1) Planning Comission of India came into existence in which year? - 1950 (Now it has been revamped as NITI Aayog from January 2015).
2) When were the fundamental duties incorporated in the Constitution? - 1976
3) Second Five Year plan gave priority to? - Heavy Industries
4) How many items are there in the Union List? - 99
5) How much of India's total geographical area is forest land? - 23%
6) What is "God Save the Queen/King"? - Name of British National Anthem
7) When was 'Jana Gana Mana' first sung? - Second day of the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911.
8) First oil refinery in India was set up at? - Digboi
9) India switched over to the decimal currency system in which year? - 1957
10) Biosphere reserve of India Nanda Devi is located in which state? - Uttarakhand
11) Name the clarion call of National Games 2015 to be held in Kerala? -'Get Set Play'
12) Which is the only ocean to be named after a country? - Indian Ocean
13) The book "My Truth" is on the life of? - Indira Gandhi
15) The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in which session of Congress? -Calcutta session of 1906
16) C.V Raman got Nobel Prize in which year? - 1930
17) Dilwara Temple is situated at? - Rajasthan
18) International Nurses Day? - May 12
19) 'Cricket My Style' is a book written by? - Kapil Dev
20) Who was the first cricket player to take ten wickets in one innings of a Test Cricket Match? - Jim Lecker
21) Who was the first women Chief Information Commissioner of India? -Deepak Sandhu
22) Who is the author of the book 'Weapons of Peace: The Secret Story of India's Quest to be a Nuclear Power'? - Raj Chengappa
23) The year in which the film Raja Harichandra was made? - 1913
24) Who coined the term 'Sensex' to name the Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) bench mark stock index? - Deepak Mohoni
25) Name the first Defence Minister of Independent India? - Baldev Singh
26) Who translated Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' to English from Gujarathi? - Mahadev Desai
27) Name the only women to hold the post of Finance Minister of India? -Indira Gandhi
28) Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary is located at? - Assam
29) Which is the largest Lok Sabha constituency in India in terms of area? -Ladakh
30) Which state is the largest producer of silk in India? - Karnataka
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