Facts about India -Questions and Answers -12

276.In which year Oriental Insurance CompanyLtd became a subsidiary of LIC?

1956

277. In which year New India Assurance company was founded?

1919

278.Oriental Life Insurance Company was started in:

1818

279.The first modern paper mill in India was established in Sehrampur in ....... in 1832.

West Bengal

280.The first modern silk manufacturing unit was started in .......in 1832.

Howra

281.Which is known as the Steel City of India:

Jamshedpur

284. The monument where the Prime Minister of India raises the flag of India  every year on Independence Day.:

Red Fort

285. The ......... plays a key role in the Sherlock Holmes mystery The Sign of the Four, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Agra Fort                         

286. The  profound infleunce of which religion can be seen in Ajanta Caves?

Buddhism

287. Which dynasty constructed Charminar?

Qutub Shahi

288. The height of Gateway of India:

26m

289. In 1945, the courts-martial of three officers of the Indian National Army was held at:

Red Fort

290.  Which Indian monument witnesses every year the Republic Day Parade?

India Gate

291.  In which century Juma Masjid of Delhi, the largest mosque in India, was built?

17

292. Which fort is famous for its gates- the "Delhi Gate" and the "Lahore Gate."

Red Fort                                      

293. Lal Chand Usta was the chief architect of:

Hawa Mahal                                 

294. The only hill station in Rajastan:

Mount Abu                                  


295. Mussoorie is a hill station in........ where the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration is situated:

Uttarakhand

296. Nainital is a hill station which is also the seat of High Court of:

Uttarakhand                                  

297. Which hill station in Madhya Pradesh is known as ‘Queen of Satpuras’?

Pachmarhi

298. Ranikhet is a hill station in:

Uttarakhand   

299. Ranchi is a hill station in:

Jharkhand

300. The state capital in India situated in the highest altitude:

Shimla      
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