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1. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?






2. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?






3. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?






4. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?






5. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?






6. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?






7. How 4G services will hit the country in 2012?






8. When is Commonwealth Day observed?






9. Name the smallest neighbour of India?






10. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?






11. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?






12. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?






13. Which is the largest delta in India?






14. Who composed our National song?






15. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?






16. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?






17. Who invented the petrol engine?






18. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?






19. Which was the musical instrument used by Amir Khusro?






20. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?






21. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?






22. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?






23. Which is the largest lake in India?






24. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?






25. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?






26. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?






27. Where is Buland Darwaza located?






28. 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?






29. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?






30. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?






31. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?






32. Which is our National song?






33. Where is Char Minar located?






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






35. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?






36. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?






37. What is the original name of Mahabharata?






38. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?






39. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?






40. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?






41. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?






42. Who invented the telegraphic code?






43. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?






44. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?






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






46. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?






47. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?






48. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?






49. Where is Sun Temple situated?






50. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?