Famous Places in India Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Zawar is famous for its zinc mines.

The mines in Udaipur district of Rajasthan are among the oldest in the world: zinc was smelted there by distillation from the twelfth century, a technique Europe did not master until the eighteenth.

Answer: B

The National Institute of Occupational Health is at Ahmedabad.

An ICMR institute founded in 1966, it studies occupational disease - silicosis, byssinosis, pesticide poisoning - and advises on workplace health standards.

Answer: D

Mahabaleshwar is in Maharashtra.

It lies at about 1,350 m in the Sahyadris in Satara district and was the summer capital of the Bombay Presidency. Five rivers rise there, the Krishna among them, and it is known for its strawberries.

Answer: A

Rana Pratap Sagar is famous for its nuclear power station.

The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station stands at Rawatbhata beside the Rana Pratap Sagar dam on the Chambal, which supplies its cooling water. Its first unit, built with Canadian help, went critical in 1972.

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.

Answer: D

All of these are important in Rajasthan.

The state has a large textile and woollen industry at Bhilwara and Bikaner, sugar and cement plants using its limestone, and glass works and zinc smelters drawing on the Zawar and Rampura Agucha ores.

Answer: A

Nalanda is near Patna in Bihar.

The mahavihara flourished from the fifth to the twelfth century and drew students from across Asia; Xuanzang and Yijing both studied there. It was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji about 1200 and was inscribed by UNESCO in 2016.

Answer: A

It is at Kochi in Kerala.

Vasco da Gama died at Cochin in 1524 and was buried in St Francis Church, the oldest European church in India. His remains were taken to Portugal fourteen years later, but the gravestone remains.

Answer: B

The National Science Centre is at Delhi.

Opened in 1992 near Pragati Maidan, it is a museum of the National Council of Science Museums, with galleries on the human body, prehistoric life and India's heritage in science.

Answer: D

The Hawa Mahal is at Jaipur.

Sawai Pratap Singh built it in 1799 as an extension of the City Palace, its 953 small latticed windows letting the women of the household watch the street unseen, and drawing a cooling breeze - hence the name, palace of winds.