*The number of spokes in Ashoka Chakra Ans : 24 *Colour of Ashoka Chakra Ans : Navy blue *Cloth used to make National Flag *New flag code of India is adopted in Ans : January 26, 2002 *As per the flag code of India, the smallest size of National Flag is Ans : 6" X 4" *The tallest National Flag in India is situated at Ans : Attari (Punjab) *Indian National Flag can be made by Ans : 9 types *The only unit in India, that is authorised to manufacture and supply the National flag of India Ans : Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (Hubli, Karnataka). *The ceremony of raising National Flag on the Lahori Gate in Red Fort on every Independence day was started from Ans : 1947 *The countries; having National flags similar to India *The studies of Flags is called Ans : Vexillology * First woman to raise Indian National Ans : Bhikaiji Cama (at Stuttgart, Germany) * First person to raise the Indian National Flag in Indian Soil Ans :Surendranath Banerjee (Kolkata) * First person to raise the Tricolour flag of India Ans :jawaharlal Nehru (1929, INC Lahore) *National Anthem of India Ans : Jana Gana Mana *National Anthem was written by Ans : Rabindra Nath Tagore *Constituent Assembly adopted National Anthem on Ans : January 24,1950 *Jana Gana Mana was composed on the Raga called Ans : Sankarabharanam *Music of Jana Gana Mana was composed by Ans : Captain Ram Singh Thakur *Music of Vande mataram was composed by Ans : Jadunath Bhattacharya *Present form of Vande mataram is composed by Ans : Pandit Ravi Sankar *Vande mataram is taken from the novel Ans : Anandamath (1882) *Vande mataram was first sung by Ans : Rabindra Nath Tagore *Vande mataram was first sung at the Ans : Calcutta Session (1896) *National Anthem was first sung by Ans : Sarala Devi Chowdhary (on December 28,1911 - Kolkata Session) *The complete song of Jana Gana Mana consists of Ans : Five stanzas * First stanza of Jana Gana Mana comprises the full version of the Ans : National Anthem *English Translation of Jana Gana Mana is known as Ans : Morning Song of India *Jana Gana Mana was translated into English as the 'Morning song of India' by Ans : Rabindra Nath Tagore *Tagore wrote Jana Gana Mana in the language of Ans : Bengali *The Hindi version of Jana Gana Mana was adopted as National Anthem by the Ans : Constituent Assembly *The only person who wrote two , National anthems Ans : Rabindra Nath Tagore Gana Mana for India Amar Sona Bangla for Ans : Bangladesh *Time taken to sing the National Anthem of India Ans : 52 seconds for all version (20 seconds for short version) *The studies of National Anthem is called Ans : Anthematology *Vande mataram was translated into English by Ans : Aurobindo Ghosh *Constituent Assembly adopted the National Song on Ans : January 24,1950 *Anandamath was written by Ans : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee *Anandamath is written in Ans : Bengali language *The character who is singing Vande mataram in Anandamath novel Ans : Bhavanandan *Vande mataram is written in Ans : Sanskrit language *The Raga used to sing Vande mataram is Ans : Desh *The goddess praised in Vande mataram Ans : Durga * The song which also raises patriotism like the National Anthem . Ans : Sare Jahan se Accha * Sare Jahan se Accha was composed by Ans : Muhammad Iqbal * The language used to compose Sare Jahan se Accha Ans : Urdu * Formally, Sare Jahan Se Accha was known as Ans : Taranah-i-Hindi
NATIONAL EMBLEM
*National Emblem of India Ans : Lion Capital *National Emblem of India is adopted from Ans : Lion Capital of Asoka at Sarnath *Sri Buddha gave his first sermon at Ans : Sarnath *The Lion Capital of Ashoka is kept at Sarnath Museum Lion Capital was built by Ans : Emperor Ashoka the Great *The animals that seen in the emblem Ans : 1. Elephant 2. Lion 3. Horse 4. Bull *The flower that seen in the National Emblem is Ans : Lotus * Constituent Assembly adopted National Emblem on Ans : January 26,1950 *The motto inscribed in the National emblem is Ans : Satyameva Jayate *The motto Satyameva Jayate is taken from Ans : Mundakopanishad *The script used to write Satymeva Jayate on Lion Capital Ans : Devanagari *The Capital is carved out of a single block of polished sandstone *It features four Asiatic Lions standing back to back *They are mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull, and a lion *They are separated by intervening Ans : spoked chariot-wheels *The whole sits upon Ans : a bell shaped lotus * The capital is crowned by Ans : A 'Wheel of Dharma' (Dharmachakra or "Ashoka Chakra") with 24 spokes
NATIONAL ANIMAL AND BIRD
*National Animal of India Ans : Royal Bengal Tiger *Tiger was adopted as our National Animal in Ans : 1972 *Project Tiger came into force in Ans : 1973 *Before adopting Tiger, our National Animal was Ans : Lion * Scientific name of Tiger Ans : Panthera Tigris *National bird of India Ans : Peacock *Scientific name of Peacock Pavo Cristatus *Peacock became our National bird in Ans : 1963
