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1. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?
2:3161
Vocal Music
5th September
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
2. Which is the largest auditorium in India?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Mumbai
Leo Tolstoy
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
3. Kanchipuram is in which state?
Tamil Nadu
M. Narasimhan
Allauddin Khilji
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
4. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?
USA
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
20th March
24
5. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Baby Nargis
Art and architecture
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
6. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Andhra Pradesh
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Tungsten
7. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
Haryana
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
1911133
18th December
8. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?
Mussoorie
London
Mary Kom
Indians
9. Who deciphered the genetic code?
24th February
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Chaucer
Herodotus
10. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
Akbar
Jagannath
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
6-14 years
11. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
1953
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Mary Kom
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
12. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Param Vir Chakra
5th June
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Baby Nargis
13. Who invented barometer?
Chandragupta
Torricelli
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Dehradun
14. Which is the largest Church in India?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Rajasthan
Pune
15. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
18th December
Jama Masjid
14th November
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
16. Who is vice President of India?
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
India Museum at Kolkata
M.N Roy62
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
17. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?
Prof. V.N Datta
Carbon dioxide
Journalism
8th September
18. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?
26th January
Sukumar Sen
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
1953
19. On which date Quit India Day comes?
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
9th August
Narmada and Japti
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
20. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
Art and architecture
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Maharaja Hari Singh
Second Battle of Tarain
21. Which is the largest desert in India?
Later Vedic Age
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Ladakh
22. When comes National Postal Day in India?
Herodotus
10th October
Darsheel Safary
It loses one day
23. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Trivandrum
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
24. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Trivandrum
25. Which is the largest river delta of India?
India Museum at Kolkata
Leh
Jules Verne
Ganga
26. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
Bromine
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Angle between the horizon and the equator
27. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
Krishna
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.
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
28. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
6-14 years
5
At the center of earth
Khushwant Singh
29. Who is the World Player of Year?
Kushans
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Four lions
30. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
London
Kushinagar
Uttarakhand
$46 - 00011
31. Who discovered insulin?
India
Kushinagar
$46 - 00011
Dr. F.G.Banting
32. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
Hindukush
6 months
State Bank of India
1.34 millions
33. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
Mary Kom
Narmada and Japti
15th August167
Heavy water
34. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Diffusion
John Ruskin
Akhilesh Yadav
Silicon
35. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?
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.)
Greeks
V. Anand
Kerala
36. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?
Sonepur (Bihar )
Stainless steel
Kushans
S. Radhakrishnan
37. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?
India and Pakistan
Swarajya Party
Akhilesh Yadav
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
38. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?
Six months
N.E. Borlaug
Maharashtra
Bangalore
39. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Baby Nargis
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
27th September
40. Who discovered the electric lamp?
Edison
Ripon
Jamaica
Sitar
41. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Kiran Bedi
1953
5 hours 30 minutes
42. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
Vice President of India
Thailand
Jai Samhita
Sachin Tendulkar
43. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?
44. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Alexander Graham Bell
1st May164
U.K
45. Who composed our National song?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Angle between the horizon and the equator
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
46. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
E.M Forster
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
47. What is e-bomb?
48. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?
Jhumpa Lahiri
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
July - 1947
Florence Nightingale
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?
Chandragupta Maurya
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Curiosity
Galileo
50. When is International Labour Day observed?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
1st May164
State Bank of India
German