General facts about India - MCQs with answers - Part II

ANSWER: b) Jog Falls

Fall located at southern state of Karnataka is India's highest waterfall. Its height is 830 feet and is located on Sharavati River. The falls are in four distinct cascades called as, Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket. There is an hydro electric power generating station name after Mahatma Gandhi.

ANSWER: d) Lakshadweep

Literacy rate in Lakshadweep has seen upward trend and is 91.85 percent as per 2011 population census.

ANSWER: a) Tarapore Power Station

The Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) is located near Boiser in the Thane District of Maharashtra. Begun as India's first atomic power project, the Indian Government decided to utilize boiling water reactors (BWRs) for the plant.

ANSWER: c) Sri Shanmukhananda Hall

Sri Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai is the largest auditorium in India. In 1951, the late prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru while addressing a gathering at Metro theatre, lamented at the lack of a large hall in Mumbai. In response to Panditji's call, a number of prominent music lovers came together and their efforts culminated in the birth of Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha in September 1952 at the Podar College Hall. In 1964 when the gigantic Shanmukhananda hall came up in Kings' Circle (Matunga), Pandit Nehru acclaimed the hall as the biggest in the east of Suez.

ANSWER: a) Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Indian Republic which instituted on 2 January 1954. The award is bestowed "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award was originally limited to achievements in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavour" in December 2011. Recommendations for the Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the President, with a maximum of three nominees being awarded per year.

ANSWER: a) Param Vir Chakra

Explanation: The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is awarded to officers and enlisted personnel of all military branches for the highest degree of courage or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy.

ANSWER: a) Vijaypat Singhania

Explanation: On 26 November 2005 Dr Vijaypat Singhania achieved the altitude record of 21,027 m (68,986 ft) in a Cameron Z-1600 hot-air balloon over Mumbai, India.

ANSWER: b) Bank of Hindustan

The first bank in India is Bank of Hindustan which established in 1770.

ANSWER: a) Punjab National Bank

Punjab National Bank is an Indian financial services company based in New Delhi founded in 1894.

ANSWER: c) State Bank of India

The State Bank of India is the largest public sector bank of the country and is among the 100 topmost banks in the world, outside the United States of America.