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1. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?






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






3. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?






4. Name the largest oil refinery of India?






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






6. Where is Sun Temple situated?






7. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?






8. What is the latitude of South Pole?






9. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?






10. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?






11. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?






12. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?






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






14. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?






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






16. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?






17. Who invented telephone?






18. Name the state of India having longest coastline?






19. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?






20. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?






21. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?






22. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?






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






24. Which is largest cave temple in India?






25. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?






26. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?






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






28. The Prime Minister is chairman of this






29. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?






30. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?






31. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?






32. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?






33. What is proxy voting?






34. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?






35. Who wrote 'One Day Wonders'?






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






37. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?






38. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?






39. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?






40. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?






41. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?






42. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?






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






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






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






46. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?






47. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?






48. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?






49. 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?






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