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1. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Equator
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Talwandi
2. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Madhya Pradesh
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Painting
Uttar Pradesh
3. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
Mary Kom
W.C Bannerjee
9th August
Jaya Dev
4. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
Manipur54
Milkha Singh
Mussoorie
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
5. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Motion Picture
Jhumpa Lahiri
6. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
Gagan Narang (shooter)
South Kolkata
28th February
Sunil Gavaskar
7. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Lobsang Sangay
Harshavardhana
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Painting
8. Why sky appears to be blue?
Torricelli
Kanishka
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
9. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?
Mahatma Gandhi
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Jawaharlal Nehru
10. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
New Delhi
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Mary Kom
11. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?
31st May
22nd April
Silver
Dilip Kumar
12. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Hyderabad
Lead
5 hours 30 minutes
13. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
The equator
14. Why bubble of water shines?
Algernon Sidney
Jonathan Swift
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
27th September
15. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?
1st May164
18th December
Hindukush
Euclid
16. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?
Three Decades in Parliament
Football
Vasudeva
Hyderabad
17. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
July - 1947
Jagannath
18. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Lead
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Gwalior Gharana
Stupa
19. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Mumbai
Anna Hazare
Kulandei Francis
20. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
29th August
It loses one day
Rajasthan
Sidney Sheldon
21. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?
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22. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
In Samba
Journalism
Bleaching powder
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
23. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
Haryana
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Navtej Saran
24. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?
35 degree
South Kolkata
New Delhi
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
25. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Governor
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Maharashtra
26. What is the maximum period of gap between any two sessions of the Indian Parliament?
Gota in Sweden
18th December
Six months
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
27. Which is the largest populated state in India?
It loses one day
Uttar Pradesh
Methane
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
28. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Swarajya Party
23rd April
29. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
Mosley
Akbar
Kulandei Francis
The equator
30. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Albert Einstein
Sunderbans delta
Roger Federer
31. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?
Mary Kom
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Carbon dioxide
Chilka lake (Orissa )
32. When is the World Population Day observed?
10th December
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Is a herbal formulation of 10 selected herbs known to have adaptogenic properties. It helps to improve the physical and mental performance by increasing blood oxygenation and reducing low density lipoproteins and cholesterol.
11th July
33. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?
Rabindranath Tagore147
Swarajya Party
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
India
34. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?
The Bering Strait
V.S Naipaul
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
35. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?
5th April
9th August
Will pass through Equator
Jhumpa Lahiri
36. Who invented the telegraphic code?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Samuel Morse
Director General Anil Kaushik
Iodine
37. Who is vice President of India?
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Manipur54
2nd April - 2011
38. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Guru Gobind Singh
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Algernon Sidney
39. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?
Dance
Nikolaus Otto
Jules Verne
4 minutes
40. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Guru Gobind Singh
Neil Armstrong
28th February
Makes cancer cell 'commit suicide'. It helps in stoping multiplication of tumorous cells and shut themselves down. Will be available in approximately 5 years and will be in pill form.
41. Which village of Andhra Pradesh may be sitting over one of the world's largest uranium reserves?
Andhra Pradesh
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Kapil Dev
Narmada and Japti
42. Who discovered blood grouping?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Landsteiner
90 degree
Jonathan Swift
43. Name the metal present in photo films?
Kulandei Francis
Silver
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
44. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
8
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Khushwant Singh
45. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
Only the first stanza
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Washing soda
Governor
46. Who invented transistor?
Shockley
E.G.Otis
Nikolaus Otto
Equator
47. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?
South Kolkata
26th January
Kulandei Francis
7th April
48. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
William Shakespeare151
29th August
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Jonathan Swift
49. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
INS Vikrant55
UK
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
23rd December
50. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Bombay
2:4
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.