SSC GD - GK Tests General GK- Test 02 - Important SSC Current Affairs Quiz 2023 QUIZ START Results #1. 16. The famous Indian festival Diwali is also known as? a) Holi b) Eid c) Navratri d) Festival of Lights #2. 38. The Konark Sun Temple is located in which Indian state? b) West Bengal a) Odisha d) Gujarat c) Bihar #3. 36. The famous Indian cricketer known as “Captain Cool” is? b) Sachin Tendulkar a) Virat Kohli c) Rahul Dravid d) M. S. Dhoni #4. 24. What is the official language of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir? a) Hindi d) Kashmiri b) Punjabi c) Urdu #5. 18. The Gateway of India is located in which city? d) Delhi a) Mumbai b) Chennai c) Kolkata #6. 13. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was founded in which year? a) 1955 d) 1982 b) 1969 c) 1975 #7. 4. The Taj Mahal is located in which city? c) Varanasi a) Jaipur b) Agra d) Lucknow #8. 14. The Red Fort in Delhi was built by which Mughal emperor? a) Akbar d) Babur c) Aurangzeb b) Shah Jahan #9. 26. Who was the first woman to win an individual Olympic silver medal for India? a) Saina Nehwal c) Mary Kom d) Karnam Malleswari b) P. V. Sindhu #10. 22. The Indian state known as the “Land of the Rising Sun” is? b) Assam d) Mizoram a) Arunachal Pradesh c) Manipur #11. 29. The currency of Japan is called? a) Won b) Yen d) Baht c) Ringgit #12. 17. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of India? a) Indira Gandhi c) Pratibha Patil b) Sonia Gandhi d) Mamata Banerjee #13. 15. What is the national flower of India? b) Lotus d) Sunflower c) Lily a) Rose #14. 32. The famous Indian author of “The God of Small Things” is? a) Arundhati Roy c) Jhumpa Lahiri b) Salman Rushdie d) Vikram Seth #15. 39. The Indian state known as the “Land of Five Rivers” is? c) Himachal Pradesh b) Haryana d) Uttarakhand a) Punjab #16. 31. The largest coffee-producing state in India is? d) Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu a) Karnataka b) Kerala #17. 10. Who wrote the Indian national anthem, “Jana Gana Mana”? b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay d) Lala Lajpat Rai c) Sarojini Naidu a) Rabindranath Tagore #18. 12. Which state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”? d) Gujarat c) Rajasthan a) Punjab b) Haryana #19. 34. The Indian state of Goa is known for its vibrant? c) Mountains b) Deserts d) Forests a) Beaches #20. 9. The Indian Parliament is bicameral, consisting of how many houses? d) Four c) Three b) Two a) One #21. 6. The highest mountain peak in India is? d) Everest c) Kanchenjunga a) K2 b) Nanda Devi #22. 33. The Indian classical dance form Kathak originated in which state? d) Kerala a) Uttar Pradesh b) Rajasthan c) Tamil Nadu #23. 2. The capital city of India is? d) Chennai b) Kolkata c) Delhi a) Mumbai #24. 3. What is the currency of India? a) Rupee c) Ringgit d) Baht b) Rupiah #25. 48. The famous Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in which category? a) Literature b) Peace c) Physics d) Chemistry #26. 50. The famous Indian festival that celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters is? d) Navratri c) Holi b) Raksha Bandhan a) Diwali #27. 46. The famous Indian festival that marks the victory of light over darkness is? b) Holi c) Eid a) Diwali d) Navratri #28. 30. The historical city of Hampi is located in which Indian state? a) Karnataka d) Rajasthan b) Kerala c) Tamil Nadu #29. 7. In which year did India gain independence from British rule? a) 1945 d) 1962 c) 1950 b) 1947 #30. 27. The Indian cricketer known as the “Little Master” is? b) Virat Kohli a) Sachin Tendulkar c) Sunil Gavaskar d) Kapil Dev #31. 47. The Indian state known as the “Land of Lakes” is? c) Gujarat a) Madhya Pradesh b) Rajasthan d) Maharashtra #32. 37. The Indian state known as the “Land of Five Lakes” is? d) Sikkim b) Himachal Pradesh c) Uttarakhand a) Jammu and Kashmir #33. 25. The first war of independence in India took place in which year? a) 1857 c) 1942 d) 1947 b) 1905 #34. 42. The national emblem of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka from which ancient monument? d) Taj Mahal c) Red Fort a) Qutub Minar b) Sanchi Stupa #35. 8. What is the national animal of India? d) Leopard b) Tiger a) Elephant c) Lion #36. 1. Which river is known as the “Ganga of the South”? c) Brahmaputra d) Krishna b) Yamuna a) Godavari #37. 44. The headquarters of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is located in? b) Bengaluru d) Kolkata a) Mumbai c) Delhi #38. 45. The traditional attire of men in Kerala is known as? a) Dhoti c) Sherwani d) Kurta b) Lungi #39. 11. The first Prime Minister of India was? a) Indira Gandhi c) Rajiv Gandhi d) Lal Bahadur Shastri b) Jawaharlal Nehru #40. 40. The Indian festival celebrated with flying kites is? a) Diwali c) Makar Sankranti d) Navratri b) Holi #41. 41. The famous Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in which state? d) Andhra Pradesh b) Karnataka a) Tamil Nadu c) Kerala #42. 28. The famous Indian festival of colors is called? c) Navratri b) Holi a) Diwali d) Eid #43. 19. What is the national bird of India? d) Parrot b) Sparrow a) Peacock c) Pigeon #44. 49. The Indian state known as the “Land of Elephants” is? c) Assam d) Odisha a) Kerala b) Karnataka #45. 20. The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India, was designed by? a) Frank Lloyd Wright b) Le Corbusier c) Edwin Lutyens d) Zaha Hadid #46. 35. The Victoria Memorial is located in which city? d) Chennai a) Kolkata c) Mumbai b) Delhi #47. 23. The Indian film industry, Bollywood, is based in which city? a) Kolkata d) Hyderabad b) Mumbai c) Chennai #48. 43. The Indian state known as the “Land of Forests” is? d) Odisha a) Chhattisgarh c) Madhya Pradesh b) Jharkhand #49. 21. The highest civilian award in India is? b) Bharat Ratna d) Padma Shri a) Padma Bhushan c) Padma Vibhushan #50. 5. Who is known as the “Father of the Nation” in India? b) Sardar Patel c) Mahatma Gandhi a) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Subhas Chandra Bose Previous Finish
