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1. Which is the largest district in India?






2. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?






3. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?






4. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?






5. When is World Food Day observed?






6. On which day International Women's Day observed?






7. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?






8. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?






9. For what is Bijapur known?






10. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?






11. Who discovered X-Ray?






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






13. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?






14. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






15. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?






16. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?






17. Who invented the mercury thermometer?






18. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?






19. Who said 'Child is the father of Man'?






20. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?






21. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?






22. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?






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






24. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?






25. Where is Pushkar lake located?






26. Who wrote our National Anthem?






27. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?






28. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?






29. Name the smallest neighbour of India?






30. Which gas is called laughing gas?






31. Under which scam - the 43 year old daughter of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi was in Tihar jail in 2011?






32. How water in earthen pots remain cool?






33. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?






34. Who wrote the first history book?






35. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?






36. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?






37. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?






38. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?






39. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?






40. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?






41. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?






42. Where is Elephant Pass located?






43. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?






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






45. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?






46. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?






47. The Prime Minister is chairman of this






48. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?






49. Name one famous Sarod player?






50. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?