🇮🇳 General Knowledge (India) – 15 MCQs

📅 Current Affairs & General Awareness

1. Who is the current Finance Minister of India (as of 2025)?

a) Nirmala Sitharaman
b) Amit Shah
c) Piyush Goyal
d) Smriti Irani
👉 Answer: a) Nirmala Sitharaman

2. Which Indian city was declared the cleanest city in India in the 2024 Swachh Survekshan
rankings?
a) Mysuru
b) Indore
c) Surat
d) Bhopal
👉 Answer: b) Indore

3. Which Indian bank recently launched India’s first UPI-linked international debit card?
a) State Bank of India
b) ICICI Bank
c) HDFC Bank
d) Axis Bank
👉 Answer: d) Axis Bank

4. Who is the current Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
a) K. Sivan
b) Ritu Karidhal
c) S. Somanath
d) A. S. Kiran Kumar
👉 Answer: c) S. Somanath

5. In which state is the “Statue of Equality” of Ramanujacharya located?

a) Karnataka
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Telangana
d) Andhra Pradesh
👉 Answer: c) Telangana

Geography of India

6. Which river originates from the Amarkantak Plateau?

a) Ganga
b) Narmada
c) Godavari
 d) Brahmaputra
👉 Answer: b) Narmada

7. What is the southernmost point of mainland India called?

a) Kanyakumari
b) Rameswaram
c) Indira Point
d) Point Calimere
👉 Answer: a) Kanyakumari

8. Which Indian state is the largest by area?

a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
👉 Answer: c) Rajasthan

9. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Kerala
👉 Answer: c) Gujarat

10. Which is the highest peak in India?

a) Nanda Devi
b) Mount Everest
c) Kanchenjunga
d) Dhaulagiri
👉 Answer: c) Kanchenjunga

History & Important Personalities

11. Who was the first woman ruler of Delhi Sultanate?

a) Rani Laxmi Bai
b) Razia Sultana
c) Chand Bibi
d) Ahilyabai Holkar
👉 Answer: b) Razia Sultana

12. In which year did India become a republic?

a) 1947
b) 1950
c) 1949
d) 1952
👉 Answer: b) 1950

13. Who founded the Maurya Empire?

a) Ashoka
b) Chandragupta Maurya
 c) Bindusara
d) Bimbisara
👉 Answer: b) Chandragupta Maurya

14. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were executed for the assassination of which British
officer?
a) General Dyer
b) John Saunders
c) Simon Fraser
d) Michael O'Dwyer
👉 Answer: b) John Saunders

15. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence in
1947?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) J.B. Kripalani
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
👉 Answer: c) J.B. Kripalani

1. Who is the current President of India (as of 2025)?

a) Ram Nath Kovind
b) Droupadi Murmu
c) Pratibha Patil
d) Narendra Modi
👉 Answer: b) Droupadi Murmu

2. Which state recently launched the ‘Ladli Behna Yojana’?

a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Bihar
👉 Answer: b) Madhya Pradesh

3. Which Indian city will host the 2036 Olympics (as per official bid by India)?
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Ahmedabad
d) Bengaluru
👉 Answer: c) Ahmedabad

4. What is the rank of India in the Global Hunger Index 2024?

a) 111
b) 107
c) 121
d) 97
👉 Answer: c) 121
 5. Who is the current Chief Justice of India (2025)?
a) Justice N.V. Ramana
b) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
c) Justice U.U. Lalit
d) Justice Sanjiv Khanna
👉 Answer: d) Justice Sanjiv Khanna

6. Which state was recently declared India’s first “Green Energy State”?
a) Kerala
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Sikkim
d) Gujarat
👉 Answer: b) Himachal Pradesh

7. What is the theme of Republic Day 2025?

a) Viksit Bharat
b) Bharat: Ek Atmanirbhar Rashtra
c) India @ 100
d) Nari Shakti
👉 Answer: d) Nari Shakti

8. Which Indian has been appointed as a UN Climate Envoy recently?

a) Rameshwar Prasad
b) Rajiv Kumar
c) Arunabha Ghosh
d) Sunita Narain
👉 Answer: c) Arunabha Ghosh

9. Which Indian state leads in rooftop solar energy installation (2024)?

a) Rajasthan
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
👉 Answer: b) Gujarat

