36. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal in badminton?
a) P.V. Sindhu
b) Saina Nehwal
c) Sania Mirza
d) Jwala Gutta
The correct answer: a) P.V. Sindhu

37. Which is the largest zoological park in India?
a) Mysore Zoo
b) Arignar Anna Zoological Park
c) Nandankanan Zoological Park
d) Sanjay Gandhi National Park
The correct answer: b) Arignar Anna Zoological Park

38. Who is known as the “Light of Asia”?
a) Gautama Buddha
b) Mahavira
c) Guru Nanak
d) Adi Shankara
The correct answer: a) Gautama Buddha

39. Which is the largest museum in India?
a) National Museum, Delhi
b) Indian Museum, Kolkata
c) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
d) Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
The correct answer: b) Indian Museum, Kolkata

40. Who is known as the “Wizard of Hockey” in India?
a) Dhyan Chand
b) Major Dhyan Chand
c) Balbir Singh Sr.
d) Sardar Singh
The correct answer: b) Major Dhyan Chand

41. Which Indian state is known for its beautiful hill station, Shimla?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Sikkim
The correct answer: a) Himachal Pradesh

42. Who is known as the “King of Bollywood”?
a) Shah Rukh Khan
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) Aamir Khan
d) Salman Khan
The correct answer: a) Shah Rukh Khan

43. Which of the following is the largest producer of tea in India?
a) Assam
b) Kerala
c) West Bengal
d) Tamil Nadu
The correct answer: a) Assam

44. Which of the following is the largest producer of cotton in India?
a) Maharashtra
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan
The correct answer: c) Gujarat

45. The Taj Mahal is located in which city of India?
a) Jaipur
b) Agra
c) Varanasi
d) Lucknow
The correct answer: b) Agra

46. Which state is known as the “Land of the Gods”?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Rajasthan
The correct answer: b) Uttarakhand

47. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is associated with which sport?
a) Football
b) Hockey
c) Tennis
d) Cricket
The correct answer: d) Cricket

48. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”?
a) Punjab
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Maharashtra
The correct answer: a) Punjab

49. Who is the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
a) Arunima Sinha
b) Santosh Yadav
c) Bachendri Pal
d) Premlata Agarwal
The correct answer: c) Bachendri Pal

50. Which Indian city is known as the “City of Lakes”?
a) Udaipur
b) Jaipur
c) Bhopal
d) Jodhpur
The correct answer: a) Udaipur

51. Which is the largest mangrove forest in India?
a) Bhitarkanika Mangroves
b) Sundarbans
c) Pichavaram Mangrove Forest
d) Gulf of Kutch
The correct answer: b) Sundarbans

52. What is the capital of India?
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) New Delhi
d) Chennai
The correct answer: c) New Delhi

53. What is the name of the river that flows through Delhi?
a) Yamuna River
b) Ganga River
c) Brahmaputra River
d) Indus River
The correct answer: a) Yamuna River

54. Which city is known as the IT capital of India?
a) Mumbai
b) Hyderabad
c) Bangalore
d) Chennai
The correct answer: c) Bangalore

55. What is the name of the famous mosque that is located in Delhi?
a) Taj Mahal
b) Qutub Minar
c) Jama Masjid
d) Hawa Mahal
The correct answer: c) Jama Masjid

56. What is the name of the famous tower that is located in Delhi?
a) Qutub Minar
b) Hawa Mahal
c) Red Fort
d) Jama Masjid
The correct answer: a) Qutub Minar

57. Which Indian festival marks the victory of good over evil and is known for the burning of effigies of the demon king Ravana?
a) Diwali
b) Holi
c) Dussehra
d) Navratri
The correct answer: c) Dussehra

58. Which is the largest market in Delhi?
a) Connaught Place
b) Sarojini Nagar Market
c) Khan Market
d) Chandni Chowk
The correct answer: d) Chandni Chowk

