Knowledge ka daily dose…
1. Which railway station has the most number of platforms in India?
(a) Howrah Junction
(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
(c) Sealdah
(d) Allahabad Junction
2. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab
(d) Haryana
3. Who is considered the architect of the Indian Railways?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Wellesley
4. The term “GDP deflator” is used in which field?
(a) Medicine
(b) Physics
(c) Economics
(d) Geography
5. What is the national bird of India?
(a) Crow
(b) Peacock
(c) Sparrow
(d) Pigeon
6. In which year did the Battle of Panipat take place?
(a) 1526
(b) 1556
(c) 1761
(d) All of the above (three battles took place in these years)
7. Which is the smallest state in India by area?
(a) Goa
(b) Sikkim
(c) Tripura
(d) Mizoram
8. What is the full form of IRCTC?
(a) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
(b) Indian Railways Connectivity and Technology Corporation
(c) Indian Railway Commerce and Ticketing Corporation
(d) Indian Railway Communication and Tourism Company
9. What is the chemical formula for common salt?
(a) NaCl
(b) KCl
(c) HCl
(d) CaCl
10. The “Quit India Movement” was launched in which year?
(a) 1940
(b) 1942
(c) 1945
(d) 1947
11. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
12. What is the name of India’s first satellite?
(a) Aryabhata
(b) Bhaskara I
(c) INSAT
(d) Rohini
13. Who built the famous Golconda Fort in Hyderabad?
(a) Mughals
(b) Kakatiya Dynasty
(c) Chola Dynasty
(d) Vijayanagara Empire
14. What is the full form of NITI Aayog?
(a) National Institution for Transparency and Innovation
(b) National Institution for Transforming India
(c) National Institute for Training and Information
(d) None of the above
15. Which monument is called the “Black Pagoda”?
(a) Qutub Minar
(b) Konark Sun Temple
(c) Meenakshi Temple
(d) Brihadeeswara Temple
16. Who is known as the “Nightingale of India”?
(a) Lata Mangeshkar
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
17. What is the highest civilian award in India?
(a) Padma Shri
(b) Padma Bhushan
(c) Bharat Ratna
(d) Gallantry Award
18. Who is the inventor of the steam engine?
(a) James Watt
(b) Isaac Newton
(c) Thomas Newcomen
(d) George Stephenson
19. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
(a) Mississippi River
(b) Colorado River
(c) Amazon River
(d) Nile River
20. Which Indian classical dance originated in Kerala?
(a) Bharatanatyam
(b) Kathak
(c) Odissi
(d) Kathakali