General Knowledge about India

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• Official Name

Bharat (Hindi), Republic of India (English)

• Capital

New Delhi

• Population

1, 027, 015, 247 (2001 Census)

• Area

3.3 million square kilometers

• Geographical Location

Between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97° 25' east

• Coastline Length

7600 km

• Major Religions

Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism

• Literacy

65.38%

• President

Pratibha Patil

• Prime Minister

Dr. Manmohan Singh

• National Anthem

Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore

• National Song

Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji

• National Emblem

Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath

• National Animal

Tiger (Panthera tigris)

• National Bird

Peacock

• National Flower

Lotus

• National Tree

Banyan

• National Fruit

Mango

• National Currency

Rupee (One Rupee=100 paise)

• National Sport

Hockey

• Languages

India has two National languages (Central administrative). They are English (associate official) and Hindi (in the Devanagiri script). The Indian Constitution also officially recognizes 22 regional languages.

• National Flag

Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue color