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1. Who is the renowned flute player?
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Football
Yamuna
2. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
23rd December
Chandragupta
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
INS Vikrant55
3. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Amitabh Bachchan
Roentgen
Kalpakkam
4. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Indra Sinha64
Abhinav Bindra
J.B.Say
Leo Tolstoy
5. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Dumping
Maharashtra
Diffusion
Uttar Pradesh
6. Name one famous Sarod player?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Albert Einstein
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Amjad Ali Khan
7. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?
31st May
Later Vedic Age
G.V. Mavalankar
11th July
8. Which is the largest auditorium in India?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
The Delhi Metro
The Rajya Sabha
Narmada and Japti
9. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
Only the first stanza
15th March
Tamil Nadu
8
10. On which date Quit India Day comes?
9th August
Mohammad Iqbal
Jai Samhita
8th October
11. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
It loses one day
John Ruskin
Zinc
12. What is the name of India's moon mission?
90 degree
Chandrayaan
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Firozeshah Tughluq
13. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Tamil Nadu
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Chandragupta-II
14. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
UK
Maharashtra
Standard time of the country138
Madhya Pradesh
15. Who invented the steam engine?
Paschim Banga1
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Sukumar Sen
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
16. Who is the first Indian male shuttler to reach Olympic quarters?
USA
Parupalli Kashyap
China
Roentgen
17. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
Football
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Konark
John Ruskin
18. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
6-14 years
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
19. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
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
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
N.E. Borlaug
20. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?
Maharashtra
26th January
Jane Austen
Vasudeva
21. 'A Voice of Freedom' is a book written by whom?
Roentgen
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Nayantara Sahgal
Satyendra Nath Bose
22. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
Andhra Pradesh
Marie Curie
Jama Masjid
German
23. Which is largest populated city in India?
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Dance
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Mumbai
24. Who got Dhyan Chand Award in 2011?
Hyderabad
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Jules Verne
25. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?
90 degrees
Krishna
Jyoti Amge
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
26. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?
Protecting Flora and Fauna
John Ruskin
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Painting
27. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
Bombay
God particle or Higgs Boson
Sodium
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
28. Who won bronze medal for India in 10m pistol event (London Olympics - 2012)?
Gagan Narang
State Bank of India
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
29. What are the estimated premature deaths caused annually by air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried in Sept. - 2011 by World Health Organisation?
Bhai Gurmej Singh
1.34 millions
Konark
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
30. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Bobby Jindal
UK
Ashoka
Carbon dioxide
31. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Anna Hazare
24
Michael Phelps
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
32. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?
Vocal Music
Increases
Tamil Nadu
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
33. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Madhya Pradesh
Chandragupta-II
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Sri Lanka
34. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?
23rd April
Saka era
Churchill
Jane Austen
35. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?
2nd April - 2011
Alexander Graham Bell
Anita Desai
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
36. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
Satyendra Nath Bose
8th October
35 degree
The President
37. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Rajasthan
Roger Federer
Ganga
Kauravas and Pandavas51
38. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?
Torricelli
Johannes Kepler
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.
Concave lens
39. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?
Nitrogen
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
London
Indra Sinha64
40. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Renders electronic gadgets useless and effectively neutralises the adversary's command control and communication capability by producing a strong electromagnetic field generating powerful electricity surges that play havoc with electronic circuits wi
Gagan Narang
Concave mirror
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
41. On globe - the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?
Bombay
90 degrees
14th November
Year of Disabled Soldiers
42. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
2nd April - 2011
Rajasthan
Leo Tolstoy
43. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Concave lens
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
44. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
26 years and 9 months
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Amitabh Bachchan
45. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Neil Armstrong
Planning Commission
Mary Kom
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.
46. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Lawn Tennis153
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
5th September
47. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Governor
26th January
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Saka era
48. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Kiran Bedi
W.C Bannerjee
Mundak Upanishad
49. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?
Odisha
Indians
Contingency Fund of India
Harshavardhana
50. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?
Amir Khusru
Bromine
Ganga
Later Vedic Age