
B) Mahanadi ✅
C) Godavari
D) Krishna
📘 Located in Odisha.
69. Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in:
A) London
B) Oslo ✅
C) Geneva
D) New York
📘 Unlike other Nobel prizes, this is awarded in Norway.
70. The largest planet in the solar system is:
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Jupiter ✅
D) Saturn
📘 Jupiter is the largest, with 79 known moons.
71. Which Indian was the first to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Rabindranath Tagore ✅
B) C. V. Raman
C) Mother Teresa
D) Amartya Sen
📘 He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
72. What is the name of India's Mars Mission?
A) Chandrayaan
B) Mangalyaan ✅
C) Aryabhata
D) Gaganyaan
📘 Launched by ISRO in 2013.
73. The acidic content in lemon is due to:
A) Acetic acid
B) Citric acid ✅
C) Oxalic acid
D) Tartaric acid
📘 Citrus fruits contain citric acid.
74. The longest river in the world is:
A) Amazon
B) Yangtze
C) Nile ✅
D) Mississippi
📘 Nile is ~6,650 km long.
75. The famous dance form ‘Kathakali’ belongs to:
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Kerala ✅
D) Karnataka
📘 Known for its elaborate makeup and costumes.
76. Who is known as the Missile Man of India?
A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) Homi Bhabha
C) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ✅
D) Satish Dhawan
📘 Developed India’s missile systems.
77. What is the unit of electric current?
A) Watt
B) Ampere ✅
C) Volt
D) Ohm
📘 Named after André-Marie Ampère.
78. Which Indian city is called ‘Silicon Valley of India’?
A) Pune
B) Hyderabad
C) Bengaluru ✅
D) Noida
📘 Major hub for IT industries.
79. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
A) Amazon
B) Colorado ✅
C) Mississippi
D) Missouri
📘 It carved the Grand Canyon over millions of years.
80. The term 'Agriculture' falls under which list in the Constitution?
A) Union
B) State ✅
C) Concurrent
D) Residual
📘 Agriculture is under the State List.
81. World Environment Day is celebrated on:
A) 5 June ✅
B) 22 April
C) 1 July
D) 10 December
📘 To raise awareness about environmental protection.
82. Mohenjodaro was located in present-day:
A) India
B) Nepal
C) Pakistan ✅
D) Afghanistan
📘 It is an archaeological site in Sindh, Pakistan.
83. Which is the hardest natural substance?
A) Gold
B) Iron
C) Diamond ✅
D) Graphite
📘 Diamond ranks highest on the Mohs hardness scale.
84. Which gas is used in fire extinguishers?
A) Nitrogen
B) Oxygen
C) Carbon Dioxide ✅
D) Methane
📘 CO₂ is used to suffocate the fire.
85. Who is called the 'Bard of Avon'?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer
B) William Shakespeare ✅
C) John Milton
D) Robert Frost
📘 Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon.
86. Which Indian player is known as the 'Flying Sikh'?
A) Milkha Singh ✅
B) Kapil Dev
C) Dhyan Chand
D) P. T. Usha
📘 He earned the title for his speed.
87. Who founded the Indian National Army (INA)?
A) M. N. Roy
B) Subhas Chandra Bose ✅
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) B. G. Tilak
📘 Revived INA in 1943 to fight British rule.
88. The chemical formula of water is:
A) H2O ✅
B) HO2
C) H2O2
D) OH
📘 Two hydrogen atoms bonded with one oxygen atom.
89. What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
A) Kandy
B) Jaffna
C) Colombo ✅
D) Male
📘 Colombo is the largest and main commercial city.
90. Name of the first Indian to go to the Moon?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) No Indian has gone yet ✅
C) Rakesh Sharma
D) Sunita Williams
📘 As of now, no Indian has been to the Moon.
91. Which acid is present in vinegar?
A) Acetic Acid ✅
B) Citric Acid
C) Oxalic Acid
D) Sulphuric Acid
📘 Vinegar contains 4–8% acetic acid.
92. What is the SI unit of temperature?
A) Celsius
B) Fahrenheit
C) Kelvin ✅
D) Degree
📘 Kelvin is the base unit for temperature in SI.
93. Who discovered gravity?
A) Galileo
B) Einstein
C) Newton ✅
D) Pascal
📘 Newton proposed the law of gravitation in 1687.
94. Which is the national aquatic animal of India?
A) Shark
B) Sea Horse
C) River Dolphin ✅
D) Whale
📘 Ganges River Dolphin is the national aquatic animal.
95. Who was the first woman President of India?
A) Pratibha Patil ✅
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Meira Kumar
D) Sushma Swaraj
📘 Served as President from 2007–2012.
96. What is the main ingredient in glass?
A) Limestone
B) Clay
C) Sand ✅
D) Plastic
📘 Silica (sand) is melted to make glass.
97. The tallest statue in the world is:
A) Statue of Liberty
B) Spring Temple Buddha
C) Statue of Unity ✅
D) Christ the Redeemer
📘 Located in Gujarat, 182 meters tall.
98. Which movement is associated with Chipko?
A) Women's Rights
B) Tribal Rights
C) Forest Conservation ✅
D) Labor Rights
📘 People hugged trees to prevent deforestation.
99. Currency of Bangladesh is:
A) Rupee
B) Taka ✅
C) Ringgit
D) Lira
📘 Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) is the official currency.
100. Which is the largest democracy in the world?
A) USA
B) UK
C) India ✅
D) France
📘 India has the largest number of eligible voters.
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