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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?






2. Which is the largest river island in India?






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






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






5. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?






6. On which day International Women's Day observed?






7. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?






8. What is the latitude of South Pole?






9. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?






10. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?






11. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?






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






13. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?






14. Who invented the petrol engine?






15. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?






16. How water in earthen pots remain cool?






17. Who discovered Penicillin?






18. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?






19. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?






20. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?






21. What is the maximum period of gap between any two sessions of the Indian Parliament?






22. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?






23. Who is the renowned flute player?






24. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?






25. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?






26. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?






27. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?






28. Name the NASA's most modern spacecraft successfully landed on Mars on 6th August - 2012 to begin a pioneering two year search to find out if the red planet is suitable for life and whether it can be inhabitable in the future?






29. Who invented the telegraphic code?






30. Who is President of India?






31. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?






32. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?






33. Name the largest oil refinery of India?






34. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?






35. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?






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






37. While playing with which team Rahul Dravid completed his 10000 runs in the Test cricket?






38. Who invented telephone?






39. Which is the India's largest public sector commercial bank at present?






40. Name the person who has set a new Guinness record of being the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon in Toronto?






41. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?






42. 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?






43. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?






44. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?






45. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?






46. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?






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






48. Name two other clones left with NDRI?






49. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?






50. On what occasion Bihar got its own state anthem and state prayer whose CD's were released by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?