With which state is Kurukshetra Festival associated? – Haryana With which state is Phulaich festival associated? – Himachal Pradesh With which state is Kundri Mela associated? – Jharkhand With which state is Dasara Fair associated? – Karnataka With which state is Nimar Utsav associated? – Madhya Pradesh Pongal is the harvest festival celebrated at the end of harvest season. It is the famous festival of which among the

state?- Andhra Pradesh Sonepur Cattle Fair is the famous festival of ? Bihar The Lumbini festival gives a platform to rejoice the heritage & commemorate the religion of Buddhism. With which state is

Lumbini festival associated?- Andhra Pradesh With which state is Modhera Dance Festival associated? Gujarat

1. Who wrote the famous book – ‘We the people’?

A. T.N.Kaul

B. J.R.D. Tata

C. Khushwant Singh

D. Nani Palkhivala

2. Who is the author of the book ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’?

A. Thomas Hardy

B. Emile Zola

C. George Orwell

D. Walter Scott

3.Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand?

A. Gaban

B. Godan

C. Guide

D. Manasorovar

4.Who is the author of the book ‘Forbidden Verses’?

A. Salman RushDie

B. Abu Nuwas

C. Ms. Taslima Nasrin

D. D.H. Lawrence

5.The lead character in the film ‘The Bandit Queen’ has been played by

A. Rupa Ganguly

B. Seema Biswas

C. Pratiba Sinha

D. Shabama Azmi

6.Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth?

A. My God Died Young

B. Islamic Bomb

C. Look Back in Anger

D. A Suitable Boy

7.Who wrote the line: ‘ A thing of beauty is a joy forever’?

A. John Keats

B. Robert Browing

C.P.B.Shelley

D. William Wordsworth

8.Who has written the book ‘My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir’?

A. Anees Jung

B. Jagmohan

C. M.J.Akbar

D. Nissim Ezekiel

9.The book ‘To Live or Not Live’ was written by - 

A. V.S. Naipaul

B. Alexandra Dumas

C. George Elliot

D. Nirad C. Chaudhuri

10. ‘A Voice for Freedom’ is a book written by

A. Corazon Aquino

B. Nayantara Sahgal

C. Aung San Suu Kyi

D. Benazir Bhutto

11.Who is the father of English Poetry?

A. Milton

B. Wordsworth

C. Chaucer

D. Charles Dickens

12.The popular TV serial ‘Neem ka Ped’ was written by

A. Rahi Masoom Raza

B. Sharad Joshi

C. Ashapurna Devi

D. Harivansh Rai Bachachan

13.Who wrote ‘War and Peace’?

A. Leo Tolstoy

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Charles Dickens

D. Kipling

14.Which of the book was written by Graham Greene?

A. O’ Jerusalem

B. The Power and Glory

C. Crisis in India

D. Of Human Bondage

15. The famous book ‘Anandmath’ was authored by

A. Sarojini Naidu

B. Bankim Chandra Chottapadhya

C. Sri Aurobindo

D. Rabindrnath Tagore

16.Who wrote the book ‘Reminiscences of the Nehru Age’?

A. C.D.Deshmukh

B. Dr. P.C.Alexander

C. M.O.Mathai

D. S.C.Rajagopalachari

17.Aurobindo was the author of

A. Discovery of India

B. Hindu view of life

C. Yogashastra

D. Savitri

18.Who is the author of the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?

A. Mahatma Gandhi

B. Michael Anderson

C. Winston Churchill

D. Jarnes Morris

19.Who is the writer of ‘Swamy and Friends’?

A. Munshi Premchand

B. Raman

C. Max Muller

D. R. K. Narayan

20.’The Naked Face’, a very popular book is written by

A. Dominique Lapierre

B. Larry Collins

C. Sidney Sheldon

D. Juan Benet

21.The author of controversial book ‘Lajja’ is a citizen of

A. Pakistan

B. Indonesia

C. Bangladesh

D. India

22.The first history book was written by

A. Euclid

B. Herodotus

C. Aristotle

D. Julius Caesar

23.Who is the author of book ‘We Indians’?

A. Nirad C. Choudry

B. Subramaniya Swamy

C. Khushwant Singh

D. Muluk Raj Anand

24.’India of our Dreams’ is a book written by

A. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

B. Dr. C. Subramanian

C. M.V. Kamath

D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

25.’Neela Chand’ which won the Vyas Samman for 1992 is written by

A. Shiv Prasad Singh

B. Subash Mukhopadhyay

C. Ram Vilas Sharma

D. Ramakant Rath

The Hungarian brothers, Laszlo and George Biro, made the first ball point pen in 1894. It followed the first workable fountain pen which was invented by L.E. Waterman in 1884.

ndian Railway -established by East India Company and British Government

On September 22nd, 1842, British civil engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles, submitted a Report on a Proposed Railway in India to

the East India Company

By 1845, two companies, the East Indian Railway Company operating from Calcutta, and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway

(GIPR) operating from Bombay, were formed. The first train in India was operational on 1851-12-22, used for the hauling of

construction material in Roorkee.

The first train in India was operational on 1851-12-22, used for the hauling of construction material in Roorkee. A few years later,

on 1853-04-16, the first passenger train between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thana covering a distance of 34 km (21 miles) was

inaugurated, formally heralding the birth of railways in India

Robert Maitland Brereton, a British engineer was responsible for the expansion of the railway from 1857 onwards.By 1875, about

£95 million were invested by British companies

Indian Railways has the first place in Asia and 4th in the world.

The first train in India was run on April 16, 1853 between Mumbai and Thane.

“Toy train” service launched July 4, 1881

The headquarter of Indian Railways is situated in New Delhi.

Indian Railways is the largest undertaking in country.

Mughal Sarai is the largest railway yard in the country.

The famous “toy train” service officially opens in northeastern India. The steam engines that run on the two-feet wide narrow

guage track are today a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A huge draw with tourists, the journey offers stunning views of the

Himalayas and travels up to Ghum, India’s highest station.

Railway Zones :- Indian Railways has been divided into 15 zones.

1. Railway Zone - Northern / Headquarter - Delhi

2. Railway Zone – Southern / Headquarter - Chennai

3. Railway Zone – Eastern  / Headquarter - Kolkata

4. Railway Zone – Western / Headquarter - Mumbai

5. Railway Zone – Central  / Headquarter - Mumbai VT

6. Railway Zone – North-Eastern / Headquarter -  Gorakhpur

7. Railway Zone – North-Western / Headquarter –  Jaipur

8. Railway Zone – North-Central/ Headquarter -  Allahabad

9. Railway Zone – North East Frontier/ Headquarter –   Maligaon-Guwahati

10. Railway Zone – South-Eastern / Headquarter - Kolkata

11. Railway Zone – South-Western / Headquarter - Bangalore

12. Railway Zone - South-Central / Headquarter - Secunderabad

13. Railway Zone – East-Central / Headquarter - Hajipur

14. Railway Zone – West-Central / Headquarter - Jabalpur

15. Railway Zone – East-Coastal  / Headquarter - Bhubaneshwar

Who is the Vice President of India?

Hamid Ansari

When was the International Literacy Day celebrated?

8 September

w hich of the following River called the "Sorrow of Bihar

Koshi