India General Knowledge Quiz

Who led the Green Revolution in India in the 1960s?

• Verghese Kurein

• Norman Borlaug

• M.S. Swaminathan

• Virendra Lal Chopra

In which year Indira Gandhi became the first woman Prime Minister of India?

• 1960

• 1959

• 1967

• 1966

What was the name of the committee replaced by ISRO in 1969?

• Indian National Committee for Space Research

• National Committee for Space Research

• International Committee for Space Research

• International Committee for Space Research

Who were the Chief Coordinators of Pokhran-II Tests conducted in 1998?

• Dr. Homi Bhabha and Dr. Abdul Kalam

• Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Abdul Kalam

• Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Dr. R. Chidambaram

• Dr. R. Chidambaram and Dr. Homi Bhabha

In which year the first Lok Sabha elections held in India?

• 1950

• 1952

• 1949

• 1953

India signed Panchsheel with which country?

• Russia

• Pakistan

• United States of America

• China

Air India was nationalised under which act?

• Air Corporations Act, 1953

• Air Corporations Act, 1952

• Air Corporations Act, 1950

• Air Corporations Act, 1954

When was State Bank of India founded?

• 1950

• 1951

• 1954

• 1955

For how many months Emergency was imposed in India by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi?

• 22 months

• 23 months

• 21 months

• 25 months

Which of the following became the 26th State of India?

• Chhattisgarh

• Jharkhand

• Uttarakhand

• Telangana