59. What is the name of the famous airport that is located in Delhi?
a) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
b) Indira Gandhi International Airport
c) Chennai International Airport
d) Mumbai International Airport
The correct answer: b) Indira Gandhi International Airport

60. Which Indian boxer won the first ever Olympic gold medal for India in boxing?
a) Mary Kom
b) Vijender Singh
c) Akhil Kumar
d) Amit Panghal
The correct answer: a) Mary Kom

61. Which Indian athlete won the first ever Olympic medal for India in athletics?
a) Milkha Singh
b) Anju Bobby George
c) P.T. Usha
d) Hima Das
The correct answer: c) P.T. Usha

62. Which Indian team won the first ever cricket World Cup for India?
a) 1992 team
b) 1983 team
c) 2007 team
d) 2011 team
The correct answer: b) 1983 team

63. Which Indian team won the first ever hockey World Cup for India?
a) 1975 team
b) 1982 team
c) 1986 team
d) 1990 team
The correct answer: a) 1975 team

64. Which Indian team won the first ever Kabaddi World Cup for India?
a) 2007 team
b) 2010 team
c) 2014 team
d) 2016 team
The correct answer: c) 2014 team

65. In which year did the Battle of Plassey take place, leading to British control over Bengal?
a) 1765
b) 1774
c) 1782
d) 1757
The correct answer: d) 1757

66. The ancient university of Nalanda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in which present-day Indian state?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
The correct answer: b) Bihar

67. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is associated with which sport?
a) Cricket
b) Football
c) Hockey
d) Tennis
The correct answer: a) Cricket

68. Which sport is known as the national sport of India?
a) Cricket
b) Football
c) Hockey
d) Tennis
The correct answer: c) Hockey

69. Which Indian badminton player won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics?
a) Saina Nehwal
b) PV Sindhu
c) Jwala Gutta
d) Ashwini Ponnappa
The correct answer: b) PV Sindhu

70. Which city hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India?
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Chennai
d) Kolkata
The correct answer: a) Delhi

71. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in wrestling?
a) Geeta Phogat
b) Babita Phogat
c) Vinesh Phogat
d) Sakshi Malik
The correct answer: d) Sakshi Malik

72. Who won the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup for India in 1983?
a) Kapil Dev
b) Sunil Gavaskar
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Rahul Dravid
The correct answer: a) Kapil Dev

73. In which sport did Abhinav Bindra win India’s first individual Olympic gold medal?
a) Shooting
b) Archery
c) Weightlifting
d) Boxing
The correct answer: a) Shooting

74. Who is the captain of the Indian cricket team as of 2021?
a) Rohit Sharma
b) KL Rahul
c) Virat Kohli
d) Shikhar Dhawan
The correct answer: c) Virat Kohli

75. Which Indian athlete is known as the “Flying Sikh”?
a) PT Usha
b) Milkha Singh
c) Dutee Chand
d) Hima Das
The correct answer: b) Milkha Singh

76. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics?
a) Dipa Karmakar
b) PV Sindhu
c) Mary Kom
d) Saina Nehwal
The correct answer: a) Dipa Karmakar

77. Who is the most successful Indian boxer with an Olympic bronze medal and a World Championship gold medal?
a) Vijender Singh
b) Mary Kom
c) Amit Panghal
d) Gaurav Bidhuri
The correct answer: b) Mary Kom

78. Who is the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Paralympic Games?
a) Deepa Malik
b) Sakina Khatun
c) Bhavina Patel
d) Mariyappan Thangavelu
The correct answer: c) Bhavina Patel

79. Who is the first Indian female athlete to win an Olympic silver medal in weightlifting?
a) Karnam Malleswari
b) Saina Nehwal
c) PV Sindhu
d) Mary Kom
The correct answer: a) Karnam Malleswari

80. Which Indian footballer became the first from the country to play in a top-tier European league?
a) Sunil Chhetri
b) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
c) Sandesh Jhingan
d) Baichung Bhutia
The correct answer: b) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

