Q: Who was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2000?

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Yuvraj Singh
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sourav Ganguly

Q: Which was the largest and richest among the princely states of pre-Independence period?

1. Hyderabad
2. Mysore
3. Gwalior
4. Jaipur

Q: Which city in India has built a 15.8 m high "Gandhi Stupa" dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi?

1. Vadodara, Gujarat
2. Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
3. Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
4. Ranchi, Jharkhand

Q: Anil Kumble became the first Indian bowler to reach 500 Test wickets in 2006. How did he get his 500th wicket?

1. Catch out
2. Bowled
3. Run out
4. LBW

Q: Which state in India is rated by The National Geographic Traveller as one of the top 50 "must-see" places in the world?

1. Kerala
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Uttaranchal
4. Jammu & Kashmir

Q: Which British Governor-General was responsible for the introduction of Railways in India?

1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Warren Hastings
4. Lord Clive

Q: Zero was invented by

1. Aryabhatta
2. Varahamihira
3. An Unknown Indian
4. Bhaskara I

Q: Which was the only refinery in India at the time of its Independence?

1. Mathura
2. Ahmedabad
3. Bongaigonga
4. Digboi

Q: Who among the following was India's longest serving Prime Minister?

1. Indira Gandhi
2. V.P.Singh
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri

Q: Air India was launched in

1. 1942
2. 1947
3. 1932
4. 1950

Q: Which Indian city was known in ancient times as 'Saket'?

1. Patna
2. Faizabad
3. Lucknow
4. Allahabad

Q: The word 'Hindu' as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by

1. Chinese
2. Greeks
3. Arabs
4. Romans

Q: Who was India's first deputy Prime Minister?

1. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
2. B.R.Ambedkar
3. Sardar Baldev Singh
4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Q: Foreign tourists are permitted to visit which of the following islands of Lakshadweep?

1. Kavaratti
2. Agatti
3. Minicoy
4. Bangaram