Famous Inventions and Inventors

1.Who is the inventor of the Telephone?

2. Who invented the Light Bulb?

3. The Steam engine was invented by ____________________.

4. Who invented the Aeroplane?

5. Who was the inventor of Video games?

6. Who is the inventor of the Computer?

7. Who, along with Robert Cailliau, invented the World Wide Web (WWW)?

8. _________________________ invented the mobile phone.

9. Who invented the ceiling fan?

10. Who was the inventor of the postage stamp?

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History of India
1. Who is also known as the Iron Man of India?

2. Who founded the Indian National Army?

3. Who was the second Prime Minister of India?

4. Who is known as the Father of India?

5. Who is the chief architect of the Indian Constitution?

6. India adopted the Constitution on

7. Name the historical monument of India below: ______

8. Every year on the Independence Day of India, the Prime Minister hoists
the Indian “tricolor flag” on the gate of this historical fort: ______

9. The first woman Prime Minister of India, _____ is also called the Mother
of India.
10. Quit India Movement was started by _______.

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Biggest, Tallest, Smallest, Longest In The
World
1. Name the tallest building in the world.

2. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?

3. Which is the tallest animal in the world?

4. Name the longest river in the world.

5. Which is the biggest and deepest ocean in the world?

6. Which is the smallest bird in the world?

7. Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?

8. Which animal is the fastest runner in the world?

9. Which is the smallest country in the world?

10.Which is the world’s biggest sea animal?

11.Which is the fastest bird in the world?

12.Which is the smallest continent in the world?

13.Which is the world’s longest railway platform?

14.Which is the highest waterfall in the world?

15.Which is the world’s tallest monument?

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Important Dates & Days of Indian History
1. Television was introduced in India in the year ___________.

2. In which year was Subhash Chandra Bose born?

3. When did Ashoka conquer Kalinga?

4. In which year did Vasco da Gama land in India?

5. When did India become an independent nation?

6. Which day is celebrated as Children’s Day in India?

7. India became a Republic on ______________.

8. In which year did Chandra Gupta Maurya establish the Maurya Empire?

9. When was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj born?

10. In which year did the Quit India Movement start?

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National Symbols
1. The national animal of India is _______.

2. The national bird of India is _______.

3. The national fruit of India is _______.

4. The national tree of India is _______.

5. The national flower of India is ______.

6. National Anthem of India is

7. Jana-Gana-Mana was originally composed in

8. National Song of India was written by

9. How many Asiatic Lions are there in the State Emblem of India?

10. National Song of India is

11. National aquatic animal of India is

12. National River of India is

13. National Currency of India is

14. National Reptile of India is

15. National Heritage Animal of India is

16. National Vegetable of India is

17. Which of these is widely considered as the National Game of India

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 18. National Calendar of India is

List Of Firsts In India

1. Who was the first President of India?

2. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?

3. Who was the first Indian to travel to space?

4. Who was the first Indian pilot?

5. Who was the first Home Minister of India?

6. Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?

7. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss World contest?

8. Who was the first Chief Justice of India of the apex court, Supreme Court?

9. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna?

10. Name the Indian who won the Miss Universe crown for the first time.

11. Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

12. Who was the first woman Chief Minister in India?

13. Who was the first Railway Minister of India post-independence?

14. Name the first Indian who won the Grammy Award.

15. Who was the first Indian to win an Academy (Oscar) Award

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Famous Inventions and Inventors Answers:

1. c) Alexander 2. a) Thomas 3. b) Thomas 4. a) The Wright

5. c) Ralph Baer
Graham Bell Edison Savery brothers
7. d) Tim 8. a) Martin 10. b) Rowland
6. a) Charles Babbage 9. b) Philip Diehl
Berners-Lee Cooper Hill

History of India Answers:

1. (c) Sardar 2. (b) Mohan 3. (b) Lal 4. (a) Mohandas 5. (a) Bhimrao
Vallabhbhai Patel Singh Bahadur Shastri Karamchand Gandhi Ambedkar
6. (c) 26th January 7. (d) Taj 10. (c) Mahatma
8. (c) Red Fort 9. (a) Indira Gandhi
1950 Mahal Gandhi

Biggest, Tallest, Smallest, Longest In The World Answers:

1. a) Burj 2. b) Mount 5. a) Pacific

3. c) Giraffe 4. b) Nile
Khalifa, UAE Everest Ocean
6. b) Humming 7. d) 10. a) Blue
8. a) Cheetah 9. c) Vatican City
Bird Mercury Whale
14. b) Angel Falls
11. c) Peregrine 12. d) 13. a)Gorakhpur (Uttar 15. a) Gateway
(Venezuela, South
Falcon Australia Pradesh, India) Arch (USA)
America)

Important Dates & Days of Indian History Answers:

2. d) 23 January 3. b) 261 5. a) 15 August

1. c) 1959 4. a) 1498
1897 BC 1947
6. d) 14th 7. b) 26 January 8. a) 321 9. d) February 19,
10. d) 1942
November 1950 BC 1630

National Symbols Answers:

2. (c)
1. (a) Tiger 3. (c) Mango 4. (a) Banyan 5. (b) Lotus
Peacock
6. (a) Jana-Gana- 7. (c) 8. (a) Bankim Chandra 10. (b) Vande
9. (b) 4
Mana Bengali Chattopadhyay Mataram
11. (a) Ganges River 12. (c) 14. (d) King
13. (b) Indian Rupee 15. (b) Elephant
Dolphin Ganga Cobra

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 17. (b)
16. (a) Pumpkin 18. (d) Saka Calendar
Hockey

List of Firsts in India Answers:

2. d) Pandit 5. a) Sardar
1. b) Dr. Rajendra 4. b) J.R.D.
Jawahar Lal 3. a) Rakesh Sharma Vallabh Bhai
Prasad Tata
Nehru Patel
6. c) Rabindranath 8. a) Justice Harilal 9. b) Indira 10. b) Sushmita
7. c) Reita Faria
Tagore Jekisundas Kania Gandhi Sen
11. a) Ganesh 12. c) Sucheta 14. c) Pandit 15. a) Bhanu
13. d) John Mathai
Vasudev Mavalankar Kripalani Ravi Shankar Athaiya

National Parks of India Answers:

1. (c) Jim Corbett 2. (b) Madhya

3. (a) Rajasthan 4. (d) Assam 5. (c) Karnataka
National Park Pradesh
6. (d) Gir 7. (a) Hailey 8. (c) Jim Corbett 9. (b) Sariska 10. (d) Kaziranga
National Park National Park National Park National Park National Park
11. (a) Madhya 12. (b) Himachal 13. (a) Hemis 14. (c) 15. (b) Andaman and
Pradesh Pradesh National Park Uttarakhand Nicobar Islands
18. (d) West 19. (d) Hemis 20. (c) South Button
16. (c) 104 17. (a) Odisha
Bengal National Park National Park
21. (b) Madhya 22. (c) Himachal 23. (d) Madhya
24. (c) Gujarat 25. (b) Sikkim
Pradesh Pradesh Pradesh

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