India is a country located in South Asia and is the second-most populous country in the world with over 1.3 billion people. India has a diverse population, with numerous ethnic groups, languages, and religions. The official languages of India are Hindi and English, although there are many other regional languages spoken throughout the country.
India has a rich cultural heritage that dates back thousands of years, with a history spanning several empires, including the Maurya, Gupta, and Mughal empires. India was ruled by the British for over 200 years until gaining independence in 1947. Since then, India has become a democratic republic with a federal structure and is one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world.
India is known for its vibrant culture, colorful festivals, and diverse cuisine. Some of the most famous landmarks in India include the Taj Mahal, the Golden Temple, and the Red Fort. India is also home to a number of diverse ecosystems, from the Himalayan mountain range in the north to the lush tropical forests in the south.
India is a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G20, and the Commonwealth of Nations, among other international organizations.
- What is the official name of India?
Answer: The Republic of India.
- What is the capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi.
- What is the national currency of India?
Answer: Indian Rupee (INR).
- Who is the President of India?
Answer: Ram Nath Kovind.
- Who is the Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Narendra Modi.
- What is the national animal of India?
Answer: Bengal Tiger.
- What is the national bird of India?
Answer: Indian Peafowl (or Peacock).
- What is the national flower of India?
Answer: Lotus.
- What is the national tree of India?
Answer: Banyan.
- In what year did India become independent from British rule?
Answer: 1947.
- Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
- What is the name of the highest civilian award in India?
Answer: Bharat Ratna.
- What is the name of the largest state in India by area?
Answer: Rajasthan.
- What is the name of the smallest state in India by area?
Answer: Goa.
- What is the name of the longest river in India?
Answer: Ganges.
- What is the name of the highest mountain peak in India?
Answer: Mount Everest.
- What is the name of the largest desert in India?
Answer: Thar Desert.
- What is the name of the largest lake in India?
Answer: Wular Lake.
- What is the name of the highest waterfall in India?
Answer: Kunchikal Falls.
- What is the name of the national aquatic animal of India?
Answer: River Dolphin.
- What is the name of the national reptile of India?
Answer: King Cobra.
- What is the name of the national heritage animal of India?
Answer: Elephant.
- What is the name of the national fish of India?
Answer: Riverine Catfish.
- What is the name of the national river of India?
Answer: Ganges.
- What is the name of the national game of India?
Answer: Hockey.
- What is the name of the Indian space agency?
Answer: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
- What is the name of the Indian intelligence agency?
Answer: Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
- What is the name of the largest national park in India?
Answer: Hemis National Park.
- What is the name of the largest state in India by population?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh.
- What is the name of the largest city in India by population?
Answer: Mumbai.
- Who was the first female Prime Minister of India?
Answer: Indira Gandhi.
- Who was the first President of India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
- Who was the first Indian to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore.
- Who was the first Indian to go into space?
Answer: Rakesh Sharma.
- Who is the current Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Justice N.V. Ramana.
- Who is the founder of the Indian National Congress?
Answer: A.O. Hume.
- Who is the founder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?
Answer: Syama Prasad Mukherjee.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title?
Answer: Sania Mirza.
- Who is the first Indian cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket?
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar.
- What is the name of the Indian physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930?
Answer: C.V. Raman.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
Answer: Karnam Malleswari.
- Who is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics?
Answer: Abhinav Bindra.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to become a pilot?
Answer: Sarla Thakral.
- Who is the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
Answer: Arundhati Roy.
- Who is the first Indian to win an Academy Award (Oscar)?
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy Award?
Answer: Tanvi Shah.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win the World Chess Championship?
Answer: Viswanathan Anand.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?
Answer: Amartya Sen.
- Who is the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?
Answer: Bachendri Pal.
- Who is the first Indian cricketer to score a double century in Test cricket?
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win the Man Booker International Prize?
Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics?
Answer: Saina Nehwal.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title in Tennis?
Answer: Sania Mirza.
- What is the name of the first Indian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Mother Teresa.
- Who is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Milkha Singh.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Athletics at the Olympics?
Answer: Norman Pritchard.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win the Abel Prize in Mathematics?
Answer: Srinivasa Varadhan.
- Who is the first Indian woman to become a Chief Minister of a state?
Answer: Sucheta Kripalani.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Wrestling at the Olympics?
