FACTS ABOUT INDIA

FACTS ABOUT INDIA

HERE ARE SOME OF IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT INDIA THAT CAN BE ASKED FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS DONE BY KERALA PSC AND UPSC

1.THE MOST POPULOUS DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD

A)   CHINA

B)  USA

C)  INDIA

D) GREECE

2.THE RANK OF INDIA BY LAND AREA AMONG THE NATIONS

A) 7TH

B) 2ND

C) 10TH

D) 12TH

3.NUMBER OF COUNTRIES THAT INDIA SHARES LAND BORDER

A) 9
B) 7
C) 11
D) 10

4.THE IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHICAL LINE PASSES THROUGH INDIA

A) TROPIC OF CAPRICON
B) TROPIC OF CANCER
C) EQUATOR
D) NORTH POLE

5.SECOND LARGEST STATE OF INDIA

A) UTTAR PRADESH
B) MAHARASHTRA
C) KERALA
D) MADHYA PRADESH

6.INDIAN STATE WHICH HAS THE MAXIMUM COASTLINE

A) MAHARASHTRA
B) GUJARATH
C) KARNATAKA
D) ORISSA

7.THE NUMBER OF BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS IN INDIA

A) 6
B) 8
C) 3
D) 7

8.TOTAL NUMBER OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN INDIA

A) 18
B) 26
C) 31
D) 29

9.THE YEAR IN WHICH THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT ENACTED

A) 1983
B) 1976
C) 1982
D) 1972

10. INDIA'S LARGEST PUBLIC BROADCASTER

A) AKASHVANI
B) DOOR DARSHAN
C) PRASAR BHARTI
D) MTNL

11.THE YEAR IN WHICH ALL INDIA RADIO WAS ESTABLISHED

A) 1927
B) 1929
C) 1934
D) 1936

12.BSNL WAS INSTITUTED IN

A) 2000
B) 2001
C) 2002
D) 2003

13.THE 'MINERAL STATE' OF INDIA

A) JHARKHAND
B) BIHAR
C) ODISHA
D) CHATTISGARH

14.AVERAGE RAINFAL OF INDIA

A) 1,100 mm
B) 9,80 mm
C) 6,10 mm
D) 1.300 mm

15.MAJOR CRUDE OIL RESERVE OF INDIA IS....

A) DIGBOI
B) MUMBAI HIGH
C) EAST GODAVARI
D) JADUGUDA

16.LARGEST OIL COMPANY OF INDIA

A) HP
B) INDIAN OIL
C) RELIANCE
D) ONGC

17.INDIA'S MAJOR PRODUCTION CENTRE OF NATUARAL GAS

A) MUMBAI HIGH
B) DIGBOI
C) KRISHNA GODAVARI BASIN
D) ANKALESHWAR

18.THE LAKE IN MANIPUR WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR ITS FLOATING ISLANDS

A) WULAR
B) DAL
C) LOKTAK
D) KOLLERU

19.LARGEST LAKE IN INDIA

A) PULICAT
B) CHILKA LAKE
C) NAL SAROVAR
D) KOLLERU

20.CHILKA LAKE IS AT THE MOUTH OF THE ...... RIVER

A) MAHANADI
B) KRISHNA
C) DAYA
D) GODAVARI

21.THE BIRD SANCTUARY SITUATED IN CHILKA LAKE

A) NALBANA
B) NANDANKANAN
C) THATTEKKADU
D) RANTHAMBORE

22.IN WHICH CITY IS THE HUSSAIN SAGAR LAKE

A) MEERUT
B) HYDERABAD
C) BELGAM
D) AHMEDABAD

23.THE ISLAND IN WHICH SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE  IS SITUATED

A) WHEELER
B) CHANDIPUR
C) SRIHARIKOTA
D) ELEPHANTA

24.INDIAS LARGEST FRESH WATER LAKE

A) PULICAT
B) WULAR
C) DAL
D) NAL SAROVAR

25.THE RIVER WHICH FEDS WULAR LAKE

A) JHELUM
B) INDUS
C) CHENAB
D) SATLAJ

26.THE UGC WAS  SET UP IN THE YEAR

A) 1956
B) 1948
C) 1954
D) 1958

27.MAGNA CARTA OF ENGLISH EDUCATION IN INDIA

A) MECALE'S MINUTES
B) HUNTER COMMISSION
C) PARNEL COMMISSION
D) WOOD'S DESPATCH

28.FIRST OPEN UNIVERSITY IN INDIA

A) DELHI UNIVERSITY
B) ANDHRA PRADESH OPEN UNIVERSITY
C) IGNOU
D) DH PATEL UNIVERSITY

29.THE FIRST INDIAN UNIVERSITY TO START DISTANT EDUCATION

A) JNU
B) IGNOU
C) DELHI UNIVERSITY
D) MADURAJ KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY

30.THE ONLY TIDAL PORT IN INDIA

A) ENNORE
B) PARADWEEP
C) KANDLA
D) HOOGHLY

ANSWERS

1. C
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. C
11. D
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. D
17. A
18. C
19. B
20. C
21. A
22. B
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. A
27. D
28. B
29. C
30. C