India Current
How many states are there in India?
Reverse all score
Team 1 = Team 2
Team 2 = Team 3
Team 3 = Team 4
Team 4 = Team 1
When did India become indepedent?
Aug 15, 1947
Zero to all teams
How many times India has won cricket world cup?
2 times
1983 - Kapil Dev
2011 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Delhi is located along what river?
Yamuna
What was the name of Goutam Buddha’s mother?
A. Goutami
B. Mahamaya
C. Yashodhara
D. Chelna
B. Mahamaya
National Sports Day is celebrated on
(a) 29th August
+500 for Team 4
Who was the first President of India?
Dr Rajendra Prasad
+500 for Team 1
Who was the last Mughal Emperor?
Bahadur Shah II
+500 for Team 2
Who was the man of the series in 2011 Cricket World Cup Series
(c) Yuvraj Singh
+500 for Team 3
What is the approx. GDP of India?
2.7 Trillion
Which was written first -- Ramayan or Mahabharat?
Ramayan -- about 1000 years before
Although Ramayan is setup about 10k years earlier than Mahabharat
Which one is the oldest football club in India
(a) Mohun Bagan A.C
(b) East Bengal F C
(c) Mohammedan S C
(d) Mahindra United
(a) Mohun Bagan A.C
What is the population density of India compared to the population density of US? (ratio or x times)
12 times
United States is about 3 times bigger than India.
India's population ~1.3 billion people, compared to US ~ 330m = approx. 4 times
Who was the first foreigner who invaded India/
A. Derious
B. Sikandar
C. Selyucus
D. Philip
A. Derious.
In which stadium Tendulkar completed his 100th Century
(a) Eden Garden
(b) Shere Bangla Stadium
(c) Firoz Shah Kotla Ground
(d) None of the above
(b) Shere Bangla Stadium
According to the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Sindhu Central University is to be established in which state / Union Territory?
[A] Ladakh
[B] Jammu and Kashmir
[C] Punjab
[D] Haryana
[A] Ladakh
What Indian language is considered the mother of all languages including European languages like Greek, German, etc.
Sanskrit
+1500 for all teams
Which cricketer scored a century in each of his first 3 Test matches
(a) Sunil Gavaskar
(b) Sourav Ganguly
(c) Rahul Dravid
(d) Mohd. Azharuddin
(d) Mohd. Azharuddin
What is the longest river passing through India?
Brahmaputra
Who was the first Indo-Greek king, who became Buddhist?
A. Antiochus II
B. Apollodotus I
C. Apollodotus II
D. Menander II
D. Menander II
Who was the man of the series in 1983 Cricket World Cup
(d) Mohinder Amarnath
-2000 for all teams
What Indian City is the Capital of Two states?
Chandigarh is capital of Punjab and Haryana both
Who became the first Indian and the first non-European to receive Nobel Prize for Literature?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Last Olympic gold medal won Indian Hockey Team at
(a) 1980 – Moscow Olympic
(b) 1964 - Japan Olympic
(c) 1972 - Munich
(d) 1992 – Barcelona, Spain
(a) 1980 Moscow Olympic
How many countries border India.
A. 9
B. 5
C. 8
D. 6
D.
6 countries - Pakistan, China, Myannmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan
What year Taj Mahal was made?
1632 AD, Shah Jahan commissioned and built it from 1632 to 1648 AD
Who is the youngest grandmaster in India
(a) V Anand
(b) Parimarjan Negi
(c) P Harikrishnan
(d) Koneru Humpy
(b) Parimarjan Negi
What is India's smallest state?
Goa
+500 for team 1 & 2
Who was the first Indian to travel in Space
A. Sunita Williams
B. Kalpna Chawla
C. Rakesh Sharma
D. Ravish Malhotra
C. Rakesh Sharma
In 1984, Indian Air Force pilot Rakesh Sharma made history by becoming the first Indian to travel to space. Mr Sharma was part of the Soviet Union's Soyuz T-11 expedition, which was launched on April 2, 1984.
Who is the first Indian woman athlete to received Padma Vibhushan award
(a) P.V. Sindhu
(b) Sakshi Malik
(c) Dipa Karmakar
(d) Mary Kom
(d) Mary Kom
Who was India's prime minister in 2006?
A. Atal Bihari Bajpai
B. Manmohan Singh
C. Narsimha Rao
D. H D Deve Gowda
B. Manmohan Singh
Who is the first Indian physicist to win a Nobel prize?
CV Raman
The player who was awarded with Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Padma Shri is
(a) Abhinav Bindra
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Prakash Padukone
(d) Pullela Gopichand
(d) Pullela Gopichand
+500 for team 3 & 4
Which Indian lunar probe found water on Moon?
Chadrayaan 1
Which monument was not built by Shah Jahan
A. Taj Mahal
B. Red Fort
C. Jama Masjid
D. Fateh Pur Sikri
D. Fateh Pur Sikri
Who is the only and first indian player to compete six Olympic Games
(a) Karni Singh
(b) Randhir Singh
(c) Leander Paes
(d) Mahesh Bhupati
(c) Leander Paes