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1. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?






2. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?






3. Which child artist got Critics Best Actor Award for his acting in a film Taare Zameen Par?






4. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?






5. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?






6. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?






7. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?






8. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?






9. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?






10. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?






11. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?






12. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?






13. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?






14. Which is largest cave temple in India?






15. Which is the largest Mosque in India?






16. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?






17. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?






18. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?






19. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?






20. Who discovered the electric lamp?






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






22. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?






23. What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?






24. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?






25. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?






26. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?






27. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?






28. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?






29. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?






30. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?






31. Who invented the lift?






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






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






34. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?






35. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?






36. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?






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






38. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?






39. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?






40. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?






41. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?






42. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






43. Who invented the television?






44. Who wrote the book 'We Indians'?






45. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?






46. When comes National Sports Day of India?






47. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?






48. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?






49. Which country has World's largest democracy?






50. Which is the largest planetarium in India?