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1. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?






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






3. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?






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






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






6. Who discovered photoelectric effect?






7. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?






8. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?






9. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?






10. How is population density in India defined?






11. Which city is known as 'Electronic City of India'?






12. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?






13. When is Earth Day observed?






14. What are GM Crops?






15. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?






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






17. When comes National Postal Day in India?






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






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






20. 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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21. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?






22. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?






23. Which is the largest district in India?






24. Which player is the author of the book 'Straight From The Heart'?






25. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?






26. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?






27. When is World Food Day observed?






28. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?






29. Who invented the mercury thermometer?






30. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?






31. Who won the silver medal in 66 Kg wrestling and is the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals?






32. What will be the new name of West Bengal?






33. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?






34. Who propounded the Market Law?






35. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?






36. Who founded the Saka Era?






37. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?






38. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?






39. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?






40. Name the state where bio-fuel outlet - first of its kind in the country will be opened?






41. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?






42. How 4G services will hit the country in 2012?






43. Who is called Father of English Poetry?






44. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?






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






46. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?






47. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?






48. Who invented the telegraphic code?






49. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?






50. In which Amendment Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights?