Interesting General Knowledge â āĻāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ â Indian General Knowledge MCQ
Q1. Which country has no official capital city ? āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻšā§° āύāĻžāĻ ?
(A) Tuvalu (B) Nauru (C) Palau (D) Kiribati
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Nauru
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Nauru is the only sovereign country in the world without an officially designated capital city. Government offices are mainly located in the Yaren District.
āύāĻžāĻā§°ā§ (Nauru) āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āϏāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻļ āϝāĻžā§° āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āϧāĻžā§°āĻŋāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻšā§° āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Q2. Which is the only country in the world whose national flag is not rectangular ? āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāĻāĻžā§° āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) Bhutan (B) Nepal (C) Switzerland (D) Vatican City
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Nepal
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Nepal has a unique national flag made of two triangular pennants. āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϤāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§° āĻ āĻāĻļā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāĻāĻžā§° āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q3. On which planet does the Sun appear to rise in the west ? āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāϤ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻĻāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āϝā§āύ āϞāĻžāĻā§ ?
(A) Mars (B) Jupiter (C) Venus (D) Mercury
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Venus
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets. This is called retrograde rotation, so the Sun would appear to rise in the west and set in the east.
āĻļā§āĻā§ā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ Retrograde Rotation āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ āϤāĻžāϤ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāϤ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻŦāϤ āĻ
āϏā§āϤ āϝā§ā§ąāĻž āϝā§āύ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q4. Which country has territory in two different continents ? āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻā§āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
(A) Japan (B) Egypt (C) Türkiye (Turkey) (D) Australia
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Türkiye (Turkey)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Türkiye is a transcontinental country. Its territory lies in both Europe and Asia. āϤā§ā§°āϏā§āĻ (Türkiye) āĻāĻāύ āĻāύā§āϤāĻāĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻļāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻāĻā§°ā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž—āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļāϤ⧠āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q5. Which sea has no land boundaries ? āĻā§āύāĻāύ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻā§āύ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāϞ āϏā§āĻŽāĻž āύāĻžāĻ ?
(A) Arabian Sea (B) Mediterranean Sea (C) Sargasso Sea (D) Red Sea
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Sargasso Sea
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Sargasso Sea is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean defined by ocean currents, rather than by surrounding land. Sargasso Sea āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāϞāĻžāĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ, āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻāϤ⧠āύāĻŋā§°ā§āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§; āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§āύ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāϞ āϏā§āĻŽāĻž āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ — General Knowledge
Q1. Who gave Bhupen Hazarika the title “Sudhakantha” ? āĻā§āĻĒā§āύ āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ “āϏā§āϧāĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻ ” āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala / āĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻā§°ā§ąāĻžāϞāĻž (B) Atul Chandra Hazarika / āĻ āϤā§āϞ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž (C) Bishnu Prasad Rabha / āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻŖā§āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž (D) Lakshminath Bezbaroa / āϞāĻā§āώā§āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Atul Chandra Hazarika / āĻ āϤā§āϞ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Atul Chandra Hazarika is credited with giving Bhupen Hazarika the title “Sudhakantha,” meaning “the sweet-voiced singer.” āĻā§āĻĒā§āύ āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ “āϏā§āϧāĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻ ” āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻ āϤā§āϞ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ “āϏā§āϧāĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻ ”ā§° āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻŽāϧā§ā§° āĻāĻŖā§āĻ ā§° āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĨ¤
Q2. What percentage of India’s geographical area is occupied by Assam ? āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāύ⧰ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋā§° āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻā§ ?
(A) 1.39% (B) 2.39% (C) 3.39% (D) 4.39%
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 2.39% / ⧍.ā§Šā§¯%
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Assam accounts for approximately 2.39% of India’s geographical area. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ⧍.ā§Šā§¯% āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q3. Which is the largest railway junction in Assam ? āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ ā§°ā§'āϞ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(A) Guwahati / āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ (B) Lumding / āϞāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻ (C) Dibrugarh / āĻĄāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧ (D) Jorhat / āϝā§ā§°āĻšāĻžāĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Lumding / āϞāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Lumding Junction is an important railway junction in Assam and a major railway centre in the Northeast. āϞāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ ā§°ā§'āϞ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰-āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ ā§°ā§'āϞ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĨ¤
Q4. In which year was Manas Wildlife Sanctuary recognised as a World Heritage Site ? āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāĻšā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāύāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§° āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 1984 (B) 1985 (C) 1986 (D) 1987
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 1985 / ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Ģ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Manas was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāĻšāĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ UNESCO-ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§° āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q5. How many languages are recognised in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ āώā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ āύā§āϏā§āĻā§āϤ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻž āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻāĻā§ ?
