Basic GK Quiz 2

Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Ltd., a unit of Steel Authority of India Limited, is a plant involved in the production of alloy steels and pig iron. It is located in Bhadravathi, Karnataka. It was started as the Mysore Iron Works on 18 January 1923 by Sir M Visvesvaraya.

1. Governor-General of Fort William or Governor-General of Bengal (1773–1833): Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Fort William or Governor-General of Bengal.
2. Governors-General of India (1833–1858): Lord William Bentinck (1833) was the 1st Governor-General of British India.
3. Governors-General and Viceroys of India (1858–1947): In the year 1856 the Viceroy of India was announced. Lord Canning was the First Viceroy and Governor-General (1858-1862) of British India.

Japanese woman Junko Tabei was the first woman in the world to climb the world's highest peak of Mount Everest. She also became the first woman in the world to do an expedition of all “Seven Summits” — the tallest peak on each continent across the globe. Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) were the first in the world to scale Mount Everest.

Tripura is the capital of Agartala.

Our National Anthem, Jana-gana-mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi version by the Constituent Assembly as the national anthem of India on 24 January 1950. It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

The Brahmo Samaj was a monotheistic sect of Hinduism. The movement began through meetings of Bengalis in Calcutta in 1828. One of the leading figures was Ram Mohun Roy. This group was known as the Brahmo Sabha.

Kanchenjunga is situated in Sikkim. It is situated in the eastern Himalayas on the border between Sikkim and Nepal. The mountain is part of the Great Himalaya Range.

The National Chemical Labouratory (NCL) is an Indian government labouratory located in Pune. A constituent member of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was established in 1950. CSIR-NCL is a research and development organization with a focus on chemistry, biology and chemical engineering.

The first defence minister of independent India was Baldev Singh Chokkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–52.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the father of Indian nationalism and the prophet of Indian nationalism. He started the Brahmo Samaj in 1828. He also started the Atmiya Sabha by attracting the youth of Calcutta and fighting against religious and social evils.