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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?






2. Where is National School of Mines located?






3. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?






4. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?






5. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?






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






7. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?






8. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?






9. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?






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






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






12. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?






13. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?






14. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?






15. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?






16. Which is the largest dome in India?






17. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?






18. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?






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






20. Which gas is called laughing gas?






21. How is population density in India defined?






22. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?






23. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?






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






25. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?






26. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?






27. 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?






28. What was the old name of Indonesia?






29. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?






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






31. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?






32. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?






33. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?






34. Name the smallest neighbour of India?






35. In which century did Ashoka reign?






36. Which city is known as 'Electronic City of India'?






37. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?






38. What will be the new name of West Bengal?






39. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?






40. What is the estimated premature deaths caused annually by outdoor air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried out by World Health Organisation in Sept. - 2011?






41. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?






42. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?






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






44. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?






45. Under which scam - the 43 year old daughter of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi was in Tihar jail in 2011?






46. How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?






47. What is proxy voting?






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






49. Who propounded the Market Law?






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