CURRENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TODAY: GK India: Largest, Tallest, Biggest, Smallest

According to area India is __ largest country in the World.
(a) 6th
(b) 3rd
(c) 2nd
(d) 7th
Answer: 7th
Which country is the second largest producer of rice?
(a) India
(b) USA
(c) China
(d) Canada
Answer: India
Which state of India has the largest area under forest?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Which is the largest state in India?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Rajasthan
Located in India it is largest residential university in Asia. Name it.
(a) Banaras Hindu University
(b) Anna University
(c) The Utkal University
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru University
Answer; Banaras Hindu University
Name the largest freshwater lake in India?
(a) Chilka Lake
(b) Powai Lake
(c) Wular Lake
(d) Dal Lake
Answer; Wular Lake
Name the largest freshwater lake in India?
(a) Dal Lake
(b) Powai Lake
(c) Wular Lake
(d) Chilka Lake
Answer: Wular Lake
Which is the smallest state in India?
(a) Goa
(b) Nagaland
(c) Orissa
(d) Kerala
Answer: Goa
Largest nandi in India is found at
(a) Sun Temple
(b) Lakshmi Venkatesha Temple Manel
(c) Leepakshi Temple
(d) Chamundeshwari Temple
Answer: Leepakshi Temple
Largest buddhist monastery in India is at
(a) Dharmashala
(b) Tawang
(c) Sarnath
(d) Darjeling
Answer: Tawang
Which company is India's largest transporter and marketer of petroleum gas?
(a) Reliance
(b) Gail
(c) ONGC
(d) HPCL
Answer: ONGC
Smallest state of India is
(a) Sikkim
(b) Nagaland
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Goa
Answer: Goa
2nd largest state of India by area is
(a) Karnatka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) andhrapradesh
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Which is India's largest Private Sector Bank?
(a) ICICI
(b) IDBI
(c) HDFC
(d) UTI
Answer: ICICI
Where is the biggest ship building yard in India ?
(a) Vishakapatnam
(b) Tuticorin
(c) Mumbai
(d) Chennai
Answer: Vishakapatnam
The largest cantilever bridge of India is
(a) Chambal Bridge
(b) None of them
(c) Mahatma Gandhi Setu
(d) Howrah Bridge
Answer: Howrah Bridge
The largest city of India is
(a) Chennai
(b) Kolkata
(c) New Delhi
(d) Mumbai
Answer: Kolkata
The largest lake in India is
(a) Wular lake
(b) None of them
(c) Luni lake
(d) Sambhar lake
Answer: Wular lake
The smallest state of India is
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Sikkim
(d) Goa
Answer: Goa
Which is the India's largest and the oldest museum?
(a) Indian Museum, Kolkata
(b) Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
(c) National Museum, New Delhi
(d) Allahabad Museum
Answer: Indian Museum, Kolkata
Which is the oldest paramilitary force in India?
(a) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
(b) Border Security Force (BSF)
(c) Coast Guard
(d) Assam Rifles
Answer: Assam Rifles
Which is the state with largest urban population?
(a) Kerala
(b) Goa
(c) Maharashtra
(d) West Bengal
Answer: Maharashtra
Which state covers the largest area in India?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Goa
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
Largest Mosque in India is
(a) Moti Masjid
(b) Jama Masjid
(c) Tajjul-Masajid
(d) Mecca Masjid
Answer: Jama Masjid
The largest state of India is
(a) Utter Pradesh
(b) Maharastra
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Madhay Pradesh
Answer: Rajasthan
The largest share of India's national income originates in the
(a) None of these
(b) Primary Sector
(c) Secondary Sector
(d) Teritary Sector
Answer: Primary Sector
The largest revenue in India is obtained from
(a) Direct Taxes
(b) None of these
(c) Excise Duties
(d) Sales Tax
Answer: Excise Duties
The largest Public Sector Bank in India is
(a) Indian Overseas Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Central Bank
(d) Punjab National Bank
Answer: State Bank of India
Name the Indian Bank which is having the largest number of branches abroad :
(a) Bank of India
(b) Central Bank of India
(c) Indian Overseas Bank
(d) State Bank of India
Answer: State Bank of India
Which one of the following is the largest mutual fund organisation in India ?
(a) Unit Trust of India
(b) Ind Bank Mutual Fund
(c) SBI Mutual Fund
(d) GIC Mutual Fund
Answer: Unit Trust of India
Which of following factors is responsible for the biggest problem faced by India's cotton textile industry ?
(a) Rising cost of Production
(b) Competition from handloom sector
(c) Obsolete machinery
(d) Falling demand
Answer: Rising cost of Production
Which of the following is the largest (in terms of profit) Public Sector organisation in India ?
(a) Bharat Heavy Electricals
(b) Steel Authority of India
(c) Bharat Petroleum
(d) Oil and Natural Gas Commisssion
Answer: Oil and Natural Gas Commisssion
The largest irrigation canal in India is called the
(a) Upper Bari Doab Canal
(b) Indira Gandhi Canal
(c) Yamuna Canal
(d) Sirhand Canal
Answer: Indira Gandhi Canal
The largest land holding in India is
(a) Basic holding
(b) Co-operative holding
(c) Economic holding
(d) Family holding
Answer: Family holding
Which of the following agricultural holdings have the largest percentage in India ?
(a) Small holdings
(b) Medium holdings
(c) Marginal holdings
(d) Large holdings
Answer: Marginal holdings
The largest nationalized bank of India is the
(a) Reserve Bank of India
(b) Central Bank of India
(c) Bank of India
(d) State Bank of India
Answer: State Bank of India
Which one of the following is the largest mutual fund organisation in India ?
(a) GIC Mutual Fund
(b) Ind Bank Mutual Fund
(c) Unit Trust of India
(d) SBI Mutual Fund
Answer: Unit Trust of India
The singloe largest donor to India has been
(a) the World bank
(b) Kuwait
(c) the USA
(d) the USSR
Answer: the USSR
Which of the following states, according to 2001 census, has the largest concentration of scheduled tribes population ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Bihar
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Which of the following states, according to 2001 census, has the largest concentration of scheduled castes population ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) west Bengal
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) tamil Naidu
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Which of the following ports was the biggest port during the Mughal Period ?
(a) Chittagong
(b) Balasore
(c) Surart
(d) Hooghly
Answer: Surart
The country having a largest area under tea cultivation is
(a) Bangladesh
(b) U.S.S.R
(c) Brazil
(d) India
Answer: India
Which of the following states has the largest representation in the Lok Sabha ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Which of the following states has the largest percentage of reserved parliamentary seats ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Orissa
(d) Bihar
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
The largest contribution to the total combined annual tax revenue of the Centre, States and Union Territories in India is made by
(a) Custom duties
(b) Union Excise duties
(c) Sales Tax
(d) Income and Corporation Tax
Answer: Union Excise duties
Next to Hindi, language spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent is
(a) Tamil
(b) Marathi
(c) Telugu
(d) Bengali
Answer: Bengali
The state having the largest population of scheduled castes is
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Bihar
Which of the following is the second largest spoken language in India ?
(a) Telugu
(b) Punjabi
(c) Bengali
(d) Marathi
Answer: Telugu
Largest percentage of revenue is earned by the Government of India from
(a) Income tax
(b) Wealth tax
(c) Excise duty
(d) Customs duty
Answer: Excise duty
Which of the following states has the largest percentage of reserved parliamentary seats ?
(a) Orissa
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
The largest contribution to the total combined annual tax revenue of the Centre, States and Union Territories in India is made by
(a) Union Excise duties
(b) Custom duties
(c) Sales Tax
(d) Income and Corporation Tax
Answer: Union Excise duties
Which of the following provinces had the largest number of members in the constituent Assembly ?
(a) Madras
(b) United Provinces
(c) Bihar
(d) Bombay
Answer: United Provinces
The state having largest area of forest cover in India is
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Haryana
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Which of the following groups of states has the largest deposits of iron ore ?
(a) Bihar and Orissa
(b) West Bengal and Assam
(c) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
(d) Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Answer: Bihar and Orissa
Which of the following foodgrain crops occupies the largest part of the cropped area in India ?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Barley and maize
(d) Jowar and bajra
Answer: Rice
Which of the following agricultural products is the largest earner of foreign exchange for India ?
(a) Tea
(b) Tobacco
(c) Sugarcan
(d) Jute
Answer: Tea
The largest river delta of India is of
(a) Kaveri
(b) Ganga
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Godavari
Answer: Ganga
The biggest lake in India is
(a) Sambhar lake
(b) Wular Lake
(c) Dal Lake
(d) Chilka lake
Answer: Wular Lake
Which States has a the largest coastline in India ?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Which of the following states has the largest nimber of salt lakes in India ?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat
Answer: Gujarat
The biggest agregation of coral island in India is
(a) None of these
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andamans
(d) Nicobar
Answer: Lakshadweep
Which of the following is the highest Aravalli Peak ?
(a) None of these
(b) Guru Shikhar
(c) Mt. K2
(d) Taragarh
Answer: Guru Shikhar
The second largest river basin in India is of the river
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Brahmaputra
(d) Narmada
Answer: Godavari
Which of the following is the longest river in India ?
(a) Godavari
(b) Ganga
(c) Narmada
(d) Brahmaputra
Answer: Ganga
The second largest basin in Peninsular India is
(a) Krishna Basin
(b) Godavari Basin
(c) Cauvery Basin
(d) Narmada Basin
Answer: Krishna Basin
The largest southernmost single island in India is
(a) Rameswaram island
(b) Great Nicobar island
(c) Car Nicobar island
(d) Minicoy island
Answer: Minicoy island
Which of the following states in India has the largest area under forests ?
(a) Kerela
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Assam
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Which state is the largest producer of natural rubber ?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerela
(d) Assam
Answer: Kerela
The largest Zoo in India is at
(a) Bombay
(b) Madras
(c) Kolkata
(d) Delhi
Answer: Kolkata
Which of the following states in India is the largest producer of teak wood ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Maharashtra
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Which of the following states has the largest average size of agriculture holding ?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab
(d) Tamil Naidu
Answer: Rajasthan
Which Indian state is the largest producer of pepper ?
