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1. Which is largest populated city in India?
Hampi
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Abhinav Bindra
Mumbai

2. Which is the largest desert in India?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Vishnu Sharma
Pune

3. Which is the largest museum in India?
India Museum at Kolkata
Yamuna
Allauddin Khilji
Jawaharlal Nehru

4. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?
Vande Mataram
India and Pakistan
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
V. Anand

5. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Shockley
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Sachin Tendulkar
Sitar

6. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Curiosity
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
8th May

7. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?
Jana Gana Mana
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)

8. Who is the man popularly kwown as Gurudev?
Rabindranath Tagore147
Abul Kalam Azad
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Renders electronic gadgets useless and effectively neutralises the adversary's command control and communication capability by producing a strong electromagnetic field generating powerful electricity surges that play havoc with electronic circuits wi

9. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
Raja Ravi Varma
Palk Strait
Leh
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)

10. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Standard time of the country138
Jonathan Swift
Indra Sinha64

11. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Sunderbans delta
Six months
Amir Khusru

12. When comes the World Disabled Day?
30th January
Kushans
15th March
Washing soda

13. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?

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14. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Leh
Johannes Kepler

15. Which is largest state of India?
Carbon dioxide
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Satyendra Nath Bose
Rajasthan

16. Which country has World's largest democracy?
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
5th April
Bhai Gurmej Singh
India

17. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Tamil Nadu
Mehbooba Mufti
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
U.K

18. What is KG5 drug?

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19. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
Hindukush
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
90 degrees
Chandragupta-II

20. Who got Dhyan Chand Award in 2011?
Samar Guha
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
In Samba
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).

21. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Chandragupta-II
Prof. V.N Datta
2:4
Michael Phelps

22. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
India Museum at Kolkata
Sidney Sheldon
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
20th March

23. How many total number of enclaves are to be exchanged between territories of two countries India and Bangladesh according to the treaty signed in Sept - 2011?
20th March
Painting
162
Prime Minister

24. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
90 degrees
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
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.
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.

25. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Dance
Jonathan Swift
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.

26. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
Jan 26 - 1950134
55th rank
Graphite
U.K

27. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Methane - butane and propane
26 years and 9 months
Chandragupta Maurya

28. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
The equator
INS Vikrant55
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).

29. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
When sun is above the equator
Gagan Narang (shooter)

30. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?
Hyderabad
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Jawaharlal Nehru

31. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Sunil Gavaskar
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.

32. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Mosley
Abhinav Bindra
Mohammad Iqbal
Third century B.C

33. Which hockey team won the Asian Championship Trophy at Ordos(China) in 2011?
G.V. Mavalankar
Painting
India
Six months

34. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?
Stupa
William Shakespeare151
Football
Amitabh Ghosh

35. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?

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36. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?
Saka era
Equator
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
The Reserve Bank of India

37. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?
Swarajya Party
Performax
July - 1947
Sitar

38. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
24th May
Vadodara
Jyoti Amge
E.G.Otis

39. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Chandragupta
Gwalior Gharana
Mohammad Iqbal
Ludhiana

40. What is our National Anthem?
Jana Gana Mana
The President
28th February
Stupa

41. While playing with which team Rahul Dravid completed his 10000 runs in the Test cricket?
South Africa
Mosley
Albert Einstein
Rajasthan

42. For what is Bijapur known?
Maharaja Hari Singh
Gol Gumbaz
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Kolkata

43. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?
The Delhi Metro
69 miles
Eagle
Stainless steel

44. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
Parupalli Kashyap
Bleaching powder
Julang-2
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde

45. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?
Narmada and Japti
Infinite
15th March
Bangalore

46. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Genetically Modified Crops.
Sunil Gavaskar
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Ganga

47. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Eagle
2
2G spectrum scam

48. When comes National Postal Day in India?
New Delhi
10th October
22nd April
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)

49. Where is National School of Mines located?
N.E. Borlaug
Pune
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Jaya Dev

50. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
M.N Roy62
Eagle
Methane - butane and propane