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1. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?
Allauddin Khilji
Amir Khusrau
Valentina Tereshkova
Nikolaus Otto
2. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Aravind Adiga
State Bank of India
1949
3. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Sukumar Sen
Hamid Ansari
Akhilesh Yadav
Carbon dioxide
4. Name one famous Sarod player?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Dehradun
Amjad Ali Khan
5. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?
Concave mirror
Shobha De
Will pass through Equator
Jane Austen
6. Name the world's shortest living woman?
Kerala
Jyoti Amge
Guru Gobind Singh
Jawaharlal Nehru
7. Watches of a country is set according to what time?
Standard time of the country138
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
Raja Ravi Varma
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
8. When comes National Sports Day of India?
Kerala
Carbon dioxide
29th August
Sri Lanka
9. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Silicon
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
10. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?
Param Vir Chakra
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Johannes Kepler
90 degrees
11. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?
Zinc
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
12. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?
26th January
23rd December
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Dr. F.G.Banting
13. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
Sri Lanka
90 degrees
27th September
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
14. Name the state of India having longest coastline?
Andhra Pradesh
95th
At the center of earth
Chandrayaan
15. How is population density in India defined?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Uttar Pradesh
Jyoti Amge
16. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?
Sunita Williams
Dr. F.G.Banting
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Performax
17. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Jayadeva
1953
18. For what was Ashoka famous?
Himachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Dumping
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
19. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
8th May
Florence Nightingale
Kanishka
Marie Curie
20. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
When sun is above the equator
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Shimla and Hamirpur
21. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?
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22. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
Kapil Dev
20th March
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Kolkata
23. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Khushwant Singh
Diffusion
24. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
Mahatma Gandhi
Bamiyan
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
E.G.Otis
25. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Gol Gumbaz
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Director General Anil Kaushik
26. Who was the first recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding?
Martin Luther King
Silicon
162
Jana Gana Mana
27. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Jayadeva
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
India
Manipur54
28. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?
Talwandi
Kulandei Francis
Narmada and Japti
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
29. Which is the largest museum in India?
Music
India Museum at Kolkata
Hyderabad
Zinc
30. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
Bamiyan
Samudragupta
Amjad Ali Khan
18th December
31. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
Hyderabad
Madhya Pradesh
Jamaica
Thailand
32. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
16th October
Nitrogen
Journalism
Rs 270
33. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
Rabindranath Tagore
23rd December
N.E. Borlaug
India
34. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
Dilip Kumar
Jawaharlal Nehru
God particle or Higgs Boson
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
35. Who composed our National song?
Bleaching powder
Washing soda
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
36. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?
Amir Khusrau
Jonas Salk
Yamuna
Kathak
37. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Nikolaus Otto
It loses one day
Abul Kalam Azad
Bhai Gurmej Singh
38. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?
E.M Forster
Bangalore
Alexander Graham Bell
London
39. Who is the author of the book 'Unto the Last' which influenced Gandhi ji?
Standard time of the country138
John Ruskin
India
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
40. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?
Sunil Gavaskar
Hockey
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
41. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Himachal Pradesh
250th anniversary
Allahabad Pillar inscription
42. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?
Standard time of the country138
The Delhi Metro
Jyoti Amge
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
43. Who invented telephone?
Hampi
Trivandrum
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Alexander Graham Bell
44. What is KG5 drug?
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45. Which is largest populated city in India?
Alexander Fleming
Football
Mumbai
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
46. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?
5th April
Thailand
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Tamil Nadu
47. Where is Buland Darwaza located?
24th February
London
2:4
Fatehpur Sikri
48. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Vishnu Sharma
At the center of earth
Vasudeva
49. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Bhai Gurmej Singh
5th September
Robert Watson Watt
50. Why bubble of water shines?
Ganga
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Saint Cathadral (Goa )