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1. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
Maharaja Hari Singh
V.S Naipaul
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Hockey
2. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Art and architecture
South Kolkata
Kerala
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
3. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
State Bank of India
Yamuna
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Leh
4. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Art and architecture
E.M Forster
Leo Tolstoy
Kho-Kho
5. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Forty-fourth Amendment
6. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
22nd April
Anna Hazare
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
7. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ludhiana
Angle between the horizon and the equator
12th January
8. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Rajasthan
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
9. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Euclid
Bobby Jindal
Amir Khusrau
Nek Chand
10. Who is known as Nightingale of India?
Hunting
Sarojini Naidu
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Rabindra Nath Tagore
11. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Mahatma Gandhi
7th April
Narendra Modi government
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
12. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
Kushinagar
Rahul Banerjee (archery ) - Preeja Sreedharan (athletics) - Vikas Gowda (athletics) - Jwala Gutta(badminton) - M Suranjoy Singh(boxing) - Zaheer Khan (cricket) - Sunil Chhetri(football) - Ashish Kumar (gymnastics) - Rajpal Singh (hockey) - Ra
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Director General Anil Kaushik
13. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?
15th August167
U.K
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Silicon
14. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?
Stainless steel
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Leh
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
15. Who wrote the first history book?
Herodotus
Lala Lajpat Rai
Punjab
Amir Khusru
16. What is e-bomb?
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17. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Anna Hazare
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
18. Who is going to receive highest US award?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Jane Austen
19. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
Nek Chand
Art and architecture
24th May
Jama Masjid
20. Where is Sun Temple situated?
Konark
The Rajya Sabha
Methane
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
21. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
Firozeshah Tughluq
Su-Kam Power Systems
8th September
Speaker
22. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
5th September
Bhai Gurmej Singh
23. Which is the largest Church in India?
Aravallis
USA
Kolkata
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
24. What is our National Anthem?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Jana Gana Mana
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Amitabh Bachchan
25. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made?
M. Narasimhan
Harshavardhana
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Vadodara
26. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Concave mirror
Saka era
22nd April
27. Who invented barometer?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Assam
Torricelli
Uttar Pradesh
28. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
Gwalior Gharana
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
6 months
Makes cancer cell 'commit suicide'. It helps in stoping multiplication of tumorous cells and shut themselves down. Will be available in approximately 5 years and will be in pill form.
29. Who invented the lift?
E.G.Otis
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Chandragupta Maurya
30. Which is the largest port in India?
Ludhiana
Mumbai
Tamil Nadu
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
31. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Sri Lanka
Amitabh Bachchan
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Kolkata
32. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?
India Museum at Kolkata
Motion Picture
Mahatma Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
33. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
London
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Bangalore
14th November
34. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
Mohammad bin Kasim
Equator
German
10th December
35. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
2G spectrum scam
Jane Austen
36. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Herodotus
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Alexander Graham Bell
37. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
5th September
Madhya Pradesh
Jama Masjid
Darsheel Safary
38. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
16th October
Jai Samhita
H.P.S Ahluwalia
39. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
Roger Federer
Konark
Jules Verne
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
40. Which was the World's first surviving clone buffalo at NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute)?
15th August167
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Param Vir Chakra
41. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Krishna
Kolkata
Demand deposits
5
42. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
Tamil Nadu
24
Japan
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.)
43. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?
Abul Kalam Azad
Dehradun
Odisha
Navtej Saran
44. What is the estimated premature deaths caused annually by outdoor air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried out by World Health Organisation in Sept. - 2011?
24
Chadwick
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
1.34 millions
45. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Mundak Upanishad
The equator
S. Radhakrishnan
Cyrus Mistry
46. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?
Harshavardhana
Kerala
Prime Minister
24th February
47. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
26th January
Michael Phelps
Methane - butane and propane
Motion Picture
48. Which is the largest lake in India?
V.S Naipaul
Rahul Dravid
Wular lake (Kashmir)
18th April
49. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?
July - 1947
Sunita Williams
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Golconda
50. Which is the largest museum in India?
India Museum at Kolkata
Chandragupta-II
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde