India Quiz Questions and Answers

1) What is the number of states in India?
d) 28
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 Maharashtraand 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
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 hismajority 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