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






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






3. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?






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






5. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?






6. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?






7. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made?






8. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?






9. Which is the largest district in India?






10. Who discovered Penicillin?






11. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?






12. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?






13. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?






14. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?






15. When is the World Population Day observed?






16. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?






17. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?






18. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?






19. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?






20. Which is the largest port in India?






21. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?






22. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?






23. Who founded the Saka Era?






24. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?






25. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?






26. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?






27. Who discovered neutron?






28. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?






29. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?






30. Where is National School of Mines located?






31. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?






32. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?






33. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?






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






35. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?






36. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?






37. Which is largest state of India?






38. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?






39. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?






40. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?






41. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?






42. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?






43. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?






44. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?






45. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?






46. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






47. What is Ayush treatment?






48. What is equal to latitude of a place?






49. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?






50. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?