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1. Who is the first Indian to win the World Chess Championship?
A) Viswanathan Anand
B) Garry Kasparov
C) Magnus Carlsen
D) Anish Giri
2. Which Indian leader is known for his efforts in the upliftment of Dalits and advocating for the rights of the oppressed?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3. Who is the first Indian woman to become the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
A) Meira Kumar
B) Sumitra Mahajan
C) Smriti Irani
D) Supriya Sule
4. Which Indian personality is known for his pioneering work in the field of Ayurveda?
A) Sushruta
B) Charaka
C) Dhanvantari
D) All of the above
5. Who is the first Indian woman to win a Booker Prize?
A) Jhumpa Lahiri
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Kiran Desai
D) This is a trick question; no Indian woman has won a Booker Prize.
6. Which Indian leader is known for his slogan 'Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it'?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
7. Who is the founder of the 'Ananda Marga' movement?
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
C) Sri Aurobindo
D) Paramahansa Yogananda
8. Which Indian national figure is associated with the 'Ghadar Movement'?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Lala Har Dayal
C) Sohan Singh Bhakna
D) All of the above
9. Who is known as the 'People's President' of India?
A) S. Radhakrishnan
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
D) R. Venkataraman
10. Which Indian scientist developed the indigenous cryogenic engine?
A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) Satish Dhawan
C) Nambi Narayanan
D) K. Sivan
11. Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
A) P. T. Usha
B) Karnam Malleswari
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Mary Kom
12. Which Indian leader is known as the 'Sher-e-Punjab'?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Partap Singh Kairon
13. Who is the author of the national song of India, 'Vande Mataram'?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
14. Which Indian social reformer is known for advocating widow remarriage and women's education?
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D) Jyotiba Phule
15. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
16. Which Indian leader is known for his philosophy of 'Ahimsa' (non-violence)?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
17. Who is credited with the establishment of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
A) Homi J. Bhabha
B) Vikram Sarabhai
C) Satish Dhawan
D) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
18. Which Indian composer is known for his contributions to Hindustani classical music and is often referred to as the 'Father of Hindustani Music'?
A) Tansen
B) Pandit Ravi Shankar
C) Ustad Bismillah Khan
D) Amir Khusrau
19. Who was the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest?
A) Bachendri Pal
B) Arunima Sinha
C) Santosh Yadav
D) Premlata Agarwal
20. Which Indian national figure is known as the 'Lion of Punjab'?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Sardar Udham Singh
D) Master Tara Singh
21. Who is the author of the autobiography 'My Experiments with Truth'?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
22. Which Indian leader is associated with the 'Forward Bloc' party?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bhagat Singh
23. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
A) Satyendra Nath Bose
B) Homi J. Bhabha
C) C. V. Raman
D) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
24. Which Indian figure is known for his 'Bhoodan' movement?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jayaprakash Narayan
C) Vinoba Bhave
D) Acharya Kripalani
25. Who is the founder of the Arya Samaj?
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
26. Which Indian leader is known as the 'Panchamama'?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
D) Mahatma Gandhi
27. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India?
A) Sonia Gandhi
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Mamata Banerjee
28. Which Indian personality is revered as the 'Saint of the Gutters'?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Mother Teresa
C) Swami Vivekananda
D) Vinoba Bhave
29. Who is the author of the national anthem of India, 'Jana Gana Mana'?
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
30. Which Indian leader is known for his role in the formation of the Communist Party of India?
A) M. N. Roy
B) S. A. Dange
C) Bhagat Singh
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
31. Who was the first Indian woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Mother Teresa
C) Kiran Bedi
D) This is a trick question; no Indian woman has won a Nobel Prize.
32. Which Indian national figure is associated with the 'Quit India Movement'?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
33. Who played a pivotal role in the integration of princely states into the Indian Union?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) C. Rajagopalachari
34. Which Indian poet is known as the 'Bard of the Brahmaputra'?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bishnu Prasad Rabha
C) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
D) Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya
35. Who is the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission?
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
C) Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
D) Paramahansa Yogananda
36. Which Indian leader was the first to advocate for complete independence (Purna Swaraj) from British rule?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bhagat Singh
37. Who is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
A) Surendranath Banerjee
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
38. Which Indian personality is credited with the concept of 'Sarvodaya'?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Vinoba Bhave
C) Jayaprakash Narayan
D) Mahatma Gandhi
39. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
40. Which Indian social reformer is known for his efforts to abolish Sati and improve the condition of women?
A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D) Swami Vivekananda
41. Who is the architect of the Indian Constitution?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
42. Which Indian leader is known for his role in the unification of India after independence?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
43. Who is the 'Missile Man of India' and former President of India?
A) Homi J. Bhabha
B) Vikram Sarabhai
C) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
D) Satish Dhawan
44. Which Indian figure is known as the 'Iron Lady of India'?
A) Sarla Thakral
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Kiran Bedi
D) P. T. Usha
45. Who was the first President of India?
A) S. Radhakrishnan
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Zakir Husain
D) V. V. Giri
46. Which Indian national figure is famously associated with the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri
D) Morarji Desai
47. Who authored the famous book 'Discovery of India'?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
48. Which Indian scientist is renowned for his contributions to theoretical physics and is known as the 'Father of Indian Physics'?
A) C. V. Raman
B) Homi J. Bhabha
C) Satyendra Nath Bose
D) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
49. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?
A) Gulzari Lal Nanda
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Jagjivan Ram
D) H. C. Dasappa
50. Which Indian Prime Minister is known for initiating the Green Revolution in India?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
C) Morarji Desai
D) Chaudhary Charan Singh
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