Practice Flashcards: Indian History, Governance, and General Knowledge

This set covers Indian independence slogans, key educational abbreviations, basic geography and science facts, current government officials as of 2026, the Saka calendar, and notable books and national days.

"Do or Die (Karo Ya Maro)"

Mahatma Gandhi

"Give me blood, and I will give you freedom"

Subhas Chandra Bose

"Inquilab Zindabad" (Coined by)

Hasrat Mohani

"Inquilab Zindabad" (Popularized by)

Bhagat Singh

"Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it"

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

"Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan"

Lal Bahadur Shastri

"Vande Mataram"

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

"Jai Hind"

Subhas Chandra Bose

"Dilli Chalo"

Subhas Chandra Bose

"Aaram Haraam Hai"

Jawaharlal Nehru

"Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna" (Written by)

Bismil Azimabadi

"Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna" (Popularized by)

Ram Prasad Bismil

"Simon Go Back"

Anti-Simon Commission Protest Slogan

"Quit India" (Coined by)

Yusuf Meherally

"Back to the Vedas"

Dayanand Saraswati

"Kar Mat Do (Don't Pay Tax)"

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

CBSE

Central Board of Secondary Education

NCERT

National Council of Educational Research and Training

NEET

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test

JEE

Joint Entrance Examination

NTA

National Testing Agency

UGC

University Grants Commission

AICTE

All India Council for Technical Education

NET

National Eligibility Test

SET

State Eligibility Test

CUET

Common University Entrance Test

UPSC

Union Public Service Commission

SSC

Staff Selection Commission

NIOS

National Institute of Open Schooling

ICSE

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

IIT

Indian Institute of Technology

NIT

National Institute of Technology

IIIT

Indian Institute of Information Technology

AIIMS

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Capital of India

New Delhi

Smallest Continent

Australia

Largest Planet

Jupiter

Deepest Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Ramayana (Author)

Valmiki

Mahabharata (Author)

Ved Vyasa

Essential Gas for Life

Oxygen

Water Freezes At

$$0^{\circ}C$$

Largest Hot Desert

Sahara Desert

Hardest Natural Substance

Diamond

Number of Oceans

$$5$$

Number of Continents

$$7$$

National Game of India

No Official National Game

Smallest Unit of Life

Cell

Powerhouse of the Cell

Mitochondria

Language of Computers

Binary

First President of India

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Father of the Nation

Mahatma Gandhi

First Prime Minister of India

Jawaharlal Nehru

National Fruit of India

Mango

Planet Nearest to the Sun

Mercury

Planet with Most Known Moons

Saturn

Chemical Symbol of Gold

$$Au$$

Currency of Japan

Yen

President of India (2026)

Draupadi Murmu

Vice President of India (2026)

C. P. Radhakrishnan

Prime Minister of India (2026)

Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha Speaker (2026)

Om Birla

Chief Justice of India (2026)

Justice Surya Kant

Defence Minister (2026)

Rajnath Singh

Home Minister (2026)

Amit Shah

Finance Minister (2026)

Nirmala Sitharaman

External Affairs Minister (2026)

S. Jaishankar

Agriculture Minister (2026)

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Education Minister (2026)

Dharmendra Pradhan

Chief of Army Staff (2026)

Upendra Dwivedi

Chief of Air Staff (2026)

Amar Preet Singh

Chief of Naval Staff (2026)

Dinesh Kumar Tripathi

RBI Governor (2026)

Sanjay Malhotra

UPSC Chairman (2026)

Dr. Ajay Kumar

SSC Chairman (2026)

S. Gopalakrishnan

CBSE Chairman (2026)

Rahul Singh

DRDO Chairman (2026)

Sameer V. Kamat

ISRO Chairman (2026)

V. Narayanan

Chaitra

March–April (Saka Month 1)

Phalguna

February–March (Saka Month 12)

Saka Calendar Adoption Date

22 March 1957

Saka Era Begins

$$78\,CE$$

Arthashastra (Author)

Chanakya

Gitanjali (Author)

Rabindranath Tagore

Discovery of India (Author)

Jawaharlal Nehru

Wings of Fire (Author)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

12 January

National Youth Day

26 January

Republic Day

28 February

National Science Day

8 March

International Women's Day

22 April

Earth Day

5 June

World Environment Day

21 June

International Yoga Day

15 August

Independence Day

5 September

Teachers' Day

2 October

Gandhi Jayanti

14 November

Children's Day