India Facts File | NTSE Preparation
Here are some expected questions about India. This question bank is meant for students preparing for the Scholastic Aptitude Test of NTSE.
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1. How many spokes are there in the ‘Chakra’ of our national flag?
a) 24
b) 25
c) 26
d) 30
2. The ratio between the length and width of our national flag is
a) 1:2
b) 2:3
c) 1: 4
d) 2:5
3. The Himasagar Express runs between
a) Jammu Tawi and Kanyakumari
b) Culcutta and Delhi
c) New Delhi and Chennai
d) Mumbai – Kolkatta
4. How many lions are visible in our National Flag?
a) two
b) one
c) three
d) four
5. The Mumbai High Court was set up in
a) 1832
b) 1862
c) 1889
d) 1901
6. Which Indian state gave us four Nobel Prize winners?
a) West Bengal
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Punjab
7. Who among the following is not associated with the Sitar?
a) Amir Khusro
b) Ravi Shankar
c) Ustad Alauddin Khan
d) Amjad Ali Khan
8. The Shimla agreement was signed between India and Pakistan in
a) 1965
b) 1948
c) 1956
d) 1972
9. Our National Emblem was adopted on
a) August 15, 1947
b) January 26, 1950
c) November 26, 1946
d) December 26, 1949
10. Which of the following is India’s biggest dam?
a) Kosi
b) Nagarjuna Sagar
c) Hirakud
d) Bhakra
11. Gol Gumbaz, the largest dome in Asia, is in
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Kerala
12. Project Tiger, aimed at protecting tigers from extinction, was launched in
a) 1970
b) 1973
c) 1976
d) 1980
13. Who composed our National Anthem?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Muhammad Iqbal
c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
d) Sri Aurobindo
14. Who among the following is not associated with Karnatic music?
a) Tanzen
b) Tyagaraja
c) Muthuswami Dikshitar
d) Shyama Shastri
15. Jana Gana Mana, our national anthem was sung for the first time in
a) 1947
b) 1950
c) 1906
d) 1911
16. What is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir?
a) Urdu
b) Kashmiri
c) Dogri
d) English
17. Who was the first Chief Justice of India?
a) M Patanjali Sastri
b) BK Mukherjee
c) Harilal J Kania
d) MC Mahajan
18. Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award?
a) G Sankara Kurup
b) TS Bandopadhaya
c) Uma Shankar Joshi
d) Sumitranandan Pant
19. How many stanzas are there in our national anthem?
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
20. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
a) KVK Sundaram
b) Sukumar Sen
c) SP Sen Verma
d) Dr Nagendra Singh
21. Mother Teressa won the Nobel Peace Prize in
a) 1930
b) 1913
c) 1968
d) 1978
22. Who was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
a) Devika Rani
b) V Shantaram
c) Prithviraj Kapoor
d) Pankaj Mallick
23. What percentage of the world population lives in India?
a) approximately 15
b) approximately 21
c) approximately 7
d) approximately 12
24. India’s largest petro-chemical complex is located in
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Assam
d) Bihar
25. Which of the following is India’s first indigenous submarine?
a) INS Shahkul
b) INS Savitri
c) INS Vibhuti
d) INS Shalki
Answers
1. 24
2. 2:3
3. Jammu Tawi and Kanyakumari
4. three
5. 1862
6. West Bengal
7. Ustad Alauddin Khan
8. 1972
9. January 26, 1950
10. Hirakud
11. Karnataka
12. 1973
13. Rabindranath Tagore
14. Tanzen
15. 1911
16. Urdu
17. Harilal J Kania
18. G Sankara Kurup
19. five
20. Sukumar Sen
21. 1978
22. Devika Rani
23. approximately 15
24. Gujarat
25. INS Shalki
