General Knowledge India:August 17 Interactive Quiz

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General Knowledge India:August 17 Interactive Quiz

Your Report Question. 1)Incorrect Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?

A. Assam (Correct Answer) B. Orissa C. West Bengal (Your Answer) D. Karnataka

Question. 2)Correct Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ?

A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak B. Jai Prakash Narain C. Gopal Hari Deshmukh D. Madan Mohan Malaviya (Your Answer)

Question. 3)Correct Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ?

A. Karnataka (Your Answer) B. Maharashtra C. Tamil Nadu D. Andhra Pradesh

Question. 4)Correct 'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?

A. Rabindranath Tagore B. Sharat Chandra Chatterjee C. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Your Answer) D. Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

Question. 5)Incorrect Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ?

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A. Beas B. Chenab (Correct Answer) C. Jhelum (Your Answer) D. Sutlej

Question. 6)Correct Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?

A. Kolkata (Your Answer) B. Bengaluru C. Ahmedabad D. Lucknow

Question. 7)Incorrect On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ?

A. France (Your Answer) B. Israel (Correct Answer) C. Russia D. Germany

Question. 8)Incorrect Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ?

A. C.V. Raman B. Satyendra Nath Bose C. Homi J. Bhabha (Your Answer) D. Narinder Singh Kapany (Correct Answer)

Question. 9)Correct Which was the only session of Indian National Congress (INC) presided over by Mahatma Gandhi ?

A. Surat (1907) B. Belgaum (1924) (Your Answer) C. Lahore (1929) D. Tripuri (1939)

Question. 10)Incorrect

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On account of its numerous temples, which city is also known as the 'Cathedral City of India' ?

A. Madurai (Tamil Nadu) B. Haridwar (Uttarakhand) (Your Answer) C. Bhubaneswar (Orissa) (Correct Answer) D. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Question. 11)Incorrect Which Indian state does not have any scheduled tribe community ?

A. Sikkim (Your Answer) B. Haryana (Correct Answer) C. Gujarat D. Tamil Nadu

Question. 12)Incorrect Which Ramon Magsaysay award winner founded the 'Asha for Education', a secular organisation dedicated to bring socio-economic change in India by focusing on basic education ?

A. Sandeep Pandey (Correct Answer) B. Lakshmi Chand Jain C. Pandurang Shastri Athavale D. Mahesh Chandra Mehta (Your Answer)

Question. 13)Incorrect In which city would you come across 'Deeksha Bhoomi', where Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had embraced Buddhism along with thousand of his Dalit followers on 14 October 1956 ?

A. Bodh Gaya (Bihar) (Your Answer) B. Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh) C. Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) D. Nagpur (Maharashtra) (Correct Answer)

Question. 14)Correct The weapon based Dravidian martial art 'Silambam' is native of which south Indian state ?

A. Kerala B. Tamil Nadu (Your Answer) C. Karnataka

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D. Andhra Pradesh

Question. 15)Incorrect Which Indian lady writer authored Onasis award winning play 'Harvest', highlighting the controversial issue of organ trading in poverty-stricken areas ?

A. Kiran Desai B. Jhumpa Lahiri C. Manjula Padmanabhan (Correct Answer) D. Arundhati Roy (Your Answer)

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