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1. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?
Jana Gana Mana
Myanmar
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Satyendra Nath Bose

2. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?
Nayantara Sahgal
Chandragupta Maurya
Journalism
Kushans

3. How is population density in India defined?
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Saeed Mirza
German
1.34 millions

4. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Sachin Tendulkar
Demand deposits
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi

5. Which is the largest Church in India?
J.B.Say
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.
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.

6. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
6-14 years
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Strait of Gibraltar
Ripon

7. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?
India
Saka era
35 degree
Hyderabad

8. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
30th January
Khadakvasla
22nd April
24th May

9. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?
Morarji Desai
Nitrogen
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Jhumpa Lahiri

10. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
John Keats

11. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
Navtej Saran
Jawaharlal Nehru
U.K
Bobby Jindal

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

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13. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Sidney Sheldon
Saka era
5
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012

14. Who is the author of novel 'The White Tiger'?
Aravind Adiga
Dadabhai Naoroji
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Nek Chand

15. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Kushinagar
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Contingency Fund of India

16. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
It loses one day
Washing soda
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Pakistan and Afghanistan

17. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?
Sitar
Razia Sultana
Kathak
2G spectrum scam

18. Where is Sun Temple situated?
John Ruskin
Johannes Kepler
35 degree
Konark

19. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Hyderabad
Mahatma Gandhi
6 months

20. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?

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21. Which state has maximum density of canals?
Kalpakkam
German
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Uttar Pradesh

22. Name one famous Sarod player?
Neil Armstrong
16th October
Amjad Ali Khan
Hamid Ansari

23. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?
Haryana
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
1953
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).

24. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Methane
W.C Bannerjee
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.

25. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
Gujarat
Sri Lanka
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Kauravas and Pandavas51

26. Which is largest man made lake in India?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Six months
Kathak

27. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
USA
Maharashtra
Planning Commission

28. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
Samar Guha

29. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?
6 months
Six months
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Khushwant Singh

30. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?
Bobby Jindal
90 degree
Jayadeva
12th January

31. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
When sun is above the equator
Heavy water
Wular lake (Kashmir)

32. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Allauddin Khilji
Shockley
S. Radhakrishnan

33. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Navtej Saran
Stupa
Bangalore
8th October

34. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?
Mahatma Gandhi
Julang-2
Anita Desai
Dutch East Indies

35. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Saka era
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
Darsheel Safary

36. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?
Guru Gobind Singh
M.N Roy62
Mundak Upanishad
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.

37. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?
Aravind Adiga
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Jonas Salk

38. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
Tamil Nadu
Nitrogen
Swarajya Party
Hyderabad

39. On which day International Women's Day observed?
W.C Bannerjee
7th April
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
8th March

40. How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?
16th October
Sonepur (Bihar )
Jai Samhita
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.

41. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Tungsten
Dumping

42. Why sky appears to be blue?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
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.

43. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Contingency Fund of India
London
Dumping

44. Who said 'Child is the father of Man'?
William Wordsworth
Sodium
Julang-2
Perpendicular to each other

45. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
Das Kapital
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Kulandei Francis
24th May

46. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Mahatma Gandhi
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Pune
Bangalore

47. What is the name of India's moon mission?
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Chandrayaan
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )

48. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?
Mahatma Gandhi
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).

49. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?
Ludhiana
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Director General Anil Kaushik
India

50. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?
5 hours 30 minutes
India and Pakistan
Jayadeva
Sunita Williams