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1. Who is the Father of our Nation? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi 2. Who was the first President of India? Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad 3. Who is known as Father of Indian Constitution? Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 4. Which is the most sensitive organ in our body? Answer: Skin 5. Giddha is the folk dance of? Answer: Punjab 6. Who was the first Prime Minister of India? Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. 7. Which is the heavier metal of these two? Gold or Silver? Answer: Gold 8. Who invented Computer? Answer: Charles Babbage 9. 1024 Kilobytes is equal to? Answer: 1 Megabyte (MB) 10. Brain of computer is? Answer: CPU 11. India lies in which continent? Answer: Asia 12. Which country are the Giza Pyramids in? Answer: The Giza Pyramids are in Egypt. 13. What city is the statue of liberty in? Answer: The statue of liberty is in New York City14. How many Cricket world cups does India have? Answer: India has two cricket world cups. 15. Martyrs’ Day is celebrated every year on? Answer: 30th January 16. Name the first 3 planets in our solar system? Answer: The first 3 planets in our solar system are mercury, venus, and earth. 17. Which is the longest river on the earth? Answer: Nile18. Gir National Park in Gujarat is famous for? Answer: Lion 19. Which animal has hump on its back? Answer: Camel 20. Name 3 root vegetables? Answer: Beets, carrots, and radish are root vegetables. 21. Name the game which is played with bat, ball and wicket? Answer: Cricket 22. Smallest state of India is? Answer: Goa 23. Fastest animal on earth is? Answer: Cheetah 24. Which is the animal referred as the ship of the desert? Answer: Camel 25. Which plant grows in desert? Answer: Cactus 26. Highest dam of India is? Answer: Tehri Dam 27. The total distance around a figure is called its? Answer: Perimeter 28. A figure with 8 sides is called? Answer: Octagon 29. What colour symbolises peace? Answer: The colour white symbolises peace. 30. National Tree of India is? Answer: Banyan tree 31. Which flower is white in colour? Answer: Jasmine 32. Agra is situated on the bank of river? Answer: Yamuna 33. Baby of horse is called? Answer: Colt 34. National animal of India Answer: Tiger 35. Shape of Egg is? Answer: Oval 36. Most widely spoken language in the world is? Answer: Mandarin (Chinese) 37. Which insect has colourful wings? Answer: Butterfly 38. Who wrote Romeo and Juliet? Answer: William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet. 39. Cry of lion is called? Answer: Roar 40. Name any reptile? Answer: A lizard is a reptile. 41. Cataract is the disease of? Answer: Eyes 42. Which organ purify our blood? Answer: Kidney 43. Who wrote the National Anthem – Jana Gana Mana? Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore 44. How many colours are there in India’s National Flag? Answer: Three 45. Gateway of India is located at? Answer: Mumbai 46. Who was Albert Einstein? Answer: Albert Einstein was a famous scientist. 47. What crop is famously grown in the region of Darjeeling? Answer: The region of Darjeeling is known to grow Tea leaves. 48. Capital of Uttarakhand is? Answer: Dehradun 49. When do we celebrate our Independence Day? Answer: 15th August 50. Sun is a? Answer: Star51. Which planet is nearest to Earth? Answer: Venus 52. We get solar energy from? Answer: Sun 53. What islands are a part of the country of India? Answer: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands belong to India. 54. Where does a dog live? Answer: Kennel 55. Which animal is called the ship of the desert? Answer: Camel 56. Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of? Answer: Iodine 57. Who was George Washington? Answer: George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. 58. Longest river in the world is? Answer: Nile 59. How many players are there in a cricket team? Answer: 11 60. Largest island in the world is? Answer: Green Land 61. Which president of the USA is responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation? Answer: Abraham Lincoln is responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation. 62. LBW is related to which sports? Answer: Cricket 63. Young one of a cat is called? Answer: Kitten 64. Which African nation is famous for chocolate? Answer: The nation of Ghana is world famous for chocolate. 65. Saina Nehwal is associated with which sports? Answer: Badminton 66. How many days are there in a Leap year? Answer: 366 67. Olylmpics games are held after every? Answer: 4 years 68. How many sides are there in a pentagon? Answer: 5 69. What is King Arthur’s sword called? Answer: King Arthur’s sword was called Excalibur. 70. A place where bees are kept is called? Answer: Aviary 71. Which is the biggest sea animal? Answer: Dolphin 72. Who is the founder of Microsoft? Answer: Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft. 73. Who discovered Penicillin? Answer: Alexander Flemming 74. Who was popularly known as Netaji? Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose 75. Which country does the company Sony come from? Answer: Sony comes from the nation of Japan. 76. Scientific study of birds is called? Answer: Ornithology 77. Who is the author of the book – Broken Wing? Answer: Sarojini Naidu 78. Largest desert in the world is? Answer: Sahara desert 79. In which direction does the sun rise? Answer: The sun rises from the east. 80. Kuchipudi is the dance form of which state? Answer: Andhra Pradesh 81. Who was Margaret Thatcher? Answer: Margaret Thatcher was a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 82. United Nation (UN) day is celebrated on? Answer: 24th October 83. In which season we wear warm clothes? Answer: Winter 84. Which bird can not fly? Answer: Ostrich 85. We should cross the road when the traffic light is? Answer: Green 86. Place where animals and birds are kept? Answer: Zoo 87. In which festival we play with colours? Answer: Holi 88. Which fruit gives us oil? Answer: Coconut 89. Which jungle is the most dense in the world? Answer: The Amazon is the densest jungle in the world. 