NATIONAL FLOWER
*National Flower of India Ans : Lotus *Botanical name of lotus Ans : Nelumbo nucifera *The countries having lotus as their national flower Ans : Egypt, Vietnam, India
NATIONAL TREE
* National tree of India Ans : Banyan Tree *Botanical name of banyan tree Ficus Ans : benghalensis
NATIONAL FRUIT
*National fruit of India Ans : Mango *Botanical name of mango Ans : Mangifera indica *Birth place of mango tree Ans : India *National fruit of Pakistan Ans : Mango
NATIONAL RIVER
*National river of India Ans : Ganges *Ganges was adopted as the National river of India on Ans : November 4, 2008 *Ganga Action Plan was in Ans : 1986 *The longest river in India Ans : Ganges
NATIONAL GAME
*National game of India *The man known as Hockey wizard Ans : Dyan Chand *The sports event in which India got most number of gold medals in Olympics Ans : Hockey
NATIONAL DANCE FORM
*National Dance form of India Ans : Bharatanatyam *The birth place of Bharatanatyam Ans : Tamil Nadu *The dance form known as Motion of Poetry Ans : Bharatanatyam
NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL
*National aquatic animal of India Ans : Ganga Dolphin *Ganga dolphin was adopted as the National aquatic animal on Ans : October 5,2009 *Scientific name of Ganga dolphin Ans : Platanista gangetica
NATIONAL FISH
*National Fish of India Ans : King Mackerel *Scientific name of King Mackerel Ans : Scomberomorus cavalla *National heritage animal of India Ans : Elephant *Scientific name of elephant Ans : Elephas Maximus *Elephant was declared as the Heritage animal of India in Ans : October 2010 *Project elephant was started in Ans : 1992 *Elephant is the official animal of Ans : Karnataka, Kerala Jharkhand
NATIONAL REPTILE
*National Reptile of India Ans : King Cobra *Scientific name of King Cobra Ans : Ophiophagus Hannah *World's longest venomous snake Ans : King Cobra
National Pledge
Ans : India is my country *National Pledge was prepared by Ans : Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao *The language in which the National Pledge is composed Ans : Telugu (1962) *National Pledge was started to swear in schools w.e.f. Ans : January 26, 1965 *The chairman of the Samiti which decided to swear National Pledge in schools Ans : M.C.Chagla
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
*Official Language of India Ans : Hindi *The Article which declares Hindi as Official Language Ans : 343 * Hindi became the Official Language of India from Ans : 1965 *In case of leap yearstarts on Ans : Saka year March 21 *Saka Era was started by Ans : Kanishka *Saka year was started in AD Ans : 78 *Government of India accepted Saka era on Ans : March 22,1957 *First month of Saka era Ans : Chaitra *Second month of Saka era Ans : Vaishakha *Last month of Saka era Ans : Phalguna *Chaitra 1 is equivalent to Ans : March 22 in Gregorian Calendar
NATIONAL CALENDAR
*National Calendar of India Ans : Saka era *The new symbol for Indian rupee was I adoptein Ans : July 2010 *Designer of Indian rupee new symbol Ans : D. Udaya Kumar (Tamil Nadu) *Fifth.currency, in the world which has got a symbol Ans : Indian Rupee *Indian standard Meridian BBwBli passes through Ans : Allahabad (U.P) *The clock tower which shows India's standard time is at Ans : Mirzapur (Allahabad, U.P) *Percentage of India's land area in the world Ans : 2.420/0 *The oldest Mountain ranges in India Ans : Aravalli *The highest peak in India Ans : Mount K2 or Godwin Austin *Height of Mount Ans : K2 8611m *The highest peak situated completely in India Ans : Kangchenjunga (Sikkim) *Height of Kangchenjunga Ans : 8586 m *The second longest glacier in the world Ans : Siachen Glacier *Which is known as third pole of the earth Ans : Siachen *The longest river in India Ans : Ganges *The longest river in the Indian sub continent Ans : The Indus * The longest river in the peninsular India Ans : Godavari
*The country which leads the world in terms of newspaper circulation Ans : India *First newspaper in India Ans : Bengal Gazette (Kolkata) *Bengal Gazette was published by Ans : James Augustus Hicky (1780, January 29) *Early name of Bengal Gazette Ans : The Calcutta General Advertiser * In which language Bengal Gazette was published Ans : English *Indian News paper day January 29 National press day Ans : November 16 *World press freedom day Ans : May 3 *Oldest existing newspaper in India Ans : Bombay Samachar *The languages in which Bombay Samachar is published Ans : Gujarati & English *Founder of the newspaper Bonroay Samachar Ans : Fardunjee Marzban (1822) *The most circulated newspaper in WORLD Ans : Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan) *The place from where the newspapers are published in most number of Indian languages Ans : Delhi *The only State where no national newspapers are published Ans : Arunachal Pradesh *First e-newspaper in India Ans : Uttar Pradesh
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