10. Which Indian cricketer won the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Shubman Gill
c) Rohit Sharma
d) Ravindra Jadeja
👉 Answer: b) Shubman Gill

Bonus General Knowledge

11. Who wrote the Indian National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana"?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
 d) Mahatma Gandhi
👉 Answer: a) Rabindranath Tagore

12. What is the capital of Ladakh?

a) Leh
b) Kargil
c) Srinagar
d) Shimla
👉 Answer: a) Leh

13. Which Indian river is known as the "Dakshina Ganga"?

a) Krishna
b) Godavari
c) Cauvery
d) Narmada
👉 Answer: b) Godavari

14. India shares the longest border with which country?

a) China
b) Bangladesh
c) Pakistan
d) Nepal
👉 Answer: b) Bangladesh

15. Which Indian missile is known as “Agni Prime”?

a) Ballistic missile
b) Cruise missile
c) Surface-to-air missile
d) Anti-tank missile
👉 Answer: a) Ballistic missile

16. Which Indian was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics?
a) Abhijit Banerjee
b) Raghuram Rajan
c) Gita Gopinath
d) No Indian won in 2024
👉 Answer: d) No Indian won in 2024

17. Which Indian state has the highest literacy rate (2024)?
a) Kerala
b) Mizoram
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Goa
👉 Answer: a) Kerala

18. Which company became the first Indian startup to go public on NASDAQ in 2024?
a) Ola Electric
b) Zepto
c) PhonePe
d) Mobikwik
👉 Answer: b) Zepto
 19. What is the name of ISRO’s new space station project?
a) Bharatiya Antriksh Kendra
b) Gaganyaan Station
c) Bharatiya Space Hub
d) Indian Space Station
👉 Answer: d) Indian Space Station

20. Which act governs the Right to Information in India?

a) RTI Act, 2002
b) RTI Act, 2005
c) Information Act, 2008
d) Right to Knowledge Act, 2004
👉 Answer: b) RTI Act, 2005

Current Affairs (2023–2025)

1. India’s first solar city is being developed in which state?

a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Maharashtra
👉 Answer: b) Madhya Pradesh

2. Who won the Bharat Ratna in 2024 posthumously?

a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b) M.S. Swaminathan
c) Lata Mangeshkar
d) Kalyan Singh
👉 Answer: b) M.S. Swaminathan

3. Which Indian cricketer scored the fastest double century in ODIs (2023)?
a) Ishan Kishan
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Shubman Gill
d) Virat Kohli
👉 Answer: c) Shubman Gill

4. Which state topped the India Innovation Index 2023?

a) Karnataka
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Maharashtra
d) Gujarat
👉 Answer: a) Karnataka

5. India’s Gaganyaan mission is associated with which field?

a) Agriculture
b) Defence
c) Space
 d) Education
👉 Answer: c) Space

6. Which Indian startup became a unicorn in 2024?

a) Zepto
b) Dunzo
c) Groww
d) CarDekho
👉 Answer: a) Zepto

7. Who is the current Vice President of India (2025)?

a) Venkaiah Naidu
b) Jagdeep Dhankhar
c) Ram Nath Kovind
d) Harivansh Narayan Singh
👉 Answer: b) Jagdeep Dhankhar

8. What is the name of India’s first female astronaut selected for Gaganyaan?
a) Kalpana Chawla
b) Ritu Karidhal
c) Gopi Thotakura
d) None announced yet
👉 Answer: d) None announced yet

9. Which Indian state declared “Right to Health” a legal right in 2023?

a) Kerala
b) Rajasthan
c) Punjab
d) Delhi
👉 Answer: b) Rajasthan

10. India hosted the G20 Summit 2023 in which city?

a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Hyderabad
d) Bengaluru
👉 Answer: a) Delhi

🌍 Indian Geography

11. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon of India, Gandikota?
a) Godavari
b) Krishna
c) Pennar
d) Kaveri
👉 Answer: c) Pennar

12. Which Indian state has the highest number of wildlife sanctuaries?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Kerala
 c) Maharashtra
d) Uttarakhand
👉 Answer: a) Madhya Pradesh

13. The Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through which of the following states?
a) Gujarat
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Odisha
d) Tripura
👉 Answer: c) Odisha

14. Which plateau is known as the “Roof of the Deccan”?

a) Malwa Plateau
b) Chota Nagpur Plateau
c) Deccan Plateau
d) Telangana Plateau
👉 Answer: c) Deccan Plateau

