This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > India > Delhi – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Delhi Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Delhi has the world largest Hindu temple. It has 148 stone ..... on it's walls. A) Tigers. B) Beavers. C) Elephants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elephants. 2. New Delhi was built by ..... when they shifted their capital from ..... to Delhi. A) Shahjahan, Bombay. B) British, Kolkata. C) British, Mumbai. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British, Kolkata. 3. Where all Ministers live? A) Old Delhi. B) Mumbai. C) Chennai. D) New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Delhi. 4. What can you find in Delhi that belongs to other countries? A) International schools. B) Foreign restaurants. C) Overseas hospitals. D) Embassies and high commissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embassies and high commissions. 5. Hot and cold winds in Delhi is known as A) A strom. B) Loo. C) A breeze. D) A typhoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loo. 6. What is the old name of the Delhi was A) Shahjahanabad. B) Indraprastha. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indraprastha. 7. What is the Capital of India? A) Agra. B) New Delhi. C) Bangalore. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Delhi. 8. What is the name of the famous tomb built for Emperor Humayun in Delhi? A) Lotus Temple. B) Humayun's Tomb. C) Qutub Minar. D) Taj Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humayun's Tomb. 9. What happens at the Red Fort on 15th August A) The Prime Minister of India hoists the national flag. B) The President of India hoists the national flag. C) The Chief Minister hoists the national flag. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Prime Minister of India hoists the national flag. 10. Amar Jawan Jyoti is a ..... in the middle of India Gate. A) Flame. B) Sword. C) Statue. D) Flag. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flame. 11. What was the name of the city of Delhi under the rule of the Tomara ruler Prithviraj Chauhan? A) Lal Qila. B) Qila-i-Kuhna. C) Qila Rai Pithora. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qila Rai Pithora. 12. Mughal Garden is in A) Mumbai. B) Delhi. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delhi. 13. ..... is the capital of India A) New Delhi. B) Punjab. C) Gujarat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Delhi. 14. People from all states, religions and cultures inhabit Delhi. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Delhi is the most important state in India because it is India's ..... A) Hindi speaking State. B) Capital. C) State with Cat. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capital. 16. Delhi doesn't have a well built network of transportation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Name the place famous for shopping in Delhi. A) Gandhi Market. B) Raopura. C) Chandni Chowk. D) Hill Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chandni Chowk. 18. What is the main attraction for children? A) India Gate. B) Qutub Minar. C) Red Fort. D) Doll Museum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doll Museum. 19. Qutub Minar was build by ..... A) British. B) IItutmish. C) Pandavas. D) Mughals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IItutmish. 20. Which is the First fort of Delhi? A) Lal Kot. B) Taj Mahal. C) Red fort. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lal Kot. 21. Delhi first became the Capital of a Kingdom of the ..... A) Your Rajputs. B) Akbar Kingdom. C) Magadha Kingdom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your Rajputs. 22. What was RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN originally called. A) Viceroy's House. B) Bahai House. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viceroy's House. 23. The India Gate is on the ..... and has the Amar Jawan Jyoti. A) Rajpath. B) Sarojini Nagar. C) Jantar Mantar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajpath. 24. What is the film industry in Mumbai called? A) Hollywood. B) Curry Cinema. C) Bollywood. D) Chinese Opera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bollywood. 25. The Bahai Temple is in the shape of which flower? A) Lotus. B) Rose. C) Sunflower. D) Jasmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lotus. 26. The samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi is at ..... in Delhi A) Rajghat. B) Qutub Minar. C) President's House. D) Red fort. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajghat. 27. How many cities came adjacent to Indraprastha? A) 10. B) 12. C) 8. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 28. Who built New Delhi as the capital of India A) French. B) British. C) Americans. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British. 29. What was the name of the new city established by Tomar Kings. A) LAL CAT. B) Siri. C) Indraprastha. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LAL CAT. 30. True or False:India is the seventh largest country in the world. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. The main language spoken in Delhi is? A) Hindi. B) Telugu. C) Malayalam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindi. 32. ..... established it with the name Dilli or Dhilli A) Lal Kot. B) He had taken. C) King Anagpal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Anagpal. 