India General Knowledge Quiz

Bodh Gaya is where Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, becoming Buddha. He was born in Lumbini, died in Kushinara, and delivered his first sermon at Sarnath.

Chhattisgarh's capital is Raipur, Jharkhand's is Ranchi, and Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal) has Dehradun as its capital. These three states were formed in 2000. Patna is Bihar's capital, and Nainital is a city in Uttarakhand, not its capital.

Convex mirrors are used as rear-view mirrors because they provide a wider field of view and always form virtual, erect, and diminished images. This allows drivers to see larger area behind. Concave mirrors magnify, and plane mirrors don't widen the field.

A transistor is a semiconductor device that can amplify or switch electronic signals. It's the fundamental building block of modern electronics. It's not an inductor (stores energy in magnetic field), modulator, or demodulator.

Wax is a lipid (fat), not a carbohydrate. Sucrose, starch, and maltose are all carbohydrates - sucrose and maltose are disaccharides, starch is a polysaccharide. Waxes are esters of long-chain fatty acids with long-chain alcohols.

Kalidas was a renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist during the Gupta period, often called the Shakespeare of India. He wrote classics like Abhijnanasakuntalam, Meghaduta, and Raghuvamsa. He lived in the 4th-5th century CE, not during Harshvardhana's reign (7th century).

Nalanda was the most famous ancient centre of learning in India, established in the 5th century CE. It attracted scholars from across Asia and was a Buddhist monastery-university. Ujjain was an astronomical centre, Allahabad gained prominence later.

Bauxite is the principal ore of aluminum, containing hydrated aluminum oxides like gibbsite and boehmite. Chromite is an ore of chromium, Cuprite is a copper ore (Cu2O), and Siderite is an iron carbonate ore (FeCO3). Bauxite is the primary source of aluminum metal globally.

Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas connecting Sikkim (India) to the Tibet Autonomous Region (China). It was reopened for trade in 2006 after being closed since the 1962 Sino-Indian war, significantly boosting cross-border commerce between the two nations.

CIBIL (Credit Information Bureau India Limited) was established in 2000 as India's first credit information company. It maintains credit reports and scores for individuals based on loan repayment history, credit card usage, and other financial behavior. ICRA and CRISIL are credit rating agencies for companies, while ONICRA provides background verification services.

IFCI (Industrial Finance Corporation of India) was established in 1948, making it the first among these development finance institutions. IDBI was established later in 1964, while SIDBI (1990) and IIBI (1997) came much after independence. IFCI was set up to provide medium and long-term financial assistance to the manufacturing sector.

NSE (National Stock Exchange) was established in 1992 and was the first stock exchange in India to admit overseas shareholders through the Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) route. This was part of its modern design and electronic trading system. BSE, established much earlier in 1875, traditionally followed a different structure.

Ben S. Bernanke was the Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank (the US central bank) from 2006 to 2014. He served during the 2008 financial crisis and is famously associated with the Fed's response to the crisis. The other options are different international financial institutions.

In financial regulations and KYC compliance, PEP stands for Politically Exposed Person. These are individuals who have been entrusted with prominent public functions, making them a higher risk for potential money laundering or bribery.

In the 1993 thriller Darr, Shah Rukh Khan played the character named Karan, an obsessive lover who stalks the female protagonist. This was one of SRK's early iconic villain roles that showcased his range beyond romantic leads. The film was directed by Yash Chopra and became a major commercial success.

The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) is the central national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analyzing and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions to enforcement agencies and foreign agencies. Established in 2004, it functions under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance and is India's primary agency for implementing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures.

Usha Thorat, former Deputy Governor of RBI, chaired the high-level committee constituted by the Reserve Bank of India to provide financial services to every village by March 2011. This committee was part of RBI's financial inclusion drive to expand banking reach in unbanked rural areas through various initiatives like no-frills accounts and BC/BF model.

Kishore Kumar was married four times: to Ruma Guha (1951-1958), Madhubala (1960-1976 until her death), Yogeeta Bali (1976-1978), and Leena Chandawarkar (1978-1987 until his death). Kamini Kaushal was never married to Kishore Kumar - she was married to actor Bhisham Sahni and had her own separate career in films.