GK of India

Some Facts about India - Bharat - Hindustan

 

Capital                                               New Delhi

National Flag                                   Tricolor

National Emblem                            Ashok Chakra

National Script                                Dev-Nagari

National Calendar                          Saka

Official Language                           Hindi

National Anthem                             Jana Gana Mana

National Slogan                              Satya-Mev-Jyate

National Song                                 Vande Mataram

National River                                 Ganga

National Tree                                   Banyan

National Flower                              Lotus

National Fruit                                   Mango

National Bird                                   Peacock

National Animal                              Tiger

National Currency                          Rs.[INR]

Indian Standard Time Zone          Time (UTC +05:30)

National Document                        Shwet Patra

Legislature Sansad

Government                                     Federal Republic, Constitutional Republic

Parliamentary Democracy

President                                          Pratibha Patil

Prime Minister                                 Dr.Manmohan Singh

Chief Justice                                   S.H.Kapadia

Upper House                                   Rajya Sabha

Lower House                                   Lok Sabha

National Plan                                   Five Year plan

National foreign policy                 Non-alignment

Drives on                                          Left

Internet TLD(top-level domain) .in

Calling Code                                    91

National Game                                Field Hockey

Republic Day                                    (26th Jan)

Independence Day                          (15th Aug)

National Festival                             Gandhi Jayanthi (2nd October)

National Religion                            Secular

National (Country's highest civilian) Award Bharat-Ratna

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tamil Nadu : State with maximum No. of Towns :: Goa : State with maximum % of urban population

(832) (49.8%)

Goa (3702 km square): Smallest State :: Lakshadweep (32 km square): Smallest union territory

NH No.7: Longest National Highway :: Jammu Tawi to Kanyakumari : Longest rail route

(2369kms) (3751kms)

Gujarat : State with longest sea coast :: Andhra Pradesh : Peninsular State, with longest coast line

Jawahar Tunnel(J&K) : Longest Tunnel :: Indra-Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal : Longest Canal

Marina sea-beach(Chennai) : Longest sea-beach :: Siachin : Longest Glacier

Yuva-Bharti : Biggest Stadium :: Indra-Gandhi Stadium : Biggest Indoor Stadium

(Kolkata) (New-Delhi)

Wular (J&K): Biggest sweet water lake :: Govind Sagar (Bhakra Nangal) : Biggest Artificial Lake

Kerala : State with highest literacy :: Bihar (47.0%) : State with lowest literacy

Mumbai : Biggest Natural Harbour :: Sundarban (West Bengal) : Biggest delta

Digboi : Biggest oil(Petroleum)digging area :: Hero-cycles: Biggest cycle manufacturing company

(Assam) (Punjab)

Sonepur(Bihar) : Biggest animal fair :: Zoological garden(West Bengal) : Biggest zoological garden

G.T.Road : Longest Road :: Kharagpur (West Bengal) : Longest railway platform

Konark (Puri-Orissa) : Biggest Sun Temple :: Kailash Temple (Ellora) : Biggest Cave Temple

Thangam (Tamil Nadu) : Biggest Picture hall :: Raj-Mandir (Jaipur) : Most beautiful picture hall

Indian Museum (Kolkata) : Biggest Museum :: Nepanagar (M.P) : Biggest Newspaper factory