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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
Will pass through Equator
8th October
Equator
Only the first stanza
2. Who composed our National song?
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Kerala
3. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
Alexander Fleming
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
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.)
11th July
4. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Third century B.C
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Pune
5. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
India
Tungsten
Samudragupta
Saka era
6. What is KG5 drug?
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7. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?
7th April
2:3161
Rahul Dravid
6-14 years
8. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Ganga
Jane Austen
Chandragupta
9. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?
Washing soda
Stainless steel
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
10. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Myanmar
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Jawaharlal Nehru
11. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?
Washing soda
Increases
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Chilka lake (Orissa )
12. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
South Kolkata
INS Vikrant55
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
250th anniversary
13. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
Hockey
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Bobby Jindal
28th February
14. When is the UN Day observed?
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Indians
24th October
15th January
15. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Baby Nargis
Myanmar
Sukumar Sen
Nitrous oxide
16. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
Ladakh
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Shiv Prasad Singh
Bromine
17. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?
Julang-2
Gwalior Gharana
Mumbai
Swarajya Party
18. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Aravind Adiga
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
8
J.L.Baird
19. Who discovered blood grouping?
India
24th February
Jonas Salk
Landsteiner
20. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Kerala
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Journalism
21. Who invented the lift?
New Delhi
Mohammad Iqbal
E.G.Otis
Tungsten
22. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?
Uttar Pradesh
German
Performax
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
23. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
5th April
14th November
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Param Vir Chakra
24. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
Das Kapital
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Mumbai
25. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Equator
Art and architecture
27th September
Bromine
26. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
15th January
20th March
God particle or Higgs Boson
India and Pakistan
27. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
22nd April
Sitar
Gota in Sweden
28. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
Fatehpur Sikri
Silver
Yamuna
Alexander Graham Bell
29. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
24th May
Chandragupta Maurya
Demand deposits
Saka era
30. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
When sun is above the equator
Vande Mataram
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
8th September
31. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?
Punjab
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Anita Desai
Performax
32. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
Sidney Sheldon
Madhya Pradesh
95th
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
33. On which part of earth days and nights are of equal length always?
Rabindranath Tagore147
Dutch East Indies
Jai Samhita
Equator
34. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Chadwick
Shobha De
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
11th May
35. What will be the new name of West Bengal?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Paschim Banga1
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Akhilesh Yadav
36. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?
Maharaja Hari Singh
India Museum at Kolkata
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
37. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Madhya Pradesh
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Shobha De
Indians
38. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?
Yousuf Raza Gillani
The Bering Strait
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
39. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Oxygen and acetylene
Planning Commission
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
40. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
The President
Abhinav Bindra
H.P.S Ahluwalia
41. Who wrote the book 'We Indians'?
6-14 years
Madhya Pradesh
Khushwant Singh
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
42. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Khadakvasla
India and China
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Kho-Kho
43. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?
Thailand
Mahatma Gandhi
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Julang-2
44. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Perpendicular to each other
5 hours 30 minutes
Abhinav Bindra
Ganga
45. Who is President of India?
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Rabindranath Tagore147
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
46. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
27th September
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Jaipur
At Magdalla port near Surat.
47. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
18th April
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Khadakvasla
Algernon Sidney
48. On globe - the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?
Uttarakhand
Demand deposits
90 degrees
Mohammad bin Kasim
49. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Equator
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Rabindranath Tagore
Bamiyan
50. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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