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1. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
Ladakh
Gol Gumbaz
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
2. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
Ujjain
5th April
Nitrogen
Bleaching powder
3. Who invented transistor?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Jules Verne
Shockley
1.34 millions
4. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?
Jagannath
Amitabh Bachchan
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Jamaica
5. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Hindukush
8th May
5th June
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
6. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y.V. Reddy?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
When sun is above the equator
Mumbai
Sri Lanka
7. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
Director General Anil Kaushik
5 hours 30 minutes
Lawn Tennis153
8. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?
11th May
Kho-Kho
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mary Kom
9. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?
Torricelli
Finland
Herodotus
J.B.Say
10. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Kerala
Ashoka
Sachin Tendulkar
11. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?
New Agra Fort
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
G.V. Mavalankar
12. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
Infinite
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
28th February
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
13. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?
Football
Prof. V.N Datta
Sitar
Jaipur
14. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?
Sunita Williams
Anna Hazare
Performax
Bamiyan
15. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?
Journalism
Dr. F.G.Banting
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
State Bank of India
16. Who is President of India?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Three Decades in Parliament
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
William Shakespeare151
17. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?
Lawn Tennis153
Su-Kam Power Systems
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Contingency Fund of India
18. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?
Jawaharlal Nehru
In Samba
Jane Austen
Jama Masjid
19. Who founded the Saka Era?
Kanishka
When sun is above the equator
Shobha De
Sukumar Sen
20. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
2:3161
Jane Austen
Baby Nargis
21. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Chandragupta
Mahatma Gandhi
Indra Sinha64
22. When comes National Postal Day in India?
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Kulandei Francis
10th October
23. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?
Genetically Modified Crops.
Samar Guha
Jana Gana Mana
Swarajya Party
24. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
Hamid Ansari
Florence Nightingale
Sunderbans delta
25. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?
Infinite
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
26. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?
Amir Khusru
Samudragupta
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Paschim Banga1
27. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?
5th June
Talwandi
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
28. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
Chaucer
14th November
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
12th January
29. Who composed our National song?
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Sri Lanka
30. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Rajasthan
Ujjain
31. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?
Sidney Sheldon
Parupalli Kashyap
Rahul Dravid
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
32. When is Earth Day observed?
22nd April
Tamil Nadu
11th May
Eagle
33. For what was Ashoka famous?
N.E. Borlaug
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Ashoka
34. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?
Kapil Dev
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
11th May
Stainless steel
35. Which is the largest museum in India?
India Museum at Kolkata
Kushinagar
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
36. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?
Hyderabad
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Bromine
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
37. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
New Agra Fort
Gwalior Gharana
Torricelli
India
38. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Rajasthan
India
Hyderabad
39. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?
Madhya Pradesh
Kapil Dev
Shimla and Hamirpur
Eagle
40. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Algernon Sidney
Kerala
41. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
Finland
Mundak Upanishad
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Darsheel Safary
42. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
In Samba
Mundak Upanishad
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
43. Who deciphered the genetic code?
William Wordsworth
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Tamil Nadu
44. What is the name of India's moon mission?
Trivandrum
Andhra Pradesh
Strait of Gibraltar
Chandrayaan
45. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?
Sriharikota
Narendra Modi government
5th April
Shockley
46. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Vocal Music
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
47. Which is the longest river of India?
U.K
24th October
Vocal Music
Ganga
48. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?
2:4
12th January
Jane Austen
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
49. What are GM Crops?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Genetically Modified Crops.
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Washing soda
50. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?
5 hours 30 minutes
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Prime Minister
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
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