(A) 18 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 24
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) 22 / ⧍⧍āĻāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution currently contains 22 recognised languages. āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ āώā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ āύā§āϏā§āĻā§āϤ āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ ⧍⧍āĻāĻž āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q6. Who is known as the Father of the Computer ? āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) Alan Turing / āĻāϞāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§°āĻŋāĻ (B) Charles Babbage / āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻ āĻŦā§āĻŦā§āĻ (C) John von Neumann / āĻāύ āĻāύ āύāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āύ (D) Bill Gates / āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻā§āĻāĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Charles Babbage / āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻ āĻŦā§āĻŦā§āĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Charles Babbage designed the Analytical Engine, an early concept of a general-purpose mechanical computer. Therefore, he is widely known as the “Father of the Computer.” (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻ āĻŦā§āĻŦā§āĻā§ Analytical Engine-ā§° āύāĻā§āϏāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ⧰ āϝāĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŖā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤā§āĻāĻāĻ “āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧔ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Q7. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāύāĻ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi / āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠(B) Jawaharlal Nehru / āĻā§ąāĻžāĻšā§°āϞāĻžāϞ āύā§āĻšā§°ā§ (C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar / āĻĄ° āĻŦāĻŋ. āĻā§°. āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻžā§° (D) Rajendra Prasad / ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar / āĻĄ° āĻŦāĻŋ. āĻā§°. āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻžā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, whose full name was Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly. (āĻĄ° āĻŦāĻŋ. āĻā§°. āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āĻŽā§°āĻžāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻžā§°āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋā§° āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Q8. Who was the first Indian woman to become a doctor after receiving medical training abroad ? āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻļāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Anandibai Joshi / āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ āϝā§āĻļā§ (B) Kadambini Ganguly / āĻāĻžāĻĻāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞ⧠(C) Sarojini Naidu / āϏ⧰ā§āĻāĻŋāύ⧠āύāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ (D) Indira Gandhi / āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧā§
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Anandibai Joshi / āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ āϝā§āĻļā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Anandibai Joshi became one of the earliest Indian women to receive a medical degree in Western medicine, earning her degree in the United States in 1886. āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ āϝā§āĻļā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āύā§āϝāϤāĻŽāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q9. Who was the first woman Finance Minister of India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Indira Gandhi / āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠(B) Nirmala Sitharaman / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāϞāĻž āϏā§āϤāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻŖ (C) Sushma Swaraj / āϏā§āώāĻŽāĻž āϏā§āĻŦā§°āĻžāĻ (D) Pratibha Patil / āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Indira Gandhi / āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Indira Gandhi held the Finance portfolio from 1970 to 1971, making her the first woman to serve as India’s Finance Minister. Nirmala Sitharaman is the first woman to hold the Finance Ministry as a full-time Finance Minister.
āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧā§āϝāĻŧ⧠⧧⧝ā§ā§Ļ–⧧⧝ā§ā§§ āĻāύāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ā§° āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§āĨ¤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāϞāĻž āϏā§āϤāĻžā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q10. What is the name of the highest hill range in Assam ? āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§° āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ?
(A) Patkai Hills / āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§° (B) Barail Range / āĻŦā§°āĻžāĻāϞ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž (C) Garo Hills / āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§° (D) Khasi Hills / āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Barail Range / āĻŦā§°āĻžāĻāϞ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Barail Range is an important hill range in southern Assam and includes some of the highest elevations within Assam. āĻŦā§°āĻžāĻāϞ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§° āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰⧰ āĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻļā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
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Q1. Who was the last king of the Ahom Kingdom ? āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻļā§āώ ā§°āĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Purandar Singha (B) Chandrakanta Singha (C) Jogeshwar Singha (D) Kamaleswar Singha
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Chandrakanta Singha — āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrakanta Singha is generally regarded as the last Ahom king, though Purandar Singha was later restored briefly in 1833–1838.
āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻšāĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻļā§āώ ā§°āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q22. What was the first printed book in Assamese ? āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϤ āĻāĻĒāĻž āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒāĻāύ āĻāĻŋ ?
