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1. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?
1911133
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Jama Masjid
The Lok Sabha
2. Which is the largest zoo in India?
UK
Ludhiana
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
3. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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4. Who is the author of novel 'The White Tiger'?
Aravind Adiga
9th August
Journalism
Andhra Pradesh
5. Who is the World Player of Year?
162
Michael Phelps
Kerala
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
6. Why sky appears to be blue?
Silver
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Nayantara Sahgal
Kushinagar
7. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Sriharikota
Manipur54
8. Who is the second 100 percent visually impaired person to be accepted into the IAS?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Sunil Gavaskar
Jaya Dev
9. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
S. Radhakrishnan
Valentina Tereshkova
10. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Kerala
New Delhi
Sriharikota
Rajasthan
11. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
Maharaja Hari Singh
5th September
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Johannes Kepler
12. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
Sidney Sheldon
2:4
Jane Austen
Washing soda
13. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?
Dr. F.G.Banting
10th October
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
14. Who was the first person to set foot on moon?
Mumbai
Neil Armstrong
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Tamil Nadu
15. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
24th October
Maharashtra
16. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
Himachal Pradesh
Kalpakkam
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
17. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Mahatma Gandhi
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Jayadeva
Methane - butane and propane
18. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Iodine
Speaker
6 months
19. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
Jagannath
24
G.V. Mavalankar
Will pass through Equator
20. In how many time zones is the World divided?
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
27th September
24
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
21. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?
Uttar Pradesh
16th October
Mussoorie
State Bank of India
22. Which is the largest Church in India?
Motion Picture
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Konark
William Wordsworth
23. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
Sitar
Jaya Dev
Mundak Upanishad
Strait of Gibraltar
24. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?
Vande Mataram
Will pass through Equator
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Sidney Sheldon
25. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?
Leh
Vice President of India
New Delhi
Heavy water
26. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
E.M Forster
27. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?
Leh
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
The Bering Strait
28. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?
31st May
Jayadeva
Performax
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
29. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?
Nitrous oxide
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
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Year of Disabled Soldiers
30. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Bamiyan
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
5
31. Which state has maximum density of canals?
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
5
China
Uttar Pradesh
32. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
1911133
4 minutes
Vadodara
33. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Chandragupta Maurya
Cavendish
Ripon
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
34. Which player is the author of the book 'Straight From The Heart'?
Uttarakhand
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Kapil Dev
South Kolkata
35. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
8th October
Hampi
90 degree
36. Who discovered blood grouping?
Landsteiner
Kanishka
Sukumar Sen
Kushans
37. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
Dehradun
Ujjain
The President
Tamil Nadu
38. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?
Uttarakhand
Indra Sinha64
Planning Commission
Kathak
39. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
2
Marie Curie
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
40. Where is National School of Mines located?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Das Kapital
Pune
Standard time of the country138
41. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
Ujjain
Second Battle of Tarain
Rocky Marciano
Leh
42. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Marie Curie
Samar Guha
43. For what is Bijapur known?
Khadakvasla
2G spectrum scam
Mussoorie
Gol Gumbaz
44. Which is the largest cave in India?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Bangalore
Vice President of India
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
45. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
5
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
5th April
46. Who was the first woman to go in space?
Valentina Tereshkova
Khadakvasla
23rd December
Akhilesh Yadav
47. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Paschim Banga1
Arthur Conan Doyle
Roentgen
48. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Bromine
Kathak
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Hampi
49. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Performax
Stupa
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Amir Khusrau
50. Who won bronze medal for India in 10m pistol event (London Olympics - 2012)?
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Gagan Narang
Eagle
95th