(a) Tamil Naidu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Kerela
Answer: Kerela
The largest coffee growing state in India is
(a) Tamil Naidu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerela
(d) Karnataka
Answer: Karnataka
Which state is the largest producer of Groundnut ?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat
The largest food crop of India is
(a) Gram
(b) Rice
(c) Wheat
(d) Maize
Answer: Rice
The largest no. of cattel are found in
(a) Bihar
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
The maximum edible oil in India is produced from
(a) Groundnut
(b) Sunflower
(c) Rapeseed and Mustard
(d) Til
Answer: Groundnut
Among the largest milk producing countries in the world, India stand
(a) Second
(b) Fourth
(c) First
(d) Third
Answer: Second
The largest producer of arecanut is
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Kerela
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Kerela
The largest producer of fresh water fish in India is
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerela
(c) West Bengal
(d) Maharashtra
Answer: West Bengal
Which state is the biggest producer of cashewnut ?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerela
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Tamil Nadu
The largest producer of sesamum in India is
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Kerela
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Tamil Nadu
Which of the following is the largest livestock in India ?
(a) Sheep
(b) Horses and Ponies
(c) Bafaloes
(d) Goats
Answer: Goats
The largest tea producing state in India is
(a) Karnataka
(b) West Bengal
(c) Assam
(d) Kerela
Answer: Assam
The largest coal deposit in India is in
(a) Satpura valley
(b) Damodar valley
(c) Godavari valley
(d) Brahmani valley
Answer: Damodar valley
The largest coal producing state in India is
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Orissa
Answer: Bihar
The largest bauxite producer in India is
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Orissa
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Bihar
Answer: Bihar
Which of the following state is the largest producer of gypsum in India ?
(a) Bihar
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Orissa
Answer: Rajasthan
Which state is the leading producer of mica in India ?
(a) Bihar
(b) Orissa
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Bihar
Which state in India is the largest producer of maganese ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c) Orissa
(d) Bihar
Answer: Orissa
At present, India largest mineral resource is
(a) Copper
(b) None of these
(c) Iron-ore
(d) Col
Answer: Col
The biggest oil refinery in India is at
(a) Digboi
(b) Koyali
(c) Barauni
(d) Mathura
Answer: Koyali
Which is the biggest hinterland port in India ?
(a) Bombay
(b) Madras
(c) Vishakhapatnam
(d) Kandla
Answer: Bombay
Which of the following major sea ports handles the largest volume of our foreign trade ?
(a) Calcutta
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Marmugao
(d) Bombay
Answer: Bombay
Which of the following sea ports is the largest exporter of iron ore from India ?
(a) Calcutta
(b) Kandla
(c) Bombay
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Answer: Vishakhapatnam
India's largest run off river is
(a) Godavari
(b) Ganga
(c) Narmada
(d) Mahanadi
Answer: Ganga
The largest quantity of iron ore is exported from India through the ports of
(a) Calcutta and Bombay
(b) Vishakhapatnam and Mormugao
(c) Bombay and Mormugao
(d) Madras and Vishakhapatnam
Answer: Vishakhapatnam and Mormugao
Which state has the largest length of roads ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
Answer: Maharashtra
Which one of the following is the industry in which the largest number of women are employed in India ?
(a) Tea
(b) Coal
(c) Textiles
(d) Jute
Answer: Tea
India is a leading producer of
(a) Meat
(b) Cheese
(c) butter
(d) Milk
Answer: Cheese
The largest industry in India is
(a) Textiles
(b) Sugar
(c) Aircraft
(d) Ship - building
Answer: Textiles
Which of the following states accounts for the largest share of industrial production and capital investment ?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) West Bengal
(d) Karnataka
Answer: Maharashtra
Which of the following states in India is the largest in area ?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
Which is the largest states in India with regard to population ?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
In terms of Area which of the following is the smallest state in India ?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Tripura
(c) Nagaland
(d) Goa
Answer: Goa
The largest city situated on river Gomti is
(a) Agra
(b) Meerut
(c) Lucknow
(d) Kanpur
Answer; Lucknow
Which of the following is the second largest spoken language in India /
(a) Marathi
(b) Bengali
(c) Telgu
(d) Punjabi
Answer: Telgu
The biggest public sector undertaking in the country is
(a) Iron and Steel plants
(b) Airways
(c) Roadways
(d) Railways
Answer: Railways
Which city in India is the largest according to 1991 census ?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Madras
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mumbai
Answer: Mumbai
Which state has propotionately the largest area covered by forests ?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Nagaland
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Bihar
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
Which states account for the largest softwood resources in India ?
(a) Assam
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
Which of the following is the largest district of Rajasthan ?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Jodhpur
(c) Bikaner
(d) Jaisalmer
Answer: Jaisalmer
The largest coconut producing state in India is
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Kerela
Answer: Kerela

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