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1. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?
Firozeshah Tughluq
Tamil Nadu
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.
Akbar
2. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
Haryana
Kushinagar
Lawn Tennis153
Kauravas and Pandavas51
3. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Florence Nightingale
Football
The President
4. On which date Quit India Day comes?
Tungsten
Vadodara
Mumbai
9th August
5. What is the latitude of South Pole?
11th May
90 degree
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
18th April
6. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Su-Kam Power Systems
Dilip Kumar
7. What is KG5 drug?
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8. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made?
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Mahatma Gandhi
Michael Phelps
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
9. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
Odisha
Due to radiation
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Jana Gana Mana
10. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died in 2008 were famous in which field?
Playwright
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
90 degrees
E.M Forster
11. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
Year of Disabled Soldiers
55th rank
12. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Bromine
Dilip Kumar
Jaya Dev
13. When comes the Farmer's Day (Kisan Divas )in India ?
23rd December
Milkha Singh
Sunil Gavaskar
5th June
14. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Hyderabad
Nitrous oxide
2
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
15. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Dance
Gol Gumbaz
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
16. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
Kushans
God particle or Higgs Boson
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Music
17. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
90 degree
Michael Phelps
India
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
18. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Kerala
Allauddin Khilji
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Sri Lanka
19. What is Ayush treatment?
15th August167
10th October
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Rabindranath Tagore
20. Why bubble of water shines?
Johannes Kepler
Shobha De
Iodine
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
21. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Julang-2
Methane - butane and propane
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Increases
22. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
Amjad Ali Khan
Carbon dioxide
India and China
Hampi
23. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
July - 1947
Jaipur
26th January
Navtej Saran
24. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Iodine
M. Narasimhan
Uttar Pradesh
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
25. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Pune
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
USA
Director General Anil Kaushik
26. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
Protecting Flora and Fauna
55th rank
Khadakvasla
USA
27. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
Punjab
Tamil Nadu
William Shakespeare151
Kolkata
28. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
India Museum at Kolkata
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Mahatma Gandhi
18th April
29. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Golconda
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
30. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
Nitrogen
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Sushil Kumar
31. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?
Rajasthan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Gagan Narang
M. Narasimhan
32. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Six months
Krishna
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
33. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?
Third century B.C
Kathak
Ganga
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
34. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?
2G spectrum scam
Odisha
22nd April
15th January
35. Who said - 'God helps those who helps themselves'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Aravind Adiga
Algernon Sidney
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
36. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?
Ujjain
July - 1947
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Euclid
37. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Sitar
Increases
Bleaching powder
UK
38. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
U.K
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Johann Gregor Mendel
Finland
39. What are GM Crops?
Carbon dioxide
The equator
India and China
Genetically Modified Crops.
40. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?
8
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Prime Minister
State Bank of India
41. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?
Das Kapital
Gota in Sweden
30th January
Abhinav Bindra
42. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?
30th January
Ripon
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
26th January
43. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?
26th January
Edison
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Punjab
44. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?
Rs 270
Sitar
Mary Kom
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.)
45. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
Sonepur (Bihar )
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
4 minutes
Johann Gregor Mendel
46. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
Jules Verne
India
It loses one day
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
47. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Gota in Sweden
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Sarojini Naidu
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
48. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?
24th February
Saka era
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Angle between the horizon and the equator
49. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
24
New Agra Fort
Amir Khusrau
50. Who is known as Nightingale of India?
Genetically Modified Crops.
Sarojini Naidu
India
Japan