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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Bromine
11th May
Neil Armstrong
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
2. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
J.B.Say
Torricelli
Jhumpa Lahiri
Tamil Nadu
3. How many total number of enclaves are to be exchanged between territories of two countries India and Bangladesh according to the treaty signed in Sept - 2011?
Alexander Graham Bell
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Arthur Conan Doyle
162
4. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
Lala Lajpat Rai
U.K
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Aravind Adiga
5. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Jane Austen
Hockey
6. Who discovered insulin?
Pune
Dr. F.G.Banting
22nd April
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
7. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
London
Hamid Ansari
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.)
Narmada and Japti
8. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Michael Phelps
The equator
Bombay
9. What is our National Anthem?
Iodine
Ganga
Uttar Pradesh
Jana Gana Mana
10. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
INS Vikrant55
Mussoorie
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Kho-Kho
11. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Jane Austen
Kushans
Mundak Upanishad
Abul Kalam Azad
12. What is the estimated premature deaths caused annually by outdoor air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried out by World Health Organisation in Sept. - 2011?
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
1.34 millions
13. Which is the largest port in India?
Algernon Sidney
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Mumbai
1st May164
14. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
Speaker
Silver
J.B.Say
Jyoti Amge
15. What is the upper house of parliament known as?
Nitrous oxide
The Rajya Sabha
Galileo
162
16. Where is Sun Temple situated?
Vasudeva
Sitar
Konark
N.E. Borlaug
17. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Mathura
15th March
Jhumpa Lahiri
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
18. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
The equator
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Maharaja Hari Singh
19. Name the smallest neighbour of India?
26th January
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
20. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
2
Maharashtra
William Shakespeare151
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
21. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Jonas Salk
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Vande Mataram
Madhya Pradesh
22. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Kushinagar
24th October
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
23. Who is known as Father of Geometry?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
15th August167
Euclid
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
24. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Jama Masjid
At the center of earth
25. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
Mumbai
Sodium
1953
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
26. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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27. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?
Navtej Saran
Jai Samhita
Leh
162
28. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?
24th October
M. Narasimhan
G.V. Mavalankar
Gagan Narang (shooter)
29. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Mary Kom
Oxygen and acetylene
Mumbai
Jonathan Swift
30. When is World Food Day observed?
Prof. V.N Datta
16th October
Jonas Salk
Mehbooba Mufti
31. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?
26th January
Tungsten
Greeks
Saeed Mirza
32. Which state has maximum density of canals?
Uttar Pradesh
Only the first stanza
July - 1947
Tamil Nadu
33. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?
July - 1947
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Assam
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
34. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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35. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
26th January
Art and architecture
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Samuel Morse
36. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?
2:4
U.K
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
5th September
37. What is the original name of Mahabharata?
Jai Samhita
Odisha
William Wordsworth
Dutch East Indies
38. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
1949
Razia Sultana
39. Which metal is used in pencils?
Rajasthan
Graphite
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
INS Vikrant55
40. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
Heavy water
Maharashtra
Sachin Tendulkar
Longitudinal position
41. Kanchipuram is in which state?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Mumbai
Jana Gana Mana
Tamil Nadu
42. Who invented the lift?
Carbon dioxide
E.G.Otis
Aravind Adiga
Ripon
43. For what was Ashoka famous?
U.K
Sunita Williams
Abhinav Bindra
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
44. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
It loses one day
Arundhati Roy
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Forty-fourth Amendment
45. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?
5 hours 30 minutes
Chandrayaan
15th August167
11th May
46. Where is Pushkar lake located?
Rajasthan
Mathura
Dutch East Indies
24th May
47. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Dutch East Indies
J.L.Baird
Japan
Jane Austen
48. Which is the Garden City of India?
Rabindranath Tagore
Bangalore
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Fatehpur Sikri
49. When comes the World Environment Day?
Khushwant Singh
Aravind Adiga
24th February
5th June
50. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?
11th May
Hamid Ansari
China
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)