90. The national song Answer: Vande Mataram 91. The national bird is Answer: Peacock 92. The national fruit is Answer: Mango 93. National Education Day Answer: 11 Nov. 94. Children’s Day Answer: 14 Nov. 95. Teacher’s Day Answer: 5 September 96. Which place is known as tea garden of India Answer: Assam 97. Which is the smallest bird ? Answer: Humming Bird 98. Which is the largest ocean in the world ? Answer: Pacific Ocean 99. Which is India’s largest fresh water lake? Answer: Wular Lake 100. Which is the tallest waterfall in the world ? Answer: Angel Falls 101. What does UPS stand for? Answer: Uninterrupted Power Supply 102. Name the four metropolitan cities of India Answer: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi 103. Name the birthplace of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Answer: Cuttack in Odisha 104. What is the boiling point of water? Answer: 100 degree is the boiling point of water. 105. Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of which states? Answer: Gujarat 106. Which state has taken up Sanskrit as an official language? Answer: Uttarakhand 107. Name the first female Indian Astronaut Answer: Kalpana Chawla 108. Who was the first Indian to go to space? Answer: Rakesh Sharma 109. Who was India’s longest serving Prime Minister? Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru 110. Which is the smallest continent? Answer: Australia 111. Who invented the telephone? Answer: Alexander Graham Bell 112. Which acid is found in lemon? Answer: Citric Acid 113. What is India’s form of Governance? Answer: Democracy114. How many states does India have? Answer: 29 115. Who was the first Indian Woman to climb Mount Everest? Answer: Bachendri Pal 116. ‘Madhubani’, a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India? Answer: Bihar 117. Australia lies between which two oceans? Answer: The Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean 118. Name the 14th President of India Answer: Ram Nath Kovind 119. Which Indian woman was the first to win the Nobel Prize? Answer: Mother Teresa 120. Who was the inventor of the light bulb? Answer: Thomas Edison 121. Who is the Finance Minister of India? Answer: Arun Jaitley 122. What is the national game of USA? Answer: Baseball 123. What is the full form of NEWS? Answer: North East West South 124. What is the full form of AM and PM? Answer: Ante Meridiem and After Midday 125. Who is the Vice President of India? Answer: Venkaiah Naidu 126. Name the lightest gas Answer: Hydrogen 127. Who wrote Panchatantra? Answer: Vishnu Sharma 128. Who was the first Indian to have won the Nobel Prize? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore 129. Name the region that has the oldest rocks Answer: Aravalli 130. Name the highest mountain peak of India Answer: Mount Kanchenjunga 131. Entomology is the science that studies Answer: Insect 132. How many layers are there in Earth’s atmosphere? Answer: 5 133. Name the biggest planet in our solar system Answer: Jupiter 134. Which is the largest plateau in the world? Answer: Tibetan Plateau 135. What is the order of the planets in the Solar System? Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune 136. Who invented the Television? Answer: John Logie Baird 137. Where is the Ajanta caves situated? Answer: Maharashtra 138. What is the name of India and Pakistan’s border? Answer: Radcliffe Line 139. What is the ratio of width to the length of National Flag of India? Answer: 2:3 140. Which gas commonly known as laughing gas Answer: Nitrous oxide 141. Gandhi Ji started the Dandi March in which year? Answer: 1930 142. What is the study of Universe known as? Answer: Cosmology 143. Why are the leaves of a plant so important? Answer: They produce food for the plant through photosynthesis 144. The famous Ganga Sagar Mela an annual fair is held in which state of India? Answer: West Bengal 145. Who is considered the founder of the Sikh religion? Answer: Guru Nanak 146. Who was known as the Indian Napoleon? Answer: Samudragupta 147. Who gave the slogan Do or Die? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi 148. What is the distance between Earth and Sun? Answer: 149.6 Million km 149. Which is the largest country in the world based on the area? Answer: Russia 150. What is the most spoken language in the world? Answer: Mandarin or Chinese 151. Which is the longest river in the world? Answer: Nile 152. Which is the largest bone in the human body? Answer: Femur, also known as the thighbone 153. Which is the first biosphere reserve in India? Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve 154. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India? Answer: Wular Lake 155. What is the full form of HTTP? Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol 156. Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Answer: Mars 157. Place these shapes in order of how many sides they have—square, triangle, octagon, and hexagon? Answer: Triangle, square, hexagon, octagon 158. Who discovered the theory of relativity? Answer: Albert Einstein 159. When is Hindi Diwas celebrated? Answer: September 14th of every year 160. What is the script for Hindi language? Answer: Devanagari 161. Who was the most sought-after social reformer after the end of Sati? Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy 162. What is the name of our galaxy? Answer: Milk Mekhela also known as the Milky Way 163. What is the percentage of water on the floor of our planet? Answer: 71 percent 164. When is Earth Day celebrated? Answer: April 22nd of each year 165. Which is the longest and shortest river in India? Answer: Brahmaputra and Tapi, respectively. 166. Name the metals known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation? Answer: Copper, bronze, silver and gold 167. Who was the first female Governor of an Indian State? Answer: Sarojini Naidu 168. Jhum cultivation is a method of cultivation which is used to be practised in which state? Answer: Nagaland 169. Which planet is the coldest planet in our solar system? Answer: Neptune 170. Who was the first Muslim lady to rule the Delhi Throne? Answer: Razia Sultana 171. Where will you find the largest museum of India? Answer: Chennai.