VCA – GK 04

The Discovery of India was written by ________.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajatarangini was composed by ________.
Kalhaṇa
A place where bees are kept is called an ________.
Apiary
The National Aerospace Laboratories is in ________.
Bengaluru
Banaras Hindu University was founded by ________.
Madan Mohan Malviya
Agra is situated on the banks of the ________ River.
Yamuna
The founder of the Nanda Dynasty was ________.
Mahapadma Nanda
The capital of Indonesia is ________.
Jakarta
Cochin is called the “Queen of the ________ Sea.”
Arabian
Singing the national anthem takes about ________.
52 seconds
Tea and coffee are both grown together in India’s ________ region.
South-East
A chessboard contains ________ squares.
64
India ranks ________ in the world by area.
7th
The Indian National Congress was founded by ________.
A.O. Hume
The slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” was given by ________.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is ________.
Itanagar
Rani Lakshmi Bai ruled the kingdom of ________.
Jhansi
Under whose leadership did the Azad Hind Fauj become popular? ________.
Subhas Chandra Bose
The birthplace of Lord Mahavira is ________.
Vaishali
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is famous for playing the ________.
Sarod
The Dandi March was led by ________.
Mahatma Gandhi
Boat races during Onam take place in ________.
Kerala
India’s nuclear tests have been conducted at ________.
Pokhran
The 2023 Cricket World Cup was hosted by ________.
India
The Indian Council of Medical Research is based in ________.
Delhi
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was launched in ________.
1989
Lala Lajpat Rai died protesting against the ________.
Simon Commission
Lala Lajpat Rai was known by the title “Punjab ________.”
Kesari
There are ________ lions in India’s national emblem.
4
The “Iron Man of India” is ________.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Sahara Desert is located in ________ Africa.
North
The athlete known as the “Dhing Express” is ________.
Hima Das
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and ________ Oceans.
Pacific
Mount Abu is part of the ________ Range.
Aravalli
World Human Rights Day is celebrated on ________.
10/12/25
A seismograph measures ________.
Earthquakes
Geeta Phogat is associated with ________.
Wrestling
The founder of the Arya Samaj was ________.
Dayananda Saraswati
The First World War ended in the year ________.
1918
The distance between two cricket wickets is ________.
22 yards
The Vice President of India is elected by members of both Houses of ________.
Parliament
The world’s first female president, Isabel Perón, was from ________.
Argentina
The 1965 war took place between ________ and Pakistan.
India
Bangalore is nicknamed the “City of ________.”
Gardens
The first President of India was ________.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Hirakud Dam is built on the ________ River.
Mahanadi
The Mughal rule in India was started by ________.
Babur
The first ruler of the Mughal dynasty was ________.
Babur
The Central Drug Research Institute is located in ________.
Lucknow
The brightest planet in the solar system is ________.
Venus
Fatehpur Sikri was built by Emperor ________.
Akbar
The Mahabharata War lasted ________ days.
18
The second Prime Minister of India was ________.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
The capital of Karnataka is ________.
Bengaluru
The Golden Temple is a place of worship for ________.
Sikhs
Maradona was a famous footballer from ________.
Argentina
The Taj Mahal was built by ________.
Shah Jahan
The national song “Vande Mataram” was written by ________.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Girija Devi was renowned as a ________.
Musician
London is located in the country of ________.
England
Viswanathan Anand is associated with ________.
Chess
The famous Mahakaleshwar Temple is located in ________.
Ujjain
The capital of Goa is ________.
Panaji
Neeraj Chopra competes in the sport of ________.
Javelin throw
The Chief of Army Staff heads the ________.
Army
The Kaziranga National Park is famous for the one-horned ________.
Rhinoceros
Napoleon Bonaparte was from the country of ________.
France
The term “scoop” in hockey refers to lifting the puck with the ________.
Stick
The oldest Veda of India is the ________.
Rigveda
The headquarters of ISRO is located in ________.
Bengaluru
Jodhpur is in the state of ________.
Rajasthan
The area surrounding the South Pole is called ________.
Antarctica
The First Battle of Panipat was fought in ________.
1526
The headquarters of the United Nations is in ________.
New York
Dhanbad is called the “Coal Capital of ________.”
India
R.D. Banerji discovered Mohenjo-Daro in ________.
1922
Nainital is located in the state of ________.
Uttarakhand
The Grand Trunk Road was built by ________.
Sher Shah Suri
India’s highest peak is ________.
Kangchenjunga
India currently has ________ Union Territories.
8
R.K. Laxman was renowned as a ________.
Cartoonist
A zebra crossing is related to ________.
Road signals
The supreme commander of India’s armed forces is the ________.
President
The Lori dance is traditional to ________.
Punjab
Virat Kohli is associated with the sport of ________.
Cricket
The 1971 Liberation War for Bangladesh was fought between India and ________.
Pakistan
The mountain range between the Narmada and Tapti rivers is the ________.
Satpura
The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between Akbar and ________.
Hemu
Kathakali dance originates from ________.
Kerala
The Revolt of 1857 began in ________.
Meerut
The “first citizen of India” is the ________.
President
The last Mughal emperor of India was ________.
Bahadur Shah Zafar
The largest gold-producing country is ________.
China
Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, and Karthik Saurav Ghosal are players of ________.
Squash
The UN Security Council has ________ permanent members.
5
The rank of Major is in the ________.
Army
The first living creature in space was the dog named ________.
Laika
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on ________.
30/01/48
The first Governor-General of independent India was ________.
Lord Mountbatten
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