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1. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
Leo Tolstoy
Manipur54
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Shiv Prasad Singh
2. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?
23rd April
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
U.K
Three Decades in Parliament
3. Who invented the television?
J.L.Baird
Herodotus
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Golconda
4. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
The Bering Strait
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
1.34 millions
5. Name the state where bio-fuel outlet - first of its kind in the country will be opened?
State Bank of India
Hunting
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Amir Khusru
6. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
1911133
Michael Phelps
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Dilip Kumar
7. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Hyderabad
5th April
India
Jane Austen
8. Which is the longest river of India?
Ganga
6-14 years
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Mumbai
9. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
At Magdalla port near Surat.
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Mohammad Iqbal
10. Where is Elephant Pass located?
J.B.Say
90 degree
Sri Lanka
30th January
11. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
In Samba
Maharaja Hari Singh
27th September
Stupa
12. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Thailand
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
13. Who is the first Indian male shuttler to reach Olympic quarters?
Parupalli Kashyap
Kulandei Francis
Jayadeva
Jai Samhita
14. At what price the menu of the first dinner served to the firstclass passengers of the ill fated liner Titanic on 10th April - 1912 sold?
Contingency Fund of India
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
26 years and 9 months
$46 - 00011
15. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
Madhya Pradesh
Edison
Sitar
At the center of earth
16. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Karashapana
1949
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.
Mehbooba Mufti
17. What will be the new name of West Bengal?
Chandragupta Maurya
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
Paschim Banga1
Johannes Kepler
18. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Himachal Pradesh
6 months
Chandragupta Maurya
9th August
19. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
2
Sri Lanka
Pune
Samudragupta
20. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Punjab
Rabindranath Tagore147
Julang-2
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
21. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?
Euclid
Second Battle of Tarain
China
Andhra Pradesh
22. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Performax
Art and architecture
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
23. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Uttar Pradesh
Ripon
Bombay
24. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Mundak Upanishad
Stupa
Su-Kam Power Systems
Dadabhai Naoroji
25. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
26th January
Sriharikota
At the center of earth
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
26. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Hyderabad
Sitar
Mussoorie
27. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Bangalore
New Agra Fort
Bamiyan
Krishna
28. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Rs 270
11th July
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
6-14 years
29. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
Diffusion
Kho-Kho
God particle or Higgs Boson
Makes cancer cell 'commit suicide'. It helps in stoping multiplication of tumorous cells and shut themselves down. Will be available in approximately 5 years and will be in pill form.
30. Which is the largest river delta of India?
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
India
Ganga
1911133
31. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?
Darsheel Safary
Indians
10th December
Mahatma Gandhi
32. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
6-14 years
Das Kapital
Vishnu Sharma
33. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?
Jonathan Swift
Carbon dioxide
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
Finland
34. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
8th October
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Washing soda
35. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
Nitrogen
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Hockey
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
36. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?
Anna Hazare
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
1.34 millions
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
37. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Mary Kom
Torricelli
V.S Naipaul
Kushinagar
38. Which is the largest populated state in India?
Uttar Pradesh
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Neil Armstrong
Alexander Graham Bell
39. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
Maharashtra
27th September
Jonathan Swift
Bangalore
40. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?
Infinite
Mathura
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Tamil Nadu
41. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Michael Phelps
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Sushil Kumar
42. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?
Kushinagar
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Arthur Conan Doyle
24th February
43. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?
Eagle
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Methane - butane and propane
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
44. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
Chandragupta
Rs 270
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Jagannath
45. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Increases
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Jonas Salk
46. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
Parupalli Kashyap
Washing soda
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru
47. Which is the largest port in India?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Mumbai
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
48. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Saeed Mirza
Jyoti Amge
49. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
Michael Phelps
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
2nd April - 2011
50. When is World Food Day observed?
Morarji Desai
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
16th October
Third century B.C
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