QUIZ FOR KIDS
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Take these various quizzes based on various subjects and measure your competence over a particular subject.
1. The first foreigner to invite India
was
(a) Bimbisara
(b) Ajatashatru
(c) Prasenajit
(d) Jarasandha
2. Alexander died at
(a) Patala
(b) Taxila
(c) Babylon
(d) Gedrosia
3. Which language was used in the literature of Sangam
period
(a) Tamil
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Telugu
(d) Kannada
4. Lord Buddha was born in
(a) Lumbini
(b) Vaishali
(c) Bodh Gaya
(d) Pataliputra
5. The Aryarts at first settled in
(a) Sindh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Kashmir
(d) Punjab
6. Who was the first to describe the great mutiny of 1857
as the first War of Independence?
(a) Nehru
(b) Tilak
(c) VD Savarkar
(d) Lajpat Rai
7. Which of the following dynasties of early medieval India
was justly famous for its system of village
administration?
(a) Pandyas
(b) Rashtrakutas
(c) Shakti
(d) Cholas
8. Buddhist historian Taranath belonged to
(a) Tibet
(b) China
(c) Mongolia
(d) Japan
9. With which one of the following is the classic Jivaka
Chintamani associated?
(a) Buddhism
(b) Hinduism
(c) Sikhism
(d) Jainism
10. The earliest example of a land grant is provided by an
inscription
(a) the guptas
(b) the mauryas
(c) the satavahanas
(d) the mahameghavahanas
11. Who was the president of the Constituent Assembly that held the 'Independence Meeting'?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Mahatama Gandhi
c) S. Radhakrishnan
d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
12. How many eventual presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 4
d) 2
13. When the first non-cooperation movement started in India?
a) September 1920
b) August 1935
c) January 1955
d) May 1922
14. Until when India remained a Dominion of the Crown?
a) Until 14 Jan 1988
b) Until 26 Jan 1950
c) Until 22 Feb 1955
d) Until 19 Sep 1940
15. How many years Britain ruled India?
a) About 200 years
b) About 150 years
c) About 100 years
d) About 50 years
16. The famous movement launched by Gandhi to break salt law was
a) Civil Disobedience Movement
b) Non Cooperation Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Indian National Movement
17. Who gave the slogan "Give me blood and I shall give you freedom"?
a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
b) Vallabh bhai Patel
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Mahatama Gandhi
18. Who is known as the Nightingale of India?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Annie Besant
c) Asha Bhosle
d) Lata Mangeshkar
19. The first Indian National Army was founded by
a) Capt Mohan Singh
b) Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
20. Since when India had been recognized as a republic?
a) August 15, 1950
b) August 15, 1927
c) January 26, 1950
d) January 15, 1955
1. What is the closest planet to the Sun?
2. What is the name of the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system?
3. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
4. What planet is famous for its big red spot on it?
5. What planet is famous for the beautiful rings that surround it?
6. Can humans breathe normally in space as they can on Earth?
7. Is the sun a star or a planet?
8. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
9. What planet is known as the red planet?
10. What is the name of the force holding us to the Earth?
11. Have human beings ever set foot on Mars?
12. What is the name of a place that uses telescopes and other scientific equipment to research space and astronomy?
13. What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope?
14. Earth is located in which galaxy?
15. What is the name of the first satellite sent into space?
16. Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
17. What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon?
18. Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?
19. Does the sun orbit the Earth?
20. Is the planet Neptune bigger than Earth?
1. The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is
(a) 3:5
(b) 2:3
(c) 2:4
(d) 3:4
2. Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' has been adopted
as India's National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were
adopted?
(a) Only the first stanza
(b) The whole song
(c) Third and Fourth stanza
(d) First and Second stanza
3. 'Natya - Shastra' the main source of India's classical
dances was written by
(a) Nara Muni
(b) Bharat Muni
(c) Abhinav Gupt
(d) Tandu Muni
4. 'Dandia' is a popular dance of
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Maharashtra
5.
The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed
below the base plate of the emblem of India are taken
from
| (a) | Rigveda |
| (b) | Satpath Brahmana |
| (c) | Mundak Upanishad |
| (d) | Ramayana |
6. Mohiniattam dance from developed
originally in which state?
| (a) | Tamil Nadu |
| (b) | Orissa |
| (c) | Kerala |
| (d) | Karnataka |
7. Which of the following folk dance forms is associated
with Gujarat?
(a) Nautanki
(b) Garba
(c) Kathakali
(d) Bhangra
8. Which of the following Akademis is responsible for
fostering the development of dance, drama and music in
India?
(a) National School of Drama
(b) Sangeet Akademi
(c) Sahitya Akademi
(d) Lalit Kala Akademi
9. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which
Hindu deity
(a) Ram
(b) Jaganath
(c) Shiva
(d) Vishnu
10. The
book of Parsis is
(a) Torah
(b) Bible
(c) Zend Avesta
(d) Gita
11. 'Kathakali' is a folk dance prevalent in which state?
a) Karnataka
b Orissa
c) Kerala
d) Manipur
12. Which of the following dances is a solo dance?
a) Ottan Thullal
b) Kuchipudi
c) Yakshagana
d) Odissi
13. The National Anthem was first sung in the year
a) 1911
b) 1913
c) 1936
d) 1935
14. Thillana is a format of
a) Kuchipudi
b) Odissi
c) Baharatanatyam
d) Kathak
15. 'Madhubani', a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Rajasthan
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Bihar
16. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan SeAchha'?
a) Jaidev
b) Rongali Bihu
c) Navratri
d) Pongal
17. In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?
a) Onam
b) Vallabh bhai Patel
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Mahatama Gandhi
18. Kalchakra ceremony is associated with which of the following ceremonies?
a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Jainism
d) Islam
19. Which of the following places is famous for Chikankari work, which is a traditional art of embroidery?
a) Lucknow
b) Hyderabad
c) Jaipur
d) Mysore
20. The head quarters of Sahitya Akademi is at
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
1. What sort of creature is a fluke?
2. Where is a birds patella?
3. What is a puffball?
4. How many pairs of ribs does a human have?
5. A BCG is a vaccination against which disease?
6. The pilchard is a member of which fish family?
7. Which part of the body does scabies effect?
8. What colour are the spots on a plaice?
9. Which branch of medicine is concerned with disorders of the blood?
10. What sort of creature is an abalone?
11. What is the female equivalent of a ram and a stag?
12. Which crustacean can change sex?
13. I live in Australia. I am a relation of the koala bear and I have no tail. What am I?
14. What is the collective noun for a group of moles?
15. What animal lives in form?
16. Where off the coast of Ecuador would you find the worlds largest tortoise?
17. What animal's name is Dutch for earth pig?
18. A crash is the collective noun for which animal?
19. Orang-utans are native to which continent?
20. What is a one-humped camel called?
1. Solar power generates electricity from what source?
2. True or false? Gold is not a good conductor of electricity?
3. Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what?
4. What science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?
5. What does AC and DC stand for in the electrical
field?
6. '.BAK' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
7. What are three types of lasers?
8. Which scientist formulated 'the theory of evolution'?
9. Nobel Prize except the Peace Prize is awarded
in
10. Who invited telescope
11. What is the Earth’s primary source of energy?
12. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission?
13. The technologically advanced humanoid robot ASIMO is made by which car company?
14. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what?
15. Is the wavelength of infrared light too long or short to be seen by humans?
16. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after which American astronomer?
17. What is the term to ask the computer to put information in order numerically or alphabetically?
18. 'DB' computer abbreviation usually means?
19. In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?
20. Along with whom did Bill Gates found
Microsoft?
