50 GK quiz questions

So I have enrolled Shiven in an Indian centric summer camp.Thought it would be a good experience for him and the first day he was super overwhelmed and now he loves it.Came home with a set of quiz questions today and it was so reminiscent of things I did at school but of course I didn't know many of the answers to this one and he didn't know any.Would be fun to look for the answers I thought.
  1. Who became the 14th president of India? Ramnath Kovind
  2. According to Ramayana,who is Lakshmana's mother? Sumitra
  3. Which is the smallest bird in the world? Bee hummingbird
  4. Largest apple producing state in India. Jammu & Kashmir
  5. Fastest Land Animal . Cheetah
  6. First Indian Talkie movie. Alam Ara
  7. How many gold has India won in hockey the Olympics? 8
  8. Which land animal moves most slowly? Snail
  9. Who was Lord Krishna's wife? Rukmini
  10. Fastest bird in the world. Peregrine Falcon
  11. Largest country in the world. Russia
  12. Smallest country in the world. Vatican City
  13. Largest fresh water lake in India. Wular Lake, J&K
  14. Bheem's son. Ghatotkach
  15. In which year was Gandhi assassinated. 1948
  16. Writer of Wings of fire.  Dr. Kalam and Arun Tiwari
  17. Who wrote the national anthem of India. Rabindranath Tagore
  18. Late Abdul Kalam's full name was?Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
  19. What did Galileo invent? Telescope
  20. First movie in India. Raja Harishchandra
  21. Name the famous battle Rana Prathap fought against Akbar. Battle of Haldighat
  22. Where is fort William located. Calcutta
  23. How many spokes does the chakra have? 24
  24. The design of the national flag was adopted by the constituent assembly of India on 22 July 1947
  25. The national flag of India was designed by?Pingali Venkayya
  26. Who wrote the national song. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  27. Largest continent in the world. Asia
  28. Smallest continent in the world. Australia 
  29. Largest desert in the world. Sahara Desert
  30. Shortest day falls on? December 22
  31. Longest day falls on? June 21 
  32. Indian's first colour film. Kisan Kanya
  33. What is the proportion or ratio of the Indian flag? 2:3
  34. India's first prime minister was? Jawaharlal Nehru
  35. Who was the first Indian chess player to get the grandmaster title? Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
  36. Where is India's first nuclear centre? Tarapur Atomic Power Station 
  37. The dance form garba is associated with which state? Gujarat
  38. Which river doesn't rise in India. Brahmaputra
  39. Who framed the constitution of India. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  40. Who is the founder of facebook. Mark Zuckerberg
  41. Largest lake in the world. Caspian Sea
  42. Deepest lake in the world.Lake Baikal,Siberia
  43. Biggest planet.Jupiter
  44. Smallest planet. Mercury
  45. First president of India. Rajendra Prasad
  46. Lightest gas Hydrogen
  47. Intensity of earthquake wave is recorded by? Richter Scale
  48. Only active volcano in India.Barren Island volcano in Andaman
  49. Father of India. Mahatma Gandhi 
  50. Tum mujhe khoon do,main tumhe azaadi doonga was which Indian freedom fighter's slogan? Subhash Chandra Bose
And there you go!Was pretty interesting to know India had a volcano!!Is there anything the country doesnt have?I might have an Indian passport but never really lived there long enough and the country never ceases to fascinate me!
Vive Valeque♡
Kavita

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