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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Eagle
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.
2. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
U.K
Rabindranath Tagore
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
3. Which is the largest river delta of India?
Mahatma Gandhi
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Ganga
24th May
4. Which is the largest zoo in India?
Graphite
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Standard time of the country138
Landsteiner
5. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
Roger Federer
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
South Africa
Sriharikota
6. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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7. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Madhya Pradesh
Jane Austen
24th October
South Kolkata
8. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Shiv Prasad Singh
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Jawaharlal Nehru
9. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
55th rank
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
5
Mohammad bin Kasim
10. Who was the first person to set foot on moon?
Neil Armstrong
State Bank of India
Later Vedic Age
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
11. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?
Concave lens
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
1953
12. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sonepur (Bihar )
Galileo
Leh
13. Which is the largest lake in India?
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
M.N Roy62
Wular lake (Kashmir)
15th March
14. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
Year of Disabled Soldiers
55th rank
Saka era
Amitabh Ghosh
15. Who was the first recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding?
Kushinagar
Martin Luther King
Krishna
8
16. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Rabindranath Tagore147
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Nek Chand
Lala Lajpat Rai
17. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?
Hindukush
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Sunita Williams
New Delhi
18. Which gas is called laughing gas?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Jamaica
Nitrous oxide
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
19. What is the new name of Burma?
Myanmar
Vande Mataram
1953
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
20. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
8
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Martin Luther King
Jaya Dev
21. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?
Three Decades in Parliament
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
22. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
Razia Sultana
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.
W.C Bannerjee
Methane
23. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?
Dr. F.G.Banting
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
24. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
India
Anna Hazare
Dehradun
25. What is AERE?
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26. Where is Char Minar located?
Hyderabad
250th anniversary
2:4
Lawn Tennis153
27. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
8
Kathak
Julang-2
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.
28. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
Jules Verne
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Bromine
29. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Tamil Nadu
Rajasthan
30. Greenwich mean time (GMT) is the standard time of which country?
U.K
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Sidney Sheldon
Rabindranath Tagore147
31. Who is President of India?
90 degrees
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Morarji Desai
Kapil Dev
32. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Saka era
33. When is the World Population Day observed?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
11th July
G.V. Mavalankar
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
34. Which is largest populated city in India?
India
Mumbai
Thailand
Sunderbans delta
35. Which is the Garden City of India?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Bangalore
28th February
USA
36. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Hindukush
Jonathan Swift
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Himachal Pradesh
37. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?
Chandragupta Maurya
V. Anand
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
38. What is equal to latitude of a place?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
UK
15th March
Hyderabad
39. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
Karashapana
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Kolkata
40. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?
162
Rabindranath Tagore
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Krishna
41. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Ripon
Japan
Milkha Singh
Assam
42. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
Cavendish
Swarajya Party
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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.)
43. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Samar Guha
5th September
44. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Rocky Marciano
Baby Nargis
2:4
Michael Phelps
45. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Kalpakkam
Saeed Mirza
Allauddin Khilji
Trivandrum
46. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
Navtej Saran
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Khushwant Singh
47. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
Aravind Adiga
The President
India
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
48. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
William Shakespeare151
State Bank of India
Su-Kam Power Systems
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
49. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
Sitar
Longitudinal position
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sonepur (Bihar )
50. Who composed our National song?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Mundak Upanishad
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Indians