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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Kiran Bedi
Khushwant Singh
Madhya Pradesh
Amir Khusru
2. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
Kapil Dev
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Narendra Modi government
UK
3. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?
10th December
26th January
Maharashtra
Ganga
4. In how many time zones is the World divided?
Rabindranath Tagore147
Uttar Pradesh
10th December
24
5. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?
Speaker
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sachin Tendulkar
Dumping
6. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
Rajasthan
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Tamil Nadu
2
7. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Sukumar Sen
Hamid Ansari
Jane Austen
Forty-fourth Amendment
8. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Prof. V.N Datta
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Sri Lanka
Saka era
9. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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10. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?
M. Narasimhan
Bengali
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
11. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?
Odisha
Florence Nightingale
Chandragupta Maurya
30th January
12. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?
Bangalore
Gujarat
Finland
Dr. F.G.Banting
13. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?
John Keats
Sitar
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
14. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Jan 26 - 1950134
Mundak Upanishad
15. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Japan
Mehbooba Mufti
16. Who was the first woman to go in space?
5th September
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.
Aravind Adiga
Valentina Tereshkova
17. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?
Marie Curie
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
E.G.Otis
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
18. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Mathura
Jagannath
Nitrous oxide
Rajasthan
19. Who is the World Player of Year?
Johann Gregor Mendel
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Nitrous oxide
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
20. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?
Aravind Adiga
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
21. Which is our National song?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Vande Mataram
Jamaica
22. What is the upper house of parliament known as?
The Rajya Sabha
Tamil Nadu
69 miles
Hockey
23. Where in Delhi a bomb hidden in briefcase exploded killing 11 persons and injuring 47 in the worst attack in India's capital in 3 years in 2011?
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24. Who is the renowned flute player?
Chandragupta
18th December
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
25. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y.V. Reddy?
Hindukush
Music
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Demand deposits
26. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
5
Thailand
8
12th January
27. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
11th July
Only the first stanza
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
28. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Sonepur (Bihar )
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Shimla and Hamirpur
Contingency Fund of India
29. Why bubble of water shines?
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Is a herbal formulation of 10 selected herbs known to have adaptogenic properties. It helps to improve the physical and mental performance by increasing blood oxygenation and reducing low density lipoproteins and cholesterol.
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Rabindranath Tagore
30. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?
Akhilesh Yadav
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Equator
Ujjain
31. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Hampi
At the center of earth
15th January
32. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
INS Vikrant55
Navtej Saran
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Due to radiation
33. Which is the largest planetarium in India?
Kolkata
Chaucer
Tamil Nadu
Sitar
34. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?
India
Bombay
Madhya Pradesh
S. Radhakrishnan
35. Which is the largest museum in India?
India Museum at Kolkata
Martin Luther King
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Mundak Upanishad
36. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Nitrous oxide
5
2G spectrum scam
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
37. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
J.L.Baird
Kushinagar
Andhra Pradesh
38. Which is the longest river of India?
Kalpakkam
Ganga
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
90 degree
39. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Governor
The equator
40. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?
Kulandei Francis
Michael Phelps
Khushwant Singh
The Bering Strait
41. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?
The Delhi Metro
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
20th March
42. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?
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43. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?
4 minutes
Andhra Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Morarji Desai
44. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Haryana
Amitabh Bachchan
45. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?
26th January
8th October
Jhumpa Lahiri
Speaker
46. Which is largest cave temple in India?
Morarji Desai
Mohammad Iqbal
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
47. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?
Japan
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
48. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
Painting
Sunil Gavaskar
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
German
49. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
Prof. V.N Datta
Jonathan Swift
Yamuna
Lawn Tennis153
50. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Anna Hazare
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Sukumar Sen