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Famous Places in India Questions and Answers

321.

The famous Rock Garden is located in which city?

Answer: A

The Rock Garden is at Chandigarh.

Nek Chand, a road inspector, began it secretly in 1957 on government land, building sculptures from broken bangles, tiles and other industrial waste. Discovered in 1975, it was preserved rather than demolished and now covers some forty acres.

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322.

In which indian city Tower of Silence is located ?

Answer: D

The Tower of Silence is in Mumbai.

The dakhma on Malabar Hill is where Parsis expose their dead to vultures, holding that a corpse must not defile earth, fire or water. The practice has become difficult since vulture numbers collapsed in the 1990s.

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323.

St.Francis Church is located at

Answer: B

St Francis Church is at Kochi.

Built by the Portuguese in 1503, it is the oldest European church in India. Vasco da Gama was buried there in 1524 before his remains were taken to Portugal, and his gravestone can still be seen.

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324.

The Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University is at which of the following places?

Answer: A

It is at Aurangabad.

Founded in 1958 as Marathwada University and renamed in 1994 after B.R. Ambedkar, it serves the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

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325.

Which of these Cities located in the state of Gujarat is famous for zari production?

Answer: B

Surat is famous for zari.

Zari is thread of gold or silver wound on silk, used in brocade and embroidery, and Surat has been its principal centre since Mughal times, when the city was the empire's chief port.

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326.

The college of Military Engineering is situated at

Answer: B

The College of Military Engineering is at Kirkee, Pune.

Founded in 1943, it trains officers of the Corps of Engineers in combat engineering, bridging, mine warfare and construction.

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327.

Tiruchirapalli is situated on river

Answer: B

Tiruchirappalli stands on the Cauvery.

The river divides just above the city at Srirangam, an island temple town between the Cauvery and the Kollidam, and the Rock Fort temple looks down on it.

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328.

According to Assocham Report, ____________ is second best state in attracting investments.

Answer: A

Gujarat was second.

The Assocham report on investment ranked it second among the states in attracting fresh investment, behind Maharashtra, on the strength of its industrial infrastructure, port capacity and clearance procedures.

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329.

Waterloo is located in

Answer: B

Waterloo is in Belgium.

The battle of 18 June 1815, in which Wellington and Blucher defeated Napoleon, was fought a few kilometres south of the village, then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. It ended the Napoleonic wars.

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330.

In the Lion Capital of Ashoka, which four animals are engraved at the bottom?

Answer: C

They are the lion, elephant, horse and bull.

The four animals are carved on the abacus of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, each separated by a wheel. They are commonly read as the four quarters and the four stages of life; the wheel between them became the Ashoka Chakra on the national flag.

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