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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
It loses one day
Jayadeva
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
2. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?
15th January
Konark
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
3. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
State Bank of India
8th March
Odisha
Hockey
4. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?
Ladakh
Hampi
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Satyendra Nath Bose
5. Name one famous Sarod player?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Amjad Ali Khan
Kathak
Gagan Narang (shooter)
6. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?
Shiv Prasad Singh
Euclid
Speaker
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
7. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
11th July
Su-Kam Power Systems
Kerala
In front of New Delhi's High Court
8. Who is President of India?
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
India and Pakistan
Landsteiner
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
9. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?
Ujjain
Mundak Upanishad
15th March
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
10. What is the name of India's moon mission?
The Rajya Sabha
Chandrayaan
Playwright
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
11. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Second Battle of Tarain
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Tamil Nadu
12. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Longitudinal position
Sitar
Amitabh Ghosh
11th May
13. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?
Torricelli
Tamil Nadu
7th April
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
14. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?
Vocal Music
Curiosity
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Shimla and Hamirpur
15. Which was the musical instrument used by Amir Khusro?
Leo Tolstoy
Saka era
Sitar
Martin Luther King
16. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?
N.E. Borlaug
Odisha
Guru Gobind Singh
Bobby Jindal
17. Name the state of India having longest coastline?
8th March
Andhra Pradesh
Director General Anil Kaushik
Palk Strait
18. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
Navtej Saran
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
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.
Motion Picture
19. When comes National Sports Day of India?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Indra Sinha64
29th August
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
20. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Saka era
90 degrees
Maharashtra
21. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
23rd December
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Kushinagar
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
22. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?
Morarji Desai
The number of persons per square kilometre.
24
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
23. Who is the man popularly kwown as Gurudev?
Landsteiner
24
Rabindranath Tagore147
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
24. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?
Dance
24th February
Mahatma Gandhi
Amir Khusrau
25. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?
Arundhati Roy
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
26. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
Harshavardhana
Johannes Kepler
Andhra Pradesh
Leo Tolstoy
27. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
Hockey
5th September
The Delhi Metro
Jaipur
28. Which state has maximum density of canals?
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
26 years and 9 months
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Uttar Pradesh
29. Why bubble of water shines?
Madhya Pradesh
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Sunil Gavaskar
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
30. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
Mohammad Iqbal
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Navtej Saran
W.C Bannerjee
31. When is the UN Day observed?
24th October
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
31st May
In front of New Delhi's High Court
32. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?
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33. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Ripon
Khushwant Singh
Martin Luther King
1st May164
34. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?
Samudragupta
The Delhi Metro
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Churchill
35. 'A Voice of Freedom' is a book written by whom?
8th May
Nayantara Sahgal
Morarji Desai
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
36. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Allauddin Khilji
Arthur Conan Doyle
When sun is above the equator
37. Which village of Andhra Pradesh may be sitting over one of the world's largest uranium reserves?
Madhya Pradesh
Mohammad bin Kasim
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
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
38. Who has been selected as the new head of Tata empire in 2011?
Cyrus Mistry
Jai Samhita
Roentgen
Rajasthan
39. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
Jaya Dev
Gagan Narang
Marie Curie
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
40. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?
15th January
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Chaucer
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
41. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?
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42. When comes the World Environment Day?
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
German
5th June
43. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?
Chilka lake (Orissa )
1st May164
Kalpakkam
Maharaja Hari Singh
44. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Prof. V.N Datta
Kapil Dev
Firozeshah Tughluq
Baby Nargis
45. Name the metal present in photo films?
Silver
Mumbai
Gagan Narang (shooter)
The President
46. Who discovered neutron?
Mary Kom
Samuel Morse
S. Radhakrishnan
Chadwick
47. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
48. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
Jyoti Amge
Dehradun
Rajasthan
Hockey
49. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
12th January
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
50. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Madhya Pradesh
Hyderabad
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.