Answer: Khashaba Jadhav.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Boxing at the Olympics?
Answer: Vijender Singh.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Dipa Karmakar.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Weightlifting at the Olympics?
Answer: Karnam Malleswari.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Archery at the Olympics?
Answer: Atanu Das.
- Who is the first Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize?
Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title?
Answer: Reita Faria.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Judo at the Asian Games?
Answer: Shushila Likmabam.
- Who is the first Indian to score a century in T20 International cricket?
Answer: Suresh Raina.
- What is the name of the first Indian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen?
Answer: Phu Dorji.
- Who is the first Indian to win the World Billiards Championship?
Answer: Wilson Jones.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Table Tennis at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Achanta Sharath Kamal.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Taekwondo at the Asian Games?
Answer: Shushila Likmabam.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Boxing at the Olympics?
Answer: Mary Kom.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in the 100m sprint at the Asian Games?
Answer: Gopalakrishnan.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Wushu at the Asian Games?
Answer: Pooja Kadian.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Shooting at the Olympics?
Answer: Anjali Bhagwat.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Equestrian at the Asian Games?
Answer: Fouad Mirza.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Badminton at the World Championships?
Answer: P.V. Sindhu.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Rowing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Bajrang Lal Takhar.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Dipa Karmakar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Squash at the Asian Games?
Answer: Saurav Ghosal.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Sepaktakraw at the Asian Games?
Answer: Harish Kumar.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Javelin Throw at the Asian Games?
Answer: Annu Rani.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Paralympic High Jump?
Answer: Murlikant Petkar.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Tennis at the Olympics?
Answer: Sania Mirza.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Golf at the Asian Games?
Answer: Udayan Mane.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Shooting at the World Championships?
Answer: Anjali Bhagwat.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Canoeing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Ching Ching Singh.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Squash at the Asian Games?
Answer: Joshna Chinappa.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Wushu at the World Championships?
Answer: Yumnam Sanathoi Devi.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Fencing at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: C.A. Bhavani Devi.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Roller Skating at the Asian Games?
Answer: Jagan Kumar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Sambo at the Asian Games?
Answer: Shushila Likmabam.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Equestrian at the Asian Games?
Answer: Fouaad Mir
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Karate at the Asian Games?
Answer: Bimoljit Singh.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Rowing at the Olympics?
Answer: Leander Paes.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Triathlon at the Asian Games?
Answer: Mohd. Yunus.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in the 1500m at the Asian Games?
Answer: Chhavi Sharawat.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Kurash at the Asian Games?
Answer: Pincky Balhara.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Artistic Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Ashish Kumar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Sepaktakraw at the Asian Games?
Answer: Mohd. Afsal.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Rowing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Swarnamithraa.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Pentathlon at the Asian Games?
Answer: Praveen Kumar.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Soft Tennis at the Asian Games?
Answer: Mithun Manhas.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Sailing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Varsha Gautham.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Athletics at the Olympics?
Answer: Norman Pritchard.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Taekwondo at the World Championships?
Answer: Nisha Sharma.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Archery at the Asian Games?
Answer: Dola Banerjee.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Judo at the Asian Games?
Answer: Ali Raza.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Powerlifting at the Paralympics?
Answer: Farman Basha.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Triathlon at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Dilip Kumar.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Boxing at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Pinki Jangra.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Bridge at the Asian Games?
Answer: Pranab Bardhan.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Canoeing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Sukhbir Singh.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Sambo at the World Championships?
Answer: Anjali Mehta.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Billiards at the Asian Games?
Answer: Uma Devi.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Beach Volleyball at the Asian Games?
Answer: Maheshwari and Vinita.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Archery at the Olympics?
Answer: Atanu Das.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Pencak Silat at the Asian Games?
Answer: Praveen Kumar.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Karate at the Asian Games?
Answer: Aarti Khosla.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Fencing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Firoz A. Sheikh.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Rugby Sevens at the Asian Games?
Answer: Rakesh Kumar.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Boxing at the World Championships?
Answer: M.C. Mary Kom.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Beach Wrestling at the Asian Games?
Answer: Bajrang Punia.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Weightlifting at the Asian Games?
Answer: Kunjarani Devi.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Squash at the Asian Games?
Answer: Ritwik Bhattacharya.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Bodybuilding at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Premchand Degra.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Triathlon at the Asian Games?
