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1. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Galileo
Dehradun
China
2. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Michael Phelps
India
When sun is above the equator
Iodine
3. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
London
Motion Picture
Firozeshah Tughluq
Nitrous oxide
4. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Tamil Nadu
Nek Chand
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
5. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Roentgen
5th September
God particle or Higgs Boson
6. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Because the solids have high elasticity.
10th October
8th March
7. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Uttarakhand
Madhya Pradesh
Michael Phelps
Kauravas and Pandavas51
8. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
Second Battle of Tarain
Bleaching powder
1911133
5
9. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Su-Kam Power Systems
Maharashtra
Khadakvasla
10. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?
India and China
Allauddin Khilji
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
India and Pakistan
11. How 4G services will hit the country in 2012?
Stupa
Kauravas and Pandavas51
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
15th March
12. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
Marie Curie
Gwalior Gharana
Saeed Mirza
God particle or Higgs Boson
13. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
Hindukush
Nitrogen
5 hours 30 minutes
India
14. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Jayadeva
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
15. Who discovered the electric lamp?
South Kolkata
Kolkata
Amjad Ali Khan
Edison
16. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Contingency Fund of India
Tamil Nadu
Krishna
17. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Kho-Kho
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Abhinav Bindra
Performax
18. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Guru Gobind Singh
When sun is above the equator
Hamid Ansari
Hockey
19. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
Assam
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
20. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
10th October
Mumbai
Euclid
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
21. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?
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22. Who invented the petrol engine?
Nikolaus Otto
Mahatma Gandhi
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.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
23. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Maharashtra
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
The Reserve Bank of India
J.B.Say
24. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Fatehpur Sikri
Mahatma Gandhi
Amjad Ali Khan
25. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
Methane
1949
Samudragupta
God particle or Higgs Boson
26. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?
Talwandi
Raja Ravi Varma
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Hunting
27. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
Sarojini Naidu
Sonepur (Bihar )
Andhra Pradesh
Graphite
28. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Abhinav Bindra
Vice President of India
2
Genetically Modified Crops.
29. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
Shiv Prasad Singh
Arthur Conan Doyle
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Silver
30. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?
5 hours 30 minutes
Andhra Pradesh
Jonathan Swift
Arundhati Roy
31. Who invented radar?
Robert Watson Watt
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Myanmar
32. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
23rd December
Marie Curie
John Ruskin
Golconda
33. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Algernon Sidney
Narmada and Japti
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
34. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
31st May
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Jan 26 - 1950134
35. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Kauravas and Pandavas51
1.34 millions
Zinc
36. The Prime Minister is chairman of this
Planning Commission
2:4
Contingency Fund of India
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
37. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?
90 degree
Prof. V.N Datta
Abul Kalam Azad
Hyderabad
38. Name the metal used in storage batteries?
Lead
Madhya Pradesh
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
39. Name the Indian state where the game of Polo is said to have originated?
Leo Tolstoy
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Manipur54
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
40. Which is the largest Mosque in India?
Mahatma Gandhi
Jama Masjid
Ujjain
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
41. Who invented telephone?
Rabindranath Tagore
Alexander Graham Bell
Sri Lanka
July - 1947
42. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Uttarakhand
Marie Curie
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Strait of Gibraltar
43. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?
Dance
Sri Lanka
Silicon
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
44. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Alexander Graham Bell
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
London
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
45. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?
Robert Watson Watt
U.K
24
Chilka lake (Orissa )
46. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
Hyderabad
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Music
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
47. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?
Tamil Nadu
Razia Sultana
Mosley
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.
48. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
The President
Su-Kam Power Systems
1911133
49. Who is known as founder of Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental college at Aligarh?
When sun is above the equator
God particle or Higgs Boson
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
50. Who said - 'God helps those who helps themselves'?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Algernon Sidney
Vice President of India