Q.1) Rabindranath Tagore has written national anthem for a.) India & Pakistan. b.) India & Bangladesh. c.) India & Nepal. d.) None of these.
Solution:
- Rabindranath Tagore originally composed as Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali in the year 1911. - First stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in its Hindi version was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950. - He wrote Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem for India, and Amar Sonar Bangla, the national anthem for Bangladesh.
Answer: (b) India & Bangladesh.
Q.2) Normal time taken to sing Indian National anthem. a.) 50 seconds. b.) 54 seconds. c.) 52 seconds. d.) 56 seconds.
Answer: (b) 52 seconds
Q.3) Indian National anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' was adopted in the year - a.) 1947 b.) 1911 c.) 1948 d.) 1950
Solution: - Rabindranath Tagore originally composed as Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali in the year 1911. - First stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in its Hindi version was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950.
Answer: (d) 1950
Q.4) India's national flag was first unfurled at a.) Red Fort (Lal Qila). b.) Parsee Bagan Square, Calcutta. c.) INC Nagpur Session. d.) None of the above.
Solution:
- The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on 15 August, 1947. - The National flag of India is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron (kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. The ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to three. In the centre of the white band is a navy blue wheel which represents the chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates to the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes. - The first national flag in India is said to have been hoisted on August 7, 1906,in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta now Kolkata
Answer: (b) Parsee Bagan Square, Calcutta.
Q.5) How many countries celebrate Independence day on 15th August a.) 7 b.) 4 c.) 3 d.) 5
Solution:
1. Congo - Aug 15 1960, Independence from France. 2. India - Aug 15 1947, Independence from UK. 3. Korea (North, South) - Aug 15, 1945 - Independence from Japan. 4. Bahrain - Aug 15, 1971 independence from Britain 5. Liechtenstein - Aug 15, 1866 Independence from German.
Answer (d) 5
Q.6) What was the sanskrit of present country name - India. a.) Indus b.) Indo c.) Aryavarta d.) Sindhu e.) Dravida Nadu
Solution:
Other than (e) - Rest are all other names of India:
India. Āryāvarta. Bhārata. Jambudvīpa. Nābhivarṣa. Hind, Hindustan. Tianzhu. Hodu.
Answer: (d) Sindhu
Q.7) The person who gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" could speak in how many languages?
A.) 2 B.) 5 C.) 4 D.) 3
Solution:
- "Inquilab Zindabad" was coined by the Urdu poet and Indian freedom fighter Maulana Hasrat Mohani in 1921. which translates to "Long live the revolution!". - The slogan was first raised by Bhagat Singh, born on 27 September 1907 who shouted it after bombing the Central Assembly in Delhi - Correction: person who raised the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" could speak in how many languages - English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi
Answer: ( C ) 4
Q.8) The Ashoka chakra at the centre of India's national flag represents -
Solution:
- The Ashoka Chakra is a depiction of the dharmachakra; represented with 24 spokes. It is so called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka, most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka.
Q.9) The person behind consolidation of India into into one nation.
A.) Mahatma Gandhi B.) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru C.) Sardar Vallabhai Patel D.) Dr. B. R Ambedkar
Solution:
- Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, popularly known as Sardar Patel, was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. - Sardar Patel famously called the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) the “steel frame” of India's government machinery. - Also known as Bismarck of India - consolidation of India into into one nation.
Answer: (C.) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Q.10) Who was chairman of Constituent Assembly?
A.) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar B.) Dr. Rajendra Prasad C.) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru D.) Vijayalakshmi Pandit.
Solution: - President of Constituent Assembly - Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Chairman - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Father of our Indian Constitution - Nehru - First Prime Minister of India
D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit. - first Indian woman to hold a cabinet post in pre-independent India. - first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Answer (A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
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