(A) Kirtan Ghoxa (B) Dharmapustak (C) Arunodoi (D) Hemkosh
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Dharmapustak — āϧ⧰ā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϏā§āϤāĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Dharmapustak is generally recognized as the first printed book in Assamese, published in 1813 at the Serampore Mission Press.
āϧ⧰ā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϏā§āϤāĻāĻ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāώāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻĒāĻž āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŖā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q3. When was the magazine Arunodoi first published ? āĻ ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻĻāĻ āĻāϞā§āĻāύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 1836 (B) 1846 (C) 1856 (D) 1866
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 1846
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Arunodoi was first published in 1846 from Sivasagar by American Baptist missionaries. āĻ ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻĻāĻ ā§§ā§Žā§Ēā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻļāĻŋā§ąāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q4. Who published Arunodoi ? āĻ ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻĻāĻ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Assam Sahitya Sabha (B) American Baptist Missionaries (C) Ahom Court (D) Asomiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) American Baptist Missionaries - āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāύā§ā§°ā§āϏāĻāϞ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The American Baptist missionaries published Arunodoi from Sivasagar. āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāύā§ā§°ā§āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻļāĻŋā§ąāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q5. When was the Assam Sahitya Sabha established ? āĻ āϏāĻŽ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āϏāĻāĻž āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 1915 (B) 1917 (C) 1920 (D) 1922
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 1917
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Assam Sahitya Sabha was established in 1917 to promote Assamese language and literature. āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ⧰ āĻāύā§āύāϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϏāĻŽ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āϏāĻāĻž ⧧⧝⧧⧠āĻāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q6. Where was the first session of the Assam Sahitya Sabha held ? āĻ āϏāĻŽ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϧāĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāύ āĻ'āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Guwahati (B) Sivasagar (C) Jorhat (D) Dibrugarh
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Sivasagar — āĻļāĻŋā§ąāϏāĻžāĻā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The first session of the Assam Sahitya Sabha was held at Sivasagar in 1917. āĻ āϏāĻŽ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϧāĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāύ ⧧⧝⧧⧠āĻāύāϤ āĻļāĻŋā§ąāϏāĻžāĻā§°āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q7. Who is known as the “Asom Kesari” ? “āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻā§āĻļā§°ā§” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(A) Lakshminath Bezbaroa (B) Ambikagiri Rai Choudhury (C) Hem Barua (D) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Ambikagiri Rai Choudhury — āĻ āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻā§āϧā§ā§°ā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Ambikagiri Rai Choudhury is popularly known as “Asom Kesari.” āĻ āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻā§āϧā§ā§°ā§āĻ “āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻā§āĻļā§°ā§” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q8. When did India gain independence ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧠āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 26 January 1950 (B) 15 August 1947 (C) 9 August 1942 (D) 26 November 1949
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 15 August 1947 — ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻāώā§āĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ēā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: India became independent from British rule on 15 August 1947. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧠⧧ā§Ģ āĻāĻāώā§āĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ēā§ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q9. Who was given the title “Lokapriya” ? “āϞā§āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ” āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Bishnuram Medhi (B) Gopinath Bordoloi (C) Tarun Ram Phookan (D) Nabin Chandra Bordoloi
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Gopinath Bordoloi — āĻā§āĻĒā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Gopinath Bordoloi, an important leader of Assam's freedom movement and the first Chief Minister of Assam, is popularly known as “Lokapriya.” āĻā§āĻĒā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞā§āĻ “āϞā§āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ” āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋā§°ā§ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q10. Who was the first Governor of Assam ? āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Sir Akbar Hydari (B) Gopinath Bordoloi (C) Bishnuram Medhi (D) Jairamdas Daulatram
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (A) Sir Akbar Hydari — āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻŦā§° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Sir Akbar Hydari became the first Governor of Assam in 1947. āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻŦā§° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ēā§ āĻāύāϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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Indian General Knowledge MCQ — āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ
Q1. When did the Constitution of India come into effect ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻā§°ā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) 15 August 1947 (B) 26 January 1950 (C) 26 November 1949 (D) 2 October 1950
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) 26 January 1950
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ģā§Ļ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻā§°ā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q2. Who was the first President of India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad — āĻĄ° ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India. āĻĄ° ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q3. Who wrote India's National Anthem “Jana Gana Mana” ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϤ “āĻāύ āĻāĻŖ āĻŽāύ”-ā§° ā§°āĻāĻ āĻā§āύ ?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (B) Rabindranath Tagore (C) Sarojini Naidu (D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Rabindranath Tagore — ā§°āĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: “Jana Gana Mana” was composed by Rabindranath Tagore. “āĻāύ āĻāĻŖ āĻŽāύ” ā§°āĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ ā§°āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q4. What is the national tree of India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(A) Neem (B) Banyan (C) Peepal (D) Mango
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Banyan — āĻŦāĻāĻāĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Banyan tree is the national tree of India. āĻŦāĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĨ¤
Q5. What is the highest civilian award of India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(A) Padma Shri (B) Padma Bhushan (C) Padma Vibhushan (D) Bharat Ratna
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (D) Bharat Ratna - āĻāĻžā§°āϤ ā§°āϤā§āύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ ā§°āϤā§āύ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ | General Knowledge
1. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻĻāϞāĻāĻāύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ? What is the longest bridge in India ?
A) āĻā§āĻĒā§āύ āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āϏā§āϤ⧠/ Bhupen Hazarika Setu B) āĻ
āĻāϞ āϏā§āϤ⧠/ Atal Setu
C) āĻŦāĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻĻāϞāĻ / Bogibeel Bridge D) āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāύā§āϧ⧠āϏā§āϤ⧠/ Mahatma Gandhi Setu
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) āĻ āĻāϞ āϏā§āϤ⧠/ Atal Setu
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Atal Setu (Mumbai Trans Harbour Link) is about 21.8 km long and is currently the longest bridge in India overall. Bhupen Hazarika Setu is about 9.15 km long and is the longest bridge over a river in India. (āĻ āĻāϞ āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ⧍⧧.ā§Ž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻĻāϞāĻāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻĒā§āύ āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āϏā§āϤ⧠āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻĻāϞāĻāĨ¤)
2. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻĒā§āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§ āĻā§āύ ? (Who was the first Assamese Jnanpith Award winner ?)
A) āϞāĻā§āώā§āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž / Lakshminath Bezbaroa B) āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ / Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
C) āύā§āϞāĻŽāĻŖāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻāύ / Nilmani Phookan D) ā§°āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞ⧠/ Rajanikanta Bordoloi
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ / Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya was the first Assamese recipient of the Jnanpith Award, in 1979, for Mrityunjay. (āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§ā§¯ āĻāύāϤ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāύā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻĒā§āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻĒā§āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤)
3. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāϤ⧰āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻāύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ? What was the name of India's first newspaper ?
A) The Hindu B) Bengal Gazette C) Amrita Bazar Patrika D) Kesari
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Hicky's Bengal Gazette
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:Hicky's Bengal Gazette was first published on 29 January 1780 by James Augustus Hicky. It is recognised as India's first newspaper. (āĻā§āĻŽāĻ āĻ āĻāĻžāώā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ ā§§ā§ā§Žā§Ļ āĻāύ⧰ ⧍⧝ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āϤ Hicky's Bengal Gazette āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāϤ⧰āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŖā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
4. āĻ āϏā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar Award ?
A) āϏāϤā§āϝāĻāĻŋā§ ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ / Satyajit Ray B) āĻ. āĻā§°. ā§°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ / A. R. Rahman C) āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž / Bhanu Athaiya D) āĻā§āϞāĻāĻžā§° / Gulzar
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž / Bhanu Athaiya
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award (Oscar). She won Best Costume Design for Gandhi at the 55th Academy Awards in 1983. (āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž Gandhi āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύ (Best Costume Design) āĻļāĻžāĻāĻžāϤ āĻ āϏā§āĻāĻžā§° āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻ āϏā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
5. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻā§āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ? What was the name of India's first artificial satellite ?
A) INSAT-1A B) Aryabhata C) Rohini D) Bhaskara-I
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Aryabhata
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Aryabhata, India's first satellite, was launched on 19 April 1975 with Soviet assistance. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻā§āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻā§āĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§ā§Ģ āĻāύ⧰ ⧧⧝ āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϞāϤ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
6. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ? Which is the largest desert in India ?
A) āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°āĻž āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ / Sahara Desert B) āĻĨā§° āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ / Thar Desert C) āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋ āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ / Gobi Desert D) āĻāĻžāϞāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ / Kalahari Desert
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) āĻĨā§° āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ / Thar Desert
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Thar Desert, also called the Great Indian Desert, is mainly located in Rajasthan. (āĻĨā§° āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ Great Indian Desert āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻšā§ āĻ āĻāĻļ ā§°āĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤)