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






2. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?






3. Who wrote the book 'A Passage To India'?






4. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?






5. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?






6. Which is the largest auditorium in India?






7. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?






8. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?






9. Where is Pushkar lake located?






10. Where is Buland Darwaza located?






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






12. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?






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






14. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?






15. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?






16. Which was the World's first surviving clone buffalo at NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute)?






17. What is Ayush treatment?






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






19. What was the old name of Indonesia?






20. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?






21. Name the gases used in different types of welding?






22. Which is the language next to Hindi spoken by largest number of people in the Indian sub continent ?






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






24. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?






25. Name two other clones left with NDRI?






26. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?






27. Which is the Garden City of India?






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






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






30. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?






31. Who is called 'Grand Old Man of India'?






32. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?






33. When is World Food Day observed?






34. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?






35. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?






36. Who is called Father of English Poetry?






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






38. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?






39. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?






40. Which village of Andhra Pradesh may be sitting over one of the world's largest uranium reserves?






41. What are GM Crops?






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






43. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?






44. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?






45. On globe - the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?






46. At what price the menu of the first dinner served to the firstclass passengers of the ill fated liner Titanic on 10th April - 1912 sold?






47. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?






48. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?






49. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?






50. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?