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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Jules Verne
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Anita Desai
2. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Tamil Nadu
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Manipur54
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
3. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?
Vocal Music
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
In Samba
Milkha Singh
4. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?
J.L.Baird
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
4 minutes
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
5. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
Myanmar
5
Himachal Pradesh
Navtej Saran
6. For what is Bijapur known?
The equator
Gol Gumbaz
Eagle
Mehbooba Mufti
7. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?
Euclid
S. Radhakrishnan
26 years and 9 months
Mohammad bin Kasim
8. Which is the largest zoo in India?
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Hunting
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
1911133
9. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Sachin Tendulkar
Three Decades in Parliament
7th April
10. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?
Kulandei Francis
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
31st May
11. On which day International Women's Day observed?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
8th March
1953
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
12. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?
The number of persons per square kilometre.
State Bank of India
5th June
Speaker
13. Which is our National song?
Bromine
Albert Einstein
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Vande Mataram
14. Which is the largest lake in India?
Alexander Graham Bell
Wular lake (Kashmir)
M. Narasimhan
Cyrus Mistry
15. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?
24th May
Rahul Banerjee (archery ) - Preeja Sreedharan (athletics) - Vikas Gowda (athletics) - Jwala Gutta(badminton) - M Suranjoy Singh(boxing) - Zaheer Khan (cricket) - Sunil Chhetri(football) - Ashish Kumar (gymnastics) - Rajpal Singh (hockey) - Ra
Bleaching powder
Graphite
16. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?
Aravind Adiga
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Amir Khusrau
The Rajya Sabha
17. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
Maharaja Hari Singh
4 minutes
In front of New Delhi's High Court
New Agra Fort
18. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
19. Which is the largest river island in India?
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Equator
Milkha Singh
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
20. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
State Bank of India
Increases
15th March
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
21. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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22. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
Chaucer
2:3161
Parupalli Kashyap
23. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
Firozeshah Tughluq
Roger Federer
Hockey
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
24. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?
6 months
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Tamil Nadu
Hockey
25. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Vidya Balan
Jama Masjid
10th October
26. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Johann Gregor Mendel
Edison
Gota in Sweden
Bromine
27. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
N.E. Borlaug
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
28. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
China
Demand deposits
Ganga
Sodium
29. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
Kushinagar
5th September
Haryana
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
30. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Shobha De
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Will pass through Equator
31. For what was Ashoka famous?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
90 degree
23rd December
Jamaica
32. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?
Silicon
Jawaharlal Nehru
Guru Gobind Singh
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
33. Where is Char Minar located?
The Reserve Bank of India
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Dumping
Hyderabad
34. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Performax
Gota in Sweden
Mundak Upanishad
India
35. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
Concave mirror
Mohammad bin Kasim
Michael Phelps
Amitabh Ghosh
36. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
Aravallis
2
Music
Andhra Pradesh
37. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?
Lobsang Sangay
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
38. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?
Hunting
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Dilip Kumar
39. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
Mumbai
Roger Federer
Uttar Pradesh
Bhai Gurmej Singh
40. Who founded the Saka Era?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Nitrogen
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Kanishka
41. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?
Mahatma Gandhi
Jaipur
Gol Gumbaz
Abul Kalam Azad
42. Which is the longest river of India?
Ganga
Su-Kam Power Systems
Valentina Tereshkova
Four lions
43. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Speaker
Jonathan Swift
Euclid
44. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
Sushil Kumar
The Reserve Bank of India
Bangalore
Raja Ravi Varma
45. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
6-14 years
23rd April
Narmada and Japti
Kulandei Francis
46. Who said - 'God helps those who helps themselves'?
10th December
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
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Algernon Sidney
47. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Pune
11th May
Ladakh
48. Who propounded the Market Law?
Michael Phelps
J.B.Say
Kerala
Narendra Modi government
49. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?
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.
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Valentina Tereshkova
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
50. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?
Samuel Morse
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Jamaica
Indra Sinha64