15. Which state is known as the “Land of Five Rivers”?

a) Punjab
b) Haryana
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
👉 Answer: a) Punjab

16. Which is the longest river in India (within Indian boundaries)?

a) Ganga
b) Brahmaputra
c) Yamuna
d) Godavari
👉 Answer: d) Godavari

17. Which state shares the maximum number of international borders?

a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Jammu & Kashmir
c) Bihar
d) West Bengal
👉 Answer: a) Arunachal Pradesh

18. Which is the largest saltwater lake in India?

a) Wular Lake
b) Dal Lake
c) Chilika Lake
d) Sambhar Lake
👉 Answer: c) Chilika Lake

19. Where is India’s only active volcano located?

a) Lakshadweep
b) Andaman & Nicobar
c) Tamil Nadu
 d) Kerala
👉 Answer: b) Andaman & Nicobar

20. Which Indian state has the lowest population (2021 Census)?
a) Sikkim
b) Mizoram
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Goa
👉 Answer: a) Sikkim

📚 Indian History & Freedom Struggle

21. When was the Battle of Plassey fought?

a) 1757
b) 1761
c) 1857
d) 1858
👉 Answer: a) 1757

22. Who was the last Governor-General of independent India?

a) C. Rajagopalachari
b) Lord Mountbatten
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Sardar Patel
👉 Answer: a) C. Rajagopalachari

23. Who introduced the Doctrine of Lapse?

a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Curzon
d) Lord Hastings
👉 Answer: b) Lord Dalhousie

24. Who founded the Arya Samaj?

a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Dayanand Saraswati
c) Swami Vivekananda
d) B.R. Ambedkar
👉 Answer: b) Dayanand Saraswati

25. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services (ICS)?
a) Satyendranath Tagore
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
👉 Answer: a) Satyendranath Tagore

26. The ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched in which year?

a) 1940
b) 1942
 c) 1930
d) 1947
👉 Answer: b) 1942

27. In which year did India become a member of the United Nations?
a) 1945
b) 1947
c) 1950
d) 1955
👉 Answer: a) 1945

28. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in?
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Allahabad
d) Pune
👉 Answer: a) Bombay

29. Which reform is associated with Lord Ripon?

a) Vernacular Press Act
b) Partition of Bengal
c) Ilbert Bill
d) Subsidiary Alliance
👉 Answer: c) Ilbert Bill

30. Which leader gave the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright”?

a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
👉 Answer: c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

🧠 General Awareness & Personalities

31. Who is known as the Missile Man of India?

a) Vikram Sarabhai
b) Homi Bhabha
c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
d) Satish Dhawan
👉 Answer: c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

32. Which Indian woman boxer won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
a) Lovlina Borgohain
b) Nikhat Zareen
c) Mary Kom
d) Sarita Devi
👉 Answer: b) Nikhat Zareen

33. Which Indian state has two capitals: summer and winter?
a) Himachal Pradesh
 b) Jammu & Kashmir
c) Maharashtra
d) Andhra Pradesh
👉 Answer: b) Jammu & Kashmir

34. Which Indian scientist is associated with the Green Revolution?

a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
b) Verghese Kurien
c) M.S. Swaminathan
d) Raghuram Rajan
👉 Answer: c) M.S. Swaminathan

35. Who is the current Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India (2025)?
a) Rajiv Kumar
b) Sunil Arora
c) Sushil Chandra
d) Arun Goel
👉 Answer: d) Arun Goel

36. Which Indian sportsperson won gold in Javelin at Tokyo Olympics?

a) Bajrang Punia
b) Ravi Dahiya
c) Neeraj Chopra
d) Dutee Chand
👉 Answer: c) Neeraj Chopra

37. Which Indian state is famous for the Hornbill Festival?

a) Assam
b) Nagaland
c) Meghalaya
d) Mizoram
👉 Answer: b) Nagaland

38. The 'Project Tiger' was launched in which year?

a) 1970
b) 1973
c) 1985
d) 1992
👉 Answer: b) 1973

39. Which Indian won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014?

a) Kailash Satyarthi
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Abhijit Banerjee
d) Raghuram Rajan
👉 Answer: a) Kailash Satyarthi

40. Who authored the book “The Discovery of India”?

a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) B.R. Ambedkar
👉 Answer: b) Jawaharlal Nehru