33. Delhi shares its geographical boundaries with ..... in the east and ..... on the other three sides. A) Uttarakhand, Haryana. B) Uttar Pradesh, Haryana. C) Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh. D) Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh, Haryana. 34. Delhi consists of ..... parts A) 1. B) 2. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 35. From the ..... th century onwards it Delhi gained a lot of Importance A) 12. B) 11. C) 13. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 36. Rajghat is the samadhi of ..... the Father of our Nation. A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Subhash Chandra Bose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 37. The Qutub Minar was built by Qutub-ud-din Aibak in the ..... century. A) Twelfth. B) Eleventh. C) Tenth. D) Thirteenth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twelfth. 38. Who was the last sultan of Delhi? A) Muhammad Ghauri. B) Lodhis. C) Qutbuddin Aibak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lodhis. 39. Who built Qutub Minar? A) Qutbuddin Aibak. B) Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. C) Edwin Lutenins. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qutbuddin Aibak. 40. Delhi is the biggest city in India. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. What is the literacy percentage of Delhi? A) 86.3. B) 83.6. C) 93. D) 90.3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 86.3. 42. New Delhi and Old Delhi together constitute ..... A) National Constituency Territory. B) National Capital Terminus. C) National Core Team. D) National Capital Territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National Capital Territory. 43. Delhi known as the ..... of Delhi. A) State. B) National Capital Territory. C) City. D) Country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Capital Territory. 44. Which monument is known as the 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers'? A) Qutub minar. B) Red fort. C) India Gate. D) Akshardhan Temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India Gate. 45. The Samadhi of pt. Jawaharlal Nehru is at ..... A) Shantivan. B) Vijayghat. C) Redfort. D) Rajghat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shantivan. 46. Who planned and designed New Delhi? A) George V. B) Charles Canning. C) George VI Viceroy. D) Sir Edwin Lutyens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Edwin Lutyens. 47. What is the name of samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi? A) Rajhaghat. B) Savichara. C) Savitrika. D) Nirviratarka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajhaghat. 48. How many rooms are there in RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN. A) 45. B) 34. C) 24. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 34. 49. Which river is called as the lifeline of Delhi? A) Yamuna. B) Sutlej. C) Ganga. D) To become. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yamuna. 50. The city of Delhi was first built by A) Pandavas. B) Mughals. C) Kauravas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pandavas. 51. Name the major universities in Delhi. A) Jamia Millia Islamia University. B) The Delhi University. C) The Jawaharlal Nehru University. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 52. The political importance of Delhi in India grew right from the days of the ..... rulers. A) Akbar. B) Magadha. C) Rajput. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajput. 53. Who constructed Moti Masjid in Red Fort (Delhi)? A) Aurangzeb. B) Ustad Khalil. C) Mosque-e-jahan. D) Muhammad Tughluq. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aurangzeb. 54. Delhi is known as NCT which stands for A) New city territory. B) New capital territory. C) National centre territory. D) National capital territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National capital territory. 55. Emperor Shahjahan rebuilt Delhi in the seventeenth century and called it ..... A) Faridabad. B) Indraprastha. C) Shahjahanbad. D) Ahmedabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shahjahanbad. 56. Delhi was first build by ..... A) Shajahan. B) The Pandava Kings. C) British. D) Qutb-ud-din Aibak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pandava Kings. 57. Delhi has a ..... climate A) Moderate. B) Extreme. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extreme. 58. Auto Rickshaws are used like taxis in India. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. There is a museum in Delhi for ..... A) Monks. B) Rickshaws. C) Toilets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toilets. 60. Which festival is celebrated with grand processions and fairs at Red Fort in Delhi? A) Diwali. B) Republic Day. C) Holi. D) Independence Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Independence Day. Next →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesDelhi Quiz 2Andaman And Nicobar Islands QuizAndhra Pradesh QuizArunachal Pradesh QuizAssam QuizBihar QuizCapital Of Indian States Indian Union Territories QuizChandigarh Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books