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1. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?






2. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?






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






4. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?






5. Which is the largest river delta of India?






6. Where is National School of Mines located?






7. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?






8. What is our National Anthem?






9. Watches of a country is set according to what time?






10. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?






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






12. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?






13. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?






14. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?






15. When is World Health Day celebrated?






16. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?






17. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?






18. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?






19. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?






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






21. Who composed our National song?






22. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?






23. What is the latitude of South Pole?






24. Which child artist got Critics Best Actor Award for his acting in a film Taare Zameen Par?






25. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?






26. Who invented barometer?






27. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?






28. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?






29. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?






30. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?






31. 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?






32. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?






33. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?






34. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?






35. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?






36. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?






37. Which is the largest populated state in India?






38. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?






39. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?






40. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died in 2008 were famous in which field?






41. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?






42. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?






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






44. Who wrote 'One Day Wonders'?






45. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?






46. What are GM Crops?






47. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?






48. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?






49. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?






50. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?