India and World General Knowledge

1. India’s biggest Church ‘Saint Cathederal’ is located in which state?

• (a) Goa
• (b) Kerala
• (c) Tamil Nadu
• (d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: (a) Goa

2. Which of the following is India’s biggest river island?

• (a) Majuli island
• (b) Gundu Island
• (c) Diu Island
• (d) Divar Island

Answer: (a) Majuli island

3. India’s biggest river island is located in which river?

• (a) Krishna
• (b) Ganga
• (c) Brahmaputra
• (d) Godavari

Answer: (c) Brahmaputra

4. World’s biggest post network is in which country?

• (a) USA
• (b) China
• (c) India
• (d) Brazil

Answer: (c) India

5. Which lake in India is the largest fresh water lake?

• (a) Chilka
• (b) Wular
• (c) Loktak
• (d) Sambhar

Answer: (b) Wular

6. India longest river is

• (a) Mahanadi
• (b) Godavari
• (c) Ganga
• (d) Narmada

Answer: (c) Ganga

7. Which of the following is the highest peak of India?

• (a) Godwin Austen
• (b) Kamet
• (c) Nanda Kot
• (d) Nanda Devi

Answer: (a) Godwin Austen

8. The highest peak of South India is

• (a) Anamudi
• (b) Doddabetta
• (c) Mahendragiri
• (d) Dhrupagarh

Answer: (b) Doddabetta

9. In India, which one is the highest waterfall?

• (a) Shimsha waterfall
• (b) Hogenakkal waterfall
• (c) Kotoslum waterfall
• (d) Jog waterfall

Answer: (d) Jog waterfall

10. The longest dam of India is

• (a) Bhakra dam
• (b) Nagarjuna Sagar dam
• (c) Hirakud dam
• (d) Kosi dam

Answer: (c) Hirakud dam

11. Which of the following Indian states has the longest Coastline?

• (a) Maharashtra
• (b) Gujarat
• (c) Andhra Pradesh
• (d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b) Gujarat

12. In India, 2nd longest trains run between which stations?

• (a) Kanyakumari-Baramulla
• (b) Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari
• (c) Dibrugarh–Naliya
• (d) Thiruvananthapuram–New Delhi

Answer: (b) Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari

13. Area-wise, which one of the following is the largest Lok Sabha Constituency?

• (a) Kutch
• (b) Kangra
• (c) Patna Sahib
• (d) Ladakh

Answer: (d) Ladakh

14. India’s largest auditorium Shanmukhananda is located at which place?

• (a) Kolkata
• (b) Mumbai
• (c) Delhi
• (d) Bangalore

Answer: (b) Mumbai

15. Match the following:

List I      List II

A. Biggest Natural Ports    1. Bihar

B. Biggest Animal fair               2. Mumbai

C. Biggest Lake    3. Agra

D. Highest gate               4. Rajasthan

Answer: (a) 2, 1, 4, 3

16. Match the following:

List I      List II

A. Longest Railway Station    1. Gorakhpur

B. Longest Tunnel               2. Jammu and Kashmir

C. Longest Canal    3. Rajasthan

D. Highest Minaret               4. Delhi

Answer: (a) 4, 1, 2, 3

17. Which one of the following Union Territories of India is the smallest in terms of geographical area?

• (a) Daman and Diu
• (b) Chandigarh
• (c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• (d) Lakshadweep

Answer: (d) Lakshadweep

18. Which one of the following sections of the Golden Quadrilateral Highway in India is the longest in terms of route distance?

• (a) Delhi-Kolkata
• (b) Kolkata-Chennai
• (c) Chennai-Mumbai
• (d) Mumbai-Delhi

Answer: (b) Kolkata-Chennai

19. India’s first semi-high-speed train ‘Tejas’ will run between

• (a) Dadar and Kamthe
• (b) Thane and Kolad
• (c) Mumbai and Karmali
• (d) Mumbai and Pune

Answer: (c) Mumbai and Karmali

20. From India, who inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor and flagged off the first set of pilgrims to the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev?

• (a) Narendra Modi
• (b) Amarinder Singh
• (c) Ram Nath Kovind
• (d) Manmohan Singh

Answer: (a) Narendra Modi