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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. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?






2. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?






3. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?






4. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?






5. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?






6. When is Commonwealth Day observed?






7. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?






8. Where is largest animal fair held in India?






9. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?






10. Who is called 'Grand Old Man of India'?






11. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?

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12. Who discovered X-Ray?






13. What is equal to latitude of a place?






14. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?






15. Which is largest man made lake in India?






16. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?






17. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?






18. Who is called Father of English Poetry?






19. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?






20. Who was the first woman to go in space?






21. Which is the largest lake in India?






22. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?






23. Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India?






24. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?






25. Name the Indian state where the game of Polo is said to have originated?






26. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?

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27. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?






28. Who elects the Vice President of India?






29. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?






30. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?






31. Name the world's shortest living woman?






32. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made?






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






34. Where is Buland Darwaza located?






35. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?






36. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?






37. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?






38. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?






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






40. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?






41. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?






42. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?

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43. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?






44. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?






45. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?






46. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?






47. Which is the largest populated state in India?






48. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore






49. Which gas is called laughing gas?






50. Which is the India's largest public sector commercial bank at present?