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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?
M.N Roy62
20th March
Anna Hazare
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
2. Who was the first person to set foot on moon?
The President
5th September
Neil Armstrong
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
3. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
24th May
Graphite
The equator
W.C Bannerjee
4. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?
Tamil Nadu
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
5. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
8th October
Neil Armstrong
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Thailand
6. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?
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7. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?
Yamuna
Washing soda
Jyoti Amge
Sunita Williams
8. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
Jane Austen
V. Anand
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
9. Which is the largest zoo in India?
Ladakh
Tamil Nadu
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
11th May
10. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?
Milkha Singh
Galileo
Bangalore
Allahabad Pillar inscription
11. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
23rd April
26 years and 9 months
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Leo Tolstoy
12. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
It loses one day
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Madhya Pradesh
5th April
13. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Anita Desai
Gota in Sweden
Jagannath
Jane Austen
14. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?
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15. Who discovered the noble gases?
Methane - butane and propane
Cavendish
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Methane
16. Which is the largest auditorium in India?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Tamil Nadu
Roger Federer
17. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
18. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
Second Battle of Tarain
Jhumpa Lahiri
Hampi
26th January
19. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?
Punjab
23rd April
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Allahabad Pillar inscription
20. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?
India
Haryana
Mary Kom
5th April
21. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
UK
22. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?
Tungsten
Pune
7th April
Jaya Dev
23. Which metal is used in pencils?
Graphite
Myanmar
Razia Sultana
Fatehpur Sikri
24. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Strait of Gibraltar
25. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
Punjab
16th October
USA
Silicon
26. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Ludhiana
Lobsang Sangay
Saka era
27. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?
90 degrees
Leh
V. Anand
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
28. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Speaker
Music
Ripon
29. What is the latitude of South Pole?
Lead
E.G.Otis
90 degree
Chandragupta
30. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?
8
Amjad Ali Khan
Jhumpa Lahiri
Kerala
31. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Contingency Fund of India
30th January
Mundak Upanishad
Sushil Kumar
32. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?
Maharashtra
69 miles
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
33. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?
8th March
Narendra Modi government
Chandragupta-II
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
34. What is the upper house of parliament known as?
Carbon dioxide
Forty-fourth Amendment
The Rajya Sabha
Allahabad Pillar inscription
35. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
18th December
Only the first stanza
Aravind Adiga
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
36. Who is vice President of India?
The Rajya Sabha
Stainless steel
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
37. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?
Bombay
Kanishka
Ludhiana
Carbon dioxide
38. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?
G.V. Mavalankar
Leo Tolstoy
Aravallis
Sitar
39. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?
Washing soda
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Sonepur (Bihar )
40. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?
Four lions
Kolkata
Jonas Salk
Protecting Flora and Fauna
41. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
11th May
Sukumar Sen
Himachal Pradesh
16th October
42. Name the player of USA who created history by grabbing his 22nd Olympic medal ?
The President
Julang-2
10th October
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
43. Who is known as Father of Geometry?
Odisha
Himachal Pradesh
Rajasthan
Euclid
44. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Akhilesh Yadav
U.K
45. Who was the author of 'Bharat Bharati'?
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
John Keats
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Firozeshah Tughluq
46. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Tamil Nadu
Methane - butane and propane
Firozeshah Tughluq
Chandragupta
47. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
Zinc
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Samudragupta
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
48. When comes the World Disabled Day?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Later Vedic Age
15th March
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
49. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?
20th March
Only the first stanza
Kalpakkam
6 months
50. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?
Football
M.N Roy62
Lawn Tennis153
India