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1) What is the number of states in India?
a) 14
b) 16
c) 25
d) 29

2) Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Bombay
c) Madhya Bharat
d) Meghalaya

3) When was Burma was separated from India?
a) 1948
b) 1901
c) 1937
d) 1945

4) When did India become a republic?
a) 1935
b) 1947
c) 1950
d) 1961

5) Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960?
a) Bombay
b) Madras
c) Mysore
d) Hyderabad

6) Who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India?
a) R. Venkataraman
b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
c) N. Sanjeeva Reddy
d) K. R. Narayanan

Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai in New Delhi, signing the “New Delhi” declaration during a visit by US president Jimmy Carter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

7) What was the age of Morarji Desai when he became the Prime Minister?
a) 45
b) 56
c) 81
d) 96

8) How was Tamil Nadu known?
a) Mysore
b) Madras
c) Bombay
d) Hyderabad

9) Which is the capital of Kerala?
a) Calicut
b) Cochin
c) Ooty
d) Thiruvananthapuram

The Great scientist and the father of missile technology in India as well as the former Indian President Dr. Abul Pakir Jainul Abedin Abdul Kalam. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

10) Nagaland was separated from which state?
a) Orissa
b) Punjab
c) West Bengal
d) Assam

11) Which is the smallest state in terms of area?
a) Punjab
b) Sikkim
c) Goa
d) Tripura

12) Where is the tomb of Akbar?
a) Delhi
b) Sikandra.
c) Lahore
d) Fatehpur Sikri

13) Which is the national animal of India?
a) Elephant
b) Deer
c) Cow
d) Tiger

14) Which is the national flower of India?
a) Lotus
b) Rose
c) Marigold
d) Sunflower

Lal Bahadur Shastri (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

15) Who founded Indian National Congress?
a) W. C. Banerjee
b) A. O. Hume
c) Annie Besant
d) Motilal Nehru

16) Which former Indian Prime Minister’s birthday is on December 25?
a) Rajiv Gandhi
b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
d) P. V. Narasimha Rao

17) Which state was known as North East Frontier Agency?
a) Mizoram
b) Tripura
c) Manipur
d) Arunachal Pradesh

Photograph of S. Radhakrishnan taken at a reception in Stockholm, 1949. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

18) Which state or union territory has French as an official language?
a) Goa
b) Lakshadweep
c) Pondicherry
d) Diu and Daman

19) Which is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir?
a) Kashmiri
b) Dogri
c) Pahari
d) Urdu

20) Which state became part of India in 1975?
a) Goa
b) Manipur
c) Tripura
d) Sikkim

21) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule?
a) Ooty
b) Simla
c) Pachmarhi
d) Matheran

Annie Besant (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

22) Who was the only Indian Governor General?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) C. Rajagopalachari
d) S. Radhakrishnan

23) Which Prime Minister could not prove his majority in Lok Sabha in May 1996?
a) V. P. Singh
b) P. V. Narasimha Rao
c) Atal Behari Vajpayee
d) Deve Gowda

24) Which of the following religions did not originate in India?
a) Hinduism
b) Jainism
c) Buddhism
d) Judaism

25) When did Rabindranath Tagore die?
a) 1936
b) 1941
c) 1948
d) 1952

India Quiz Questions and Answers

C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) speaking at a public meeting (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) What is the number of states in India?
d) 29

2) Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language?
a)Andhra Pradesh

3) When was Burma was separated from India?
c)1937

4) When did India become a republic?
c)1950

5) Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960?
a)Bombay

6) Who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India?
c)N. Sanjeeva Reddy

7) What was the age of Morarji Desai when he became the Prime Minister?
c)81

8) How was Tamil Nadu known?
b)Madras

Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

9) Which is the capital of Kerala?
d)Thiruvananthapuram

10) Nagaland was separated from which state?
d)Assam

11) Which is the smallest state in terms of area?
c)Goa

12) Where is the tomb of Akbar?
b)Sikandra

13) Which is the national animal of India?
d)Tiger

14) Which is the national flower of India?
a)Lotus

15) Who founded Indian National Congress?
b)A. O. Hume

16) Which former Indian Prime Minister’s birthday is on December 25?
b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee

17) Which state was known as North East Frontier Agency?
d)Arunachal Pradesh

18) Which state or union territory has French as an official language?
c)Pondicherry

19) Which is the official language of Jammu and Kashmir?
d)Urdu

20) Which state became part of India in 1975?
d)Sikkim

21) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule?
b)Simla

22) Who was the only Indian Governor General?
c)C. Rajagopalachari

23) Which Prime Minister could not prove his majority in Lok Sabha in May 1996?
c)Atal Behari Vajpayee

24) Which of the following religions did not originate in India?
d)Judaism

25) When did Rabindranath Tagore die?
b)1941