India: History, Culture, and Achievements Quiz

Sir C.V. Raman was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1954, becoming the first scientist to receive India's highest civilian honor.

Prem Naseer, a legendary actor in Malayalam cinema, was the first actor from the industry to be honored with a commemorative postal stamp by the Indian government.

Azim Premji is the long-standing chairman of Wipro Limited and a prominent Indian business tycoon.

Sarojini Naidu is famously known as the 'Nightingale of India' (Bharatiya Kokila) for her beautiful poetry and literary contributions.

Anil Kumble became the first Indian bowler to take all 10 wickets in a single Test match innings against Pakistan in 1999.

K.D. Jadhav won a bronze medal in wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, becoming the first individual Olympic medalist from independent India.

The Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) is a people's science movement in Kerala that uses the motto 'Science for Social Revolution'.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, as President of India, was a strong advocate for technology in education and inaugurated the EDUSAT-based virtual classroom initiatives.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was established by the Government of India on September 1, 1961.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, or Right to Education Act (RTE), was passed by the Indian Parliament in 2009.

K.R. Narayanan, the former President of India, was born in the village of Uzhavoor in the Kottayam district of Kerala.

Sir Edwin Lutyens was the British architect who was the primary designer of New Delhi and the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) was established in 2015 to replace the Planning Commission.

According to the Constitution of India, the Vice President of India serves as the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

Article 44 of the Indian Constitution, under the Directive Principles of State Policy, states that the State shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India.

The national anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana, was first sung publicly at the Kolkata session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was appointed as the first Law Minister of independent India in the interim government led by Jawaharlal Nehru.

Rohini Hattangadi played the role of Kasturba Gandhi in the 1982 biographical film Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough.

Dr. Ram Subhag Singh became the first recognized Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha in 1969.

Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden located in Amritsar, in the state of Punjab, India.

The song Varika Varika Sahajare was written by Amsi Narayana Pillai and became a popular anthem during the Salt Satyagraha in Kerala.

Barista G.K. Pillai is mentioned in Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, regarding his time in South Africa.

Chettur Sankaran Nair presided over the 1897 Amravati session of the Indian National Congress.

India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond is a non-fiction book written by Shashi Tharoor, published in 1997.

The Tashkent Declaration was a peace agreement signed between India and Pakistan on January 10, 1966, by Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan.

Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875 to promote Vedic values and social reform.

Ashfaqulla Khan was a revolutionary who was hanged by the British in 1927 for his role in the Kakori conspiracy.

The idea of the Indian National Army (INA) was first conceived by Captain Mohan Singh in Malaya in 1942.

The Bardoli Satyagraha was a major peasant movement in the Indian independence movement, which took place in the Bardoli taluka of Gujarat in 1928.

Mahatma Gandhi was elected as the first president of the All India Khilafat Conference in 1919.

Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, announced the partition of Bengal in 1905.

The international headquarters of the Theosophical Society was established in Adyar, Chennai, in 1882.