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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Who is called Father of English Poetry?






2. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?






3. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?






4. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?






5. Who discovered Penicillin?






6. Who invented the steam engine?






7. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?






8. Who wrote the first history book?






9. Who discovered the electric lamp?






10. Which is the largest Church in India?






11. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?






12. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?






13. Who invented the television?






14. Who discovered photoelectric effect?






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






16. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?






17. Who is known as Father of Geometry?






18. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?






19. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?






20. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?






21. Which is the largest river island in India?






22. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?






23. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?






24. Which is our National song?






25. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?






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






27. Which is the largest Mosque in India?






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






29. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?






30. Why bubble of water shines?






31. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?






32. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?






33. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






34. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?






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






36. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?






37. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?






38. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?






39. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?






40. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?






41. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?






42. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?






43. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?






44. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?






45. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?






46. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?






47. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?






48. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?






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






50. Who discovered insulin?