ACADEMIC SESSION 2024-2025
GRADE – V
SOCIAL SCIENCE QUIZ COMPETITION
TOPIC – KNOW YOUR COUNTRY
QUESTION BANK
1. Which country is known as “the Land of festivals”?
- India
2. Where is Himalayan Mountaineering Institute located?
- Darjeeling, India
3. For how many disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?
- 6 disciplines (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Economics, Peace)
4. Which Indian City has been declared as World Heritage City (WHC) by UNESCO
recently?
- Ahmadabad
5. Who is the Indian to beat the computers in Mathematical Wizardry?
- Shakunthala Devi
6. Who wrote the book, “India at risk”?
- Jaswanth Singh
7. Which City in India is known as the “City of Joy”?
- Kolkata
8. Who was the first Asian winner of the Nobel Prize?
- Rabindranath Tagore
9. What is India’s rank in 2017 Global Cyber security Index?
- 23rd Rank
[Link] is the Busiest Bridge in India?
- Howrah Bridge in Kolkata
[Link] was the first woman chief minister of India?
- Sucheta Kripalani
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[Link] is known as “Indian Bismarck”?
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
[Link] is the Expansion of DRDL?
- Defence Research and Development Laboratory
[Link] was the first woman recipient of Magsaysay award?
- Kiran Bedi
[Link] IGNOU.
- Indira Gandhi National Open University
[Link] was the first Woman President of Un General Assembly?
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
[Link] City in India is known as the “City of Dreams”?
- Mumbai
[Link] is the theme of 2017 National Youth’s day?
- Youth for Digital India
[Link] City in India is known as the “White City”?
- Udaipur
[Link] was the first Indian to win the Golden Globe Award?
- AR. Rah man
[Link] is World environment Day Celebrated?
- 5th June
[Link] the Indian Chief Minister who received the UN Public Service award recently.
- Mamata Banerjee
[Link] Indian City is known as “the City of Pearls”?
- Hyderabad
[Link] City in India was renamed as Varanasi in 1956?
- Banares
[Link] is the headquarters of Sahitya Academy Located?
- New Delhi
[Link] is the Longest River in India?
- The Ganges
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27.‘Madhubani’, a Style of folk Paintings, is popular in which state of India?
- Bihar
[Link] composed the National song of India “Vande Matrama”?
- Bankim Chandra Chatterji
[Link] is the present Chief election Commissioner of India?
- Achal Kumar Jyoti
[Link] Founded Nalanda University?
- Kumara Gupta
[Link] is the International Youth’s Day Celebrated?
- 12th August
[Link] is the name of the Award given for Excellence in Space Research in India?
- Vikram Sarabhai Award
[Link] is the Highest Gallantry Award in India?
- Param Vir Chakra
34. When is National Statistics Day Celebrated?
- 29th June
[Link] was the first Indian to become the member of the British Parliament?
- Dadabhai Naoroji
[Link] is India’s first Floating Post Office Established?
- Dal Lake in Srinagar
37. Who is the present Chief Minister of Telangana?
- K. Chandrasekhar Rao
38. Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?
- Bachendri Pal
39. Which is the Longest Railway Platform in the world?
- Gorakhpur Railway Station, India (Its length is 4483 Feet)
[Link] is the National Sports Day Celebrated?
- 29th August
[Link] City is known as the “Garden City”?
- Bangalore
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[Link] is the Vijaya Vittala Temple, Having its 56 carved pillars emitting Musical
Notes Located?
- Hampi, Karnataka
43. Who wrote the book, “My Journey”?
- Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
[Link] is the only President of India elected as an Independent Candidate?
- Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
45. Which City is known as the “Steel City of India”?
- Jamshedpur
[Link] Union Territory of India attained Statehood in February 1987?
- Goa
[Link] is considered as a hot spot of Biodiversity in India?
- Western Ghats
[Link] state has the Largest Coastline in India?
- Gujarat
[Link] is the first National Park established in India?
- Corbett National Park
[Link] which Indian State, The World famous “Khajuraho” Sculptures are found?
- Madhya Pradesh