Answer: Pallavi Retiwala.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Canoeing at the Asian Games?
Answer: M.A. Prahlada.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Wushu at the Asian Games?
Answer: Sanathoi Devi.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Rowing at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Bajrang Lal Thakur.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Karnam Malleswari.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Beach Soccer at the Asian Games?
Answer: Jaswinder Singh.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Kurash at the World Championships?
Answer: Ajay Kumar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Kickboxing at the World Championships?
Answer: Sanjay Tandel.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Judo at the Asian Games?
Answer: Sholmira Rani.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Lawn Bowls at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Sunil Bahri.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Rafting at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Gaurav Shinde.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Tennis at the Olympics?
Answer: Sania Mirza.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Taekwondo at the Asian Games?
Answer: G. Karthikeyan.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Sepaktakraw at the Asian Games?
Answer: Jagpal Singh.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Gymnastics at the Asian Games?
Answer: Dipa Karmakar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Billiards at the World Championships?
Answer: Geet Sethi.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Bobsleigh at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Amar Singh.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Climbing at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Bharat Kumar.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Wrestling at the Asian Games?
Answer: Alka Tomar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Arm Wrestling at the World Championships?
Answer: Dilip Kumar.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Beach Kabaddi at the Asian Games?
Answer: Ranbir Singh Khokhar.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Rowing at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Arati Saha.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Handball at the Asian Games?
Answer: Ajitpal Singh.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Jujitsu at the World Championships?
Answer: Arun Sharma.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Shooting at the Olympics?
Answer: Anjali Bhagwat.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Equestrian at the Asian Games?
Answer: K.V. Singh.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Kickboxing at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Santosh Kumar.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Powerlifting at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Kanwardeep Kaur.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Karate at the World Championships?
Answer: Abdul Jabbar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Baseball at the Asian Games?
Answer: Devendra Kumar.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Athletics at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Kamaljit Sandhu.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Kabbadi at the Asian Games?
Answer: Jagdish Kularia.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Softball at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Ramakrishnan.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Boxing at the Olympics?
Answer: Mary Kom.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Karate at the Asian Games?
Answer: Balwinder Singh.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Paragliding at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Gurpreet Dhindsa.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Sailing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Anju Bobby George.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Triathlon at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Kamesh Nanjundaiya.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Swimming at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: R.K. Shrikant.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Bodybuilding at the World Championships?
Answer: Manohar Aich.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Shooting at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Anisa Sayyed.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Skiing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Jamyang Namgial.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Canoeing at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Ramesh Singh.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Pencak Silat at the Asian Games?
Answer: Roshan Lal.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Taekwondo at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Malavika Raman.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Rock Climbing at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Mohit Sabharwal.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Fencing at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: P. Chandrasekharan.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Judo at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Garima Chaudhary.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Shooting at the World Championships?
Answer: Randhir Singh.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Squash at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: S. Vasant.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Archery at the World Championships?
Answer: Dola Banerjee.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Rafting at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Rajendra Singh.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: K. Madhavan.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Karnam Malleswari.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Skating at the Asian Games?
Answer: Bhavesh Thakkar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Archery at the Asian Games?
Answer: T.S. Dhillon.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Table Tennis at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Mouma Das.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Kho Kho at the Asian Games?
Answer: Raghunath M. Chandorkar.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Polo at the Asian Games?
Answer: Lt. Col. Kishan Singh.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Boxing at the Asian Games?
Answer: Kavita Chahal.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Bodybuilding at the Asian Championships?
Answer: Premchand Degra.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Judo at the World Championships?
Answer: Shiva Kumar.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Canoeing at the World Championships?
Answer: Bajrang Lal Takhar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Karate at the Asian Games?
Answer: S.S. Harichandan.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Boxing at the World Championships?
Answer: M.C. Mary Kom.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Shooting at the Olympic Games?
Answer: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Archery at the Olympic Games?
Answer: Atanu Das.
- What is the name of the first Indian woman to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympic Games?
Answer: Saina Nehwal.
- Who is the first Indian to win a medal in Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Ashish Kumar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Triathlon at the Asian Games?
Answer: Milind Soman.
- Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Dipa Karmakar.
- What is the name of the first Indian to win a medal in Sepaktakraw at the Asian Games?
Answer: Debanand Konwar.
