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1. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?
2
22nd April
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
2. Which is the language next to Hindi spoken by largest number of people in the Indian sub continent ?
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Odisha
Bengali
3. For what is Bijapur known?
Gol Gumbaz
Concave lens
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Manipur54
4. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Morarji Desai
Lobsang Sangay
Shockley
5. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
Samuel Morse
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.
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Perpendicular to each other
6. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Baby Nargis
1.34 millions
Haryana
Jyoti Amge
7. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Sonepur (Bihar )
Bobby Jindal
The Bering Strait
Rajasthan
8. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?
Jaipur
Sunil Gavaskar
Silicon
Jhumpa Lahiri
9. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Silicon
China
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
10. Who is going to receive highest US award?
Nitrous oxide
Aung San Suu Kyi
Marie Curie
24th February
11. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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.
Roentgen
Abhinav Bindra
12. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?
Leo Tolstoy
26th January
24
55th rank
13. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
Eagle
Shimla and Hamirpur
Dr. F.G.Banting
Roger Federer
14. Which city is known as 'Electronic City of India'?
Shiv Prasad Singh
Methane
Himachal Pradesh
Bangalore
15. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Anna Hazare
1st December
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
16. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?
Jhumpa Lahiri
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Iodine
W.C Bannerjee
17. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Mary Kom
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Galileo
24th May
18. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Kulandei Francis
Chandrayaan
Mohammad Iqbal
Jyoti Amge
19. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Chaucer
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Yamuna
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
20. Who propounded the Market Law?
J.B.Say
Karashapana
Three Decades in Parliament
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
21. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?
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22. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?
Due to radiation
Torricelli
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Jonathan Swift
23. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?
Ludhiana
Rahul Dravid
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Ladakh
24. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
Nitrogen
Washing soda
Hyderabad
Vande Mataram
25. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?
Bangalore
Narmada and Japti
Rahul Dravid
Razia Sultana
26. How is population density in India defined?
Kiran Bedi
Galileo
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Nitrogen
27. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
It loses one day
Due to radiation
Washing soda
Sriharikota
28. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Dr. F.G.Banting
Hyderabad
God particle or Higgs Boson
29. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
UK
Kathak
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Assam
30. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?
UK
Michael Phelps
Sunil Gavaskar
8th May
31. Who wrote our National Anthem?
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Rabindra Nath Tagore
23rd April
Myanmar
32. What is the upper house of parliament known as?
William Wordsworth
Jaya Dev
The Rajya Sabha
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
33. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Silicon
Heavy water
31st May
Mahatma Gandhi
34. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
Kulandei Francis
24th May
Edison
Mary Kom
35. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
36. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
India
Bengali
Chandragupta Maurya
Harshavardhana
37. Who invented telephone?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Torricelli
Alexander Graham Bell
38. Which is largest man made lake in India?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Jules Verne
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
39. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
Akhilesh Yadav
Jaipur
Sarojini Naidu
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
40. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
28th February
2:3161
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
41. Watches of a country is set according to what time?
Hyderabad
Planning Commission
Carbon dioxide
Standard time of the country138
42. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
90 degrees
Shockley
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Himachal Pradesh
43. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Rabindranath Tagore147
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
India
Motion Picture
44. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
Maharashtra
Sunderbans delta
Jamaica
Robert Watson Watt
45. Where is Buland Darwaza located?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Sitar
Fatehpur Sikri
Mohammad Iqbal
46. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?
31st May
Lala Lajpat Rai
Kalpakkam
Dilip Kumar
47. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Jayadeva
Carbon dioxide
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
48. Who invented transistor?
Michael Phelps
Shockley
Mahatma Gandhi
Samuel Morse
49. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Alexander Graham Bell
55th rank
Khushwant Singh
Ripon
50. Where is Char Minar located?
Will pass through Equator
Talwandi
Hyderabad
Mussoorie