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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. Who is the author of book 'Many Worlds'?






2. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?






3. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?






4. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?






5. Who invented the television?






6. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?






7. Who is the first Indian male shuttler to reach Olympic quarters?






8. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?






9. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?






10. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?






11. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?






12. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?






13. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?






14. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?






15. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?






16. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?






17. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?






18. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?






19. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?






20. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?






21. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?






22. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore






23. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?






24. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?






25. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?

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26. Who discovered Penicillin?






27. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?






28. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?






29. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?






30. When comes National Sports Day of India?






31. Name the Indian state where the game of Polo is said to have originated?






32. Who wrote Panchatantra?






33. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?






34. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?






35. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?






36. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?






37. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?






38. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?






39. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?






40. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?






41. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?






42. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?






43. Where in Delhi a bomb hidden in briefcase exploded killing 11 persons and injuring 47 in the worst attack in India's capital in 3 years in 2011?

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44. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?






45. Name the state where bio-fuel outlet - first of its kind in the country will be opened?






46. Who propounded the Market Law?






47. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?






48. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?






49. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?






50. What is proxy voting?