81. Which Mughal emperor was known as “Alamgir,” meaning “Conqueror of the World”?
a) Akbar
b) Aurangzeb
c) Shah Jahan
d) Babur
The correct answer: b) Aurangzeb

82. The term “Lokpal” refers to which anti-corruption ombudsman in India?
a) People’s Watchdog
b) Citizen Guardian
c) Public Protector
d) National Safeguard
The correct answer: c) Public Protector

83. What is the name of the Indian space agency?
a) ISRO
b) NASA
c) ESA
d) CNSA
The correct answer: a) ISRO

84. The ‘Black Pagoda,’ an ancient sun temple, is located in which Indian state?
a) Odisha
b) Karnataka
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Gujarat
The correct answer: a) Odisha

85. Who wrote the famous Indian epic, “Ramayana”?
a) Vyasa
b) Tulsidas
c) Valmiki
d) Kalidasa
The correct answer: c) Valmiki

86. Who was the first Indian woman to become a commercial pilot?
a) Kalpana Chawla
b) Indira Nooyi
c) Sarla Thakral
d) Sucheta Kriplani
The correct answer: c) Sarla Thakral

87. The Gateway of India, a historic monument, is located in which city?
a) Kolkata
b) Mumbai
c) Delhi
d) Chennai
The correct answer: b) Mumbai

88. Who wrote the famous Indian epic, “Mahabharata”?
a) Vyasa
b) Valmiki
c) Tulsidas
d) Kalidasa
The correct answer: a) Vyasa

89. Who was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India?
a) Fatima Beevi
b) Anna Chandy
c) Leila Seth
d) M. Fathima Beevi
The correct answer: d) M. Fathima Beevi

90. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
a) T.N. Seshan
b) Sukumar Sen
c) R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
d) Vasudev Kalkarni
The correct answer: b) Sukumar Sen

91. Who was the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Prize?
a) Mother Teresa
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Aung San Suu Kyi
d) Malala Yousafzai
The correct answer: a) Mother Teresa

92. Which national park is located in Assam?
a) Kaziranga National Park
b) Sundarbans National Park
c) Ranthambore National Park
d) Kanha National Park
The correct answer: a) Kaziranga National Park

93. Who was the first Indian to travel in space?
a) Kalpana Chawla
b) Sunita Williams
c) Rakesh Sharma
d) Ravish Malhotra
The correct answer: c) Rakesh Sharma

94. Who composed the national song ‘Vande Mataram’?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
c) Muhammad Iqbal
d) Kavi Pradeep
The correct answer: b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

95. Who was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
a) Vikram Seth
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Aravind Adiga
d) Kiran Desai
The correct answer: b) Arundhati Roy

96. Which national park is located in West Bengal?
a) Jim Corbett National Park
b) Ranthambore National Park
c) Sundarbans National Park
d) Bandipur National Park
The correct answer: c) Sundarbans National Park

97. Who was the first Chief Minister of Delhi?
a) Sheila Dikshit
b) Madan Lal Khurana
c) Sahib Singh Verma
d) Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
The correct answer: d) Chaudhary Brahm Prakash

98. Who started the Self-Respect Movement?
a) B.R. Ambedkar
b) Jyotirao Phule
c) Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
d) Narayana Guru
The correct answer: c) Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

99. Who was popularly known as Lokmanya Tilak?
a) C. Rajagopalachari
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
The correct answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

100. Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
a) Mavalankar
b) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
c) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
d) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
The correct answer: c) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

101. Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
a) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
b) Jayaprakash Narayan
c) Medha Patkar
d) Sunderlal Bahuguna
The correct answer: a) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

102. Who was India’s first Minister of Finance?
a) C.D. Deshmukh
b) John Mathai
c) Liaquat Ali Khan
d) R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
The correct answer: d) R.K. Shanmukham Chetty