Which company manufacturers low and high power communication equipment like radius for the use of defence services and paramilitary organisations?
Ans: Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

Where is the Judicature of Orissa?
Ans: Cuttack

Which countries are the members of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)?
Ans: Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka

Which is the oldest paramilitary force in the country?
Ans: Assam Rifles

When was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?
Ans: 1948

Which is India's Oldest museum?
Ans: Indian Museum, Kolkata

When was pottery developed in the Indus Valley?
Ans: 3500 BC


Where is the Vallabhbhai Patel stadium located?
Ans: Mumbai


Which country hosted the first Asian Games?
Ans: India

Which Indian satellite had a main function to perform X-ray experiments in space and send back data to earth?

Ans: Aryabhatta
The National Anthem was first sung in the year
Ans:1911
(The national anthem of India is 'Jana-gana-mana', composed originally in Bengali, by Rabindranath Tagore. 'Jana-gana-mana' was first sung on 27th December 1911, long before Indian gained independence, at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. The complete song consists of five stanzas. As for the playing time of the full version of the national anthem, it will take up approximately 52 seconds. A short version, consisting of first and last lines of the stanza (playing time approximately 20 seconds), is also played on certain occasions.)

Kathak is a classical dance of
Ans: North India


The National Song of India was composed by
Ans: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Which Academy promotes and develops literature in all the 22 languages of India?
Ans: Sahitya Academy


Which company carries the construction of submarines, missile-boats and destroyers and so on for the India navy and offshore supply vessels and well-head platforms and so on?
Ans: Mazgaon Dock Limited (MDL)


Which is the major mineral found in Punjab?
Ans: Salt

Which is post-harvest folk dance in Assam
Ans: Bihu



Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan SeAchha'?
Ans: Mohammad Iqbal


In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?
Ans: Onam

Which of the following places is famous for Chikankari work, which is a traditional art of embroidery?
Ans: Lucknow

Which is India's largest library with a collection of over 190 million volumes of reading and information material?
Ans: National Library

Which of the following cities will be the host of XIX Commonwealth Games 2010?
Ans: Delhi

Ratio of width of our national flag to its length is:
Ans: 2:3

Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' has been adopted as India's National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were adopted?
Ans: Only the first stanza

'Dandia' is a popular dance of
Ans: Gujarat

The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken from
Ans: Mundak Upanishad

The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity
Ans: Jaganath

The book of Parsis is
Ans: Zend Avesta

'Kathakali' is a folk dance prevalent in which state?
Ans: Kerela