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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Where is Elephant Pass located?






2. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?






3. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?

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4. Which is the largest district in India?






5. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?






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






7. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?






8. Who invented transistor?






9. Name the Indian woman boxer who won bronze medal in Olympics?






10. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?






11. Who wrote our National Anthem?






12. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?






13. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?






14. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?






15. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?






16. Who won bronze medal for India in 10m pistol event (London Olympics - 2012)?






17. World Aids Day falls on which date?






18. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?






19. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?






20. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?






21. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?






22. Which is the largest port in India?






23. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?






24. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?






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






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






27. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?






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






29. What is the new name of Burma?






30. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?






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. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?






33. On globe - the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?






34. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?






35. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?






36. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?






37. Who invented the lift?






38. When is World Health Day celebrated?






39. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?






40. Where is Pushkar lake located?






41. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?






42. What is our National Anthem?






43. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?






44. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?






45. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?






46. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?






47. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?






48. Which is the largest lake in India?






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






50. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?