◆ The mountain ranges run parallel to Bay of Bengal:
Eastern Ghats
◆ Mahabodhi Temple is situated at:
Bodh Gaya
◆ Where is Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute?
Kolkata
◆ Which state has the lowest population density as per 2011 Census?
Arunachal Pradesh
◆ Which Union Territory has the highest density of population as per 2011 census?
Delhi
◆ Where is Air Force Museum?
New Delhi
◆ Advanced Light Helicopter developed by India:
Dhruv
◆ Where is the headquarters of ISRO (Anthareeksh Bhavan)?
Bengaluru
◆ National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research is situated at:
Vasco da Gama (Goa)
◆ Where is National Institute of Ocean Technology:
Chennai
◆ Where is National Centre for Ocean and Information Services?
Hyderabad
◆ The public sector company that provides helicopter
services:
Pawan Hans
◆ The first green field air port in India:
Hyderabad
◆ Maharana Pratap airport is at:
Udaipur (Rajasthan)
◆ Which five year plan was called Mahalanobis model?
Second five year plan
◆ Where is Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library?
Patna
◆ The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission when India conducted its first
nuclear explosion:
Homi Sethna
◆ Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts is situated at:
New Delhi
◆ In which state is Pahari language is spoken:
Himachal Pradesh
◆ Which river originates near Nainital in Uttarakhand?
Ramganga
◆ Mahanadi originates from Raipur in ........:
Chhatisgarh
◆ The first paramilitary force in India to launch a women's battalion:
CRPF
◆ The headquarters of Assam Rifles which was formerly known as 'Cachar Levy':
Shillong
◆ Rapid Action Force was formed in:
1991
◆ CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) was established in:
1969
◆ The most suitable soil for the cultivation of rice:
Alluvial soil
◆ The most suitable soil for cotton cultivation:
Black soil
◆ Yellow Revolution is related to the increased production of:
Oil Seeds
◆ Indo Tibetan Border Police Force was established in:
1962
◆ Silver Revolution is related to the increased production of:
Egs
◆ The place where Steel and Iron work company started functioning in 1870:
Kulti
◆ The first large scale iron and steel factory in India was established in 1907 at:
Jamshedpur
◆ The south Indian city which is the hub of automobile industry:
Chennai
◆ Bhil tribe belongs to which Indian state:
Madhya Pradesh
◆ Which country has the largest cattle population?
India
◆ Kharif crops sow in which period?
June-July
◆ Harvest period of Kharif crops:
September- October
◆ Rabi Crops sow in which period:
October-December
◆ Harvest period of Rabi crops:
April-May
◆ The jute mills in India is mainly concentrated in about 98 km stretch on either banks of the river:
Hooghly
◆ The first modern silk manufacturing unit was started at ......... in 1832:
Howra
◆ The second largest agriculture based industry in India:
Sugar
◆ Gurgaon where the factory of Maruti Udyog Limited is situated is in the state of:
Haryana
◆ Whose birth day is observed as National Education Day (November 11)?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
◆ Kanchenjunga is in the state of
Sikkim
◆ Rann of Kutch is the part of
which Indian state?
Gujarat
◆ Which river flows through the Rann of Kutch?
Luni
◆ Which Indian mountain range has a triangular shape?
Satpura
◆ In 1686, which famous scientist explained the mechanism of monsoon?
Sir Edmund Halley
◆ Which is the only district through which Indus tlows in India?
Leh District (Jammu&Kashmir)
◆ Which river flows through
Srinagar & the Wular lake?
Jhelum
◆ Which is the largest tributary of the Indus?
Chenab
◆ Which river flows through the Chamba Valley?
Ravi
◆ Which river feeds the canal system of the Bhakra Nangal project?
Satluj
◆ Which are the two distributaries of Ganga in India?
Bhagirathi& Hugli
◆ Which is the western most and longest tributary of Ganga?
Yamuna
◆ Which river is known as the Sorrow of Bihar?
