Facts About India - Part 2

51. In which Indian State Pahari language is spoken: 
Himachal Pradesh 

52. What percent of the global area is occupied by India: 
0.57 


53. What fraction of the total area of the land area of the world is occupied by India: 
1/42 

54. The first indigenously built air-to-air missile of India: 
Asthra 

55. Jawahar Gramasamridhi Yojana (JGSY) was started in: 
1999 

56. The missile jointly developed by India and Russia: 
Brahmos 

57. Intercontinental ballistic missile of India: 
Surya 

58. The total land frontier of India: 
15200 km 

59. What is the area of India is in sq.km: 
3287263 

60. The Governor-General of British India who adopted English as the official language of India in 1835: 
William Bentick 

61. What is known as the Magna Carta of Indian Education: 
Wood’s Despatch 


62. Which is known as the Steel City of India: 
Jamshedpur 

63. The largest producer of coffee in India: 
Karnataka 

64. The latitude of the southernmost point of the Indian Union: 
60 4' 

65. Indian Standard Time is based on........ degree East longitude. 
82.5 

66. The place where Indian Standard Time and local time is the same: 
Allahabad 

67. The first biosphere reserve in India: 
Nilgiri 

68. The first agricultural university in India was established at 
Pantnagar 

69. The first atomic power station in India: 
Tarapur 

70. The southernmost point of the mainland of India: 
Kanyakumari 


71. The largest neighboring country of India: 
China 

72. The tea garden of India: 
Assam 

73. The headquarters of Western Naval Command: 
Mumbai 

74. Name the country which helped India for the development and execution of a nuclear device in 1974: 
Canada 

75. The first multi-purpose project in independent India (1948): 
Damodar valley 

76. India conducted a second nuclear experiment in the year: 
1998 

77. Indian Space Research Organisation was formed in: 
1969 

78. Coast Guard with its headquarters at New Delhi was formed in: 
1978 

79. Dogri language is spoken in the state of: 
Jammu Kashmir 

80. The father of civil aviation in India: 
JRD Tata 


81. The first archaeological park in India was established at: 
Delhi 

82. The first metro railway in India: 
Kolkata 

83. The botanical name of a Banyan tree: 
Ficus bengalensis 

84. In which river is Ukai project in Gujarat : 
Tapti 

85. Who produced the film ‘ Raja Harischandra’: 
Dadasaheb Phalke 

86. The first month of Saka Era: 
Chaitra 

87. The headquarters of the Border Security Force formed in 1965: 
New Delhi 

88. The last month of Saka Era: 
Phalguna 

89. Which color is in the bottom of national flag: 
Green 

90. The headquarters of Eastern Naval Command: 
Visakhapatnam 


91. Chambal, Ken, Betwa and Tons are the tributaries of: 
Yamuna 

92. The state capital in India situated in the highest altitude: 
Shimla 

93. Which state has the highest literacy rate among males and females as per 2011 census: 
Kerala 

94. The first newspaper in India: 
Bengal Gazette 

95. The first talkie in India released in 1931: 
Alam Ara 

96. Manikaran Power Project is in: 
Himachal Pradesh 

97. Which language in the 8th Schedule has the least number of speakers: 
Sanskrit 

98. The state which is known as the Kohinoor of India: 
Andhra Pradesh 

99. Where is Vir Savarkar airport: 
Port Blair 

100. The Food Corporation of India was set up in: 
1965