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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Which hockey team won the Asian Championship Trophy at Ordos(China) in 2011?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Kathak
India
Paschim Banga1
2. Who appoints the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission?
Samar Guha
Narmada and Japti
Governor
Heavy water
3. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?
Kushans
Indians
Dutch East Indies
Sunita Williams
4. Where is Pushkar lake located?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Rajasthan
Chandrayaan
India
5. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
The equator
Iodine
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Bromine
6. What is proxy voting?
1.34 millions
Swarajya Party
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
7. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
Dumping
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
7th April
30th January
8. Who invented telephone?
Cyrus Mistry
Alexander Graham Bell
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
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.
9. Which is the largest river delta of India?
Aung San Suu Kyi
The Lok Sabha
Raja Ravi Varma
Ganga
10. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?
Myanmar
Mary Kom
Rajasthan
Kerala
11. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?
Finland
27th September
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
12. Who wrote Panchatantra?
The President
Samudragupta
Madhya Pradesh
Vishnu Sharma
13. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Indra Sinha64
5
14. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?
Second Battle of Tarain
Nitrous oxide
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Jaipur
15. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?
Florence Nightingale
Sunil Gavaskar
Indra Sinha64
Strait of Gibraltar
16. 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?
Samar Guha
Bangalore
Amitabh Bachchan
Hyderabad
17. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Shimla and Hamirpur
Fatehpur Sikri
London
Narmada and Japti
18. Who discovered blood grouping?
Planning Commission
Landsteiner
Neil Armstrong
162
19. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
8th May
Jan 26 - 1950134
2:4
20. Name the world's shortest living woman?
Mosley
Euclid
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Jyoti Amge
21. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Sriharikota
5 hours 30 minutes
22. Who discovered Penicillin?
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Alexander Fleming
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Leo Tolstoy
23. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
6 months
Haryana
Samar Guha
24. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Das Kapital
Hyderabad
Sukumar Sen
Haryana
25. Who invented the petrol engine?
2:4
Akbar
Jyoti Amge
Nikolaus Otto
26. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
M.N Roy62
Johann Gregor Mendel
24th February
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
27. Who invented the telegraphic code?
Samuel Morse
Nikolaus Otto
Uttarakhand
Finland
28. When is World Food Day observed?
15th March
In front of New Delhi's High Court
It loses one day
16th October
29. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?
Zinc
New Delhi
Greeks
Amir Khusru
30. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Bleaching powder
Increases
Michael Phelps
Hamid Ansari
31. Which is the largest zoo in India?
Three Decades in Parliament
10th December
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
32. Where is Buland Darwaza located?
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Fatehpur Sikri
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Manipur54
33. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?
Curiosity
India
Param Vir Chakra
Haryana
34. Who is known as Nightingale of India?
Golconda
6 months
Six months
Sarojini Naidu
35. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
Indians
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
15th August167
Speaker
36. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?
Anna Hazare
95th
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Yamuna
37. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Sitar
Nitrous oxide
Jyoti Amge
Iodine
38. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
8th October
24th February
Ganga
39. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?
Nikolaus Otto
Vidya Balan
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Ganga
40. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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41. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
24th February
5th June
Mahatma Gandhi
42. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Amitabh Ghosh
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Mehbooba Mufti
Aravind Adiga
43. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?
The Delhi Metro
Demand deposits
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Dr. F.G.Banting
44. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Mehbooba Mufti
Shiv Prasad Singh
Edison
45. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
6-14 years
Sonepur (Bihar )
Aravind Adiga
46. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Nitrogen
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Dilip Kumar
Ripon
47. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
Uttar Pradesh
15th August167
Sriharikota
Painting
48. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?
Hamid Ansari
Mohammad Iqbal
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Mumbai
49. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Tamil Nadu
16th October
Six months
50. Who won bronze medal for India in 10m pistol event (London Olympics - 2012)?
Gagan Narang
Lead
Anna Hazare
Strait of Gibraltar