Koshi
◆ Which river was once known as 'the Sorrow of Bengal'?
Damodar
◆ Which river originates in the Chemayungdung glacier of Kailash range near the Manasarovar lake?
Brahmaputra
◆ Which is the important geographical line passing
through India?
Tropic of Cancer
◆ Which Indian Plateau is famous for the black cotton soil?
The Deccan Plateau
◆ Who was the first president of Indian Home Rule League founded in 1916?
Joseph Bapista
◆ Who became the president of the Provisional Government of India established in December
1915 in Kabul?
Raja Mahendra Pratap
◆ Who was the first general secretary of Indian National Congress?
A.O.Hume
◆ Who was the president of Indian National Congress when the resolution for complete independence was passed in the Lahore session in 1929?
Jawaharlal Nehru
◆ In which year Cripp's Mission visited India?
1942
◆ Who wrote 'Sare Jahan se Achcha'?
Muhammad Iqbal
◆ In which year Bhagat Singh was hanged?
1931
◆ Who founded Swatanthra Party in 1959?
C.Rajagopalachari
Socio - Religious Reform Movements
● Dev Samaj was founded by Shiv Narayan Agnihotri.
● The Theosophical Society was Established on 17 November 1875 at New York. The founders were Helena Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott.
● Annie Besant was the second President of The Theosophical Society from 1907 to 1933.
● Annie Besant set up Home Rule League in September 1916 with its seat at Adayar.
● In 1917, Annie Besant became the first woman President of the Indian National Congress. She was called the 'Grand old lady of Indian nationalism'.
● Veeresalingam founded Rajamundry Social Reform
Association in 1878.He was known as Raja Ram Mohun Roy of Andhra or Father of modern Andhra.
● Behramji M. Malabari was a Parsi reformer who founded Seva Sadan in 1885.
● Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Established Ahmadiyya Movement in Punjab on 23 March 1889.
● Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Established Muhammadan Anglo Oriental Collegiate School in 1875 which later became the Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.
● Ramakrishna Paramhamsa was known as Saint of Dak shineswar.
● Swami Vivekananda founded Ramakrishna Mission on Ist May 1897.
● Shah Walliullah founded Wahabi Movement
● Mahadev Govind Ranade was called the father of renaissance in Western India.
● Henry Vivian Derozio played the instrumental role in formation of the Young Bengal Movement.
● Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar is regarded as father of Bengali Prose.
● J.C. Bose is called the father Bengali science fiction.
● Nawab Abdul Latif Khan is regarded as the father of Muslim renaissance in India.
● Gopal Hari Deshmukh was popularly known as 'Lokahitawadi'.
● Baba Dayal Das founded the Nirankari Movement.
● Baba Ram Singh founded the Namdhari Movement
NEWSPAPERS& JOURNALS
Sambad Kaumudi (1819), Mirat-ul-Akbar(1822)
- Raja Ram Mohun Roy
Shome Prakash (1858)
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
New India (1914), Common Weal
- Annie Besant
Udbodhana (1899)
- Swami Vivekananda
Rast Goftar (1854)
- Dadabhai Naoroji
Indian Mirror (1862)
- Debendranath Tagore
Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq (1871)
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Deva Shahtra
- Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
Wake up India
- Annie Besant
Bahuvivah
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Precepts of Jesus
- Raja Ram Mohun Roy
Satyarth Prakash
- Dayanand Saraswati
Rigvedadi Bhashya Bhunmika
- Dayanand Saraswati
Brahmo Dharma
- Debendranath Tagore
Loyal Muhammadans of India
- Syed Ahmed Khan
How India Fought for Freedom
-Annie Besant
India and Her Problems
- Swami Vivekananda
NICKNAMES
Karmayogi Swami
- Vivekananda
Calvin of Hinduism
- Dayanand Saraswati
Raja Ram Mohun Roy of Andhra
- Veeresalingam
Vidyasagar of South India
- Veeresalingam
Grand old lady of Indian Nationalism
- Annie Besant