Facts about india

which year the first socio-economic caste census started in India?

Ans: 2011

• Whose birthday is celebrating as National Wome's Day on February 13?

Ans: Sarojini Naidu

• The Right to Education Act came into force except for the state of _____.

Ans:  Jammu & Kashmir

• 'Mission Indradhanush' launched by the Government of India pertains to _____. 

Ans: Immunization of children and pregnant women

• In which year, United Nations General Assembly voted to establish 2nd October as the International clay of Non Violence?

Ans: 2007

• The Obra city is famous for _____.

Ans: Thermal Power Plant

• The headquarters of Tobacco Board:

Ans: Guntur

• The Space Commission was set up in:

Ans: 1972

• The United Progressive Alliance was formed in:

Ans: 2004

• Which is the highest honour among the Padma Awards conferred on eminent personalities by the Government of India every year?

Ans: Padma Vibhushan

• Which is the oldest regiment of Indian Army?

Ans: Madras Regiment

• Who was the president of India during the Janatha Party regime?

Ans: N. Sanjiva Reddy

• Lord Mountbatten remained in office as the Governor General of free India upto:

Ans: 20th June 1948

• National Green Tribunal (NGT) was established in:

Ans: 2010

• The headquarters of Antrix Corporation Limited, the apex marketing agency under Department of Space:

Ans: Bangalore

• Who called Rajendra Prasad as the 'Symbol of Bharat'?

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

• Where did India's first U.N. Technology innovation lab set up?

Ans: Thiruvananthapuram

• The founder director of CSIR-Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology:

Ans: P.M. Bhargava  

• The name of central ministry dealing with environmental affairs is:

Ans: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

• Who authored the series of articles entitled India's Disintegrating Democracy in The Times?

Ans: Neville Maxwell

• 'Socialistic pattern' of Indian society comes through:

Ans: Mixed economy

• Anti Defection Law came into force in:

Ans: 1985

• In which year STD was introduced for the first time in India between Kanpur and Lucknow:

Ans: 1960

• In which year the first ISD line was established between Mumbai and London:

Ans: 1976

• Protection of Human Rights Act came into force in:

Ans: 1993

• Susmita Sen became Miss Universe and Aishwarya Rai became Miss World in:

Ans: 1994

• The Defence Minister who resigned the post following an attack on the north eastern border of India by China in 1962:

Ans:  V.K. Krishna Menon

• The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) was constituted in:

Ans: 2005

• The socialist leader who was the exponent of 'total rebellion':

Ans: Jayaprakash Narayan

• The first Administrative Reforms Commission in India was appointed in:

Ans: 1966

• University Grants Commission was formed as per the recommendations of _____. 

Ans: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Commission

• Where did the First Asian Games held in 1951?

Ans: New Delhi

• Which foreign country is associated with Delhi Metro Project?

Ans: Japan

• Who headed the first Administrative Reforms Commission?

Ans: Morarji Desai

• Who headed the second Administrative Reforms Commission?

Ans: Veerappa Moily

• Which ship has the nickname 'The Raging Rhino'?

Ans: INS Brahmaputra

• Where did Asia's first export processing zone (EPZ) set up?

Ans: Kandla

• 'Wherever he trod became hallowed land, wherever he sat became temples' Who said these words in tribute to Mahathma Gandhi?

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

• Name the institutions in India that are modelled after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of USA:

Ans: IIT

• National Policy For Empowerment of Women was adopted in:

Ans: 2001

• The founder leader of Mizo National Front:

Ans: Laldenga

• The U.S. president when India requested for military help during the Chinese invasion?

Ans: John F. Kennedy

• The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, _____. 

Ans: 1992

• Which country provided nuclear reactor technology for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station?

Ans: USA

• Which was the last princely state acceded to Indian Union in consequent to independence?

Ans: Hyderabad

• Kuldip Nayyar served as the High Commissioner to:

Ans: U.K.

• Who became the second Home Minister of India, after the death of Sardar Patel?

Ans: C. Rajagopalachari

• India's first ambassador to US:

Ans: Asaf All

• He was nominated for the highest Indian civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1968 but he declined, citing his opposition to such honours in a Republic, which he had first voiced during the Constituent Assembly debates. Name this person:

Ans: H.N. Kunzru

• India's first Cyber Grameen Centre became operational in:

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

• Name the Prime Minister of India who took oath of office at Raj Ghat:

Ans: Morarji Desai

• The Indian who served as the Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal and Sudan:

Ans: Sukumar Sen

• What was the symbol of Indian National Congress in the first General Election (1951-52)?

Ans: Yoked bullock

• In which year National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme spread to all districts?

Ans: 2008

• Who controversially backed the emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi calling it 'Anushasana Parva' (Time for Discipline)?

Ans: Vinoba Bhave

• Who established 'Anandwan' at Warora village in Maharashtra?

Ans: Baba Amte

• Who was the President of India who consistently described Indian secularism as 'Sarva Dharma Sambhav'?

Ans: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

• From which country did India buy the Barak anti-missile defence systems?

Ans: Israel

• Where is the headquarters of the Animal Welfare Board of India located?

Ans: Chennai

• The first Assamese to become the president of India:

Ans: Fakruddin Ali Ahmed

• The first state in India to enact Right to Service Act (2010) :

Ans: Madhya Pradesh  

• The president who returned Indian Postal (Amendment) Bill to Parliament in 1986:

Ans: Zail Singh

• The supreme authority for telecommunication in India?

Ans: TRAI

• The venue of the first International Film Festival of India held in 1952:

Ans: New Delhi

• 'Project Arrow' is related to:

Ans: Postal system

• Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan is related to:

Ans: Secondary Education

• The father of 'Operation Flood':

Ans: Varghese Kurian

• Who organises Bharat Rang Maholsav?

Ans: National School of Drama

• The first large scale social security scheme launched in Asia in 1948:

Ans: Employees State Insurance Corporation