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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?






2. Who invented the telegraphic code?






3. Who invented the petrol engine?






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






5. On which day International Women's Day observed?






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






7. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?






8. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?






9. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?






10. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?






11. Why sky appears to be blue?






12. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?






13. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?






14. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?






15. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?






16. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?






17. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?






18. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?






19. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?






20. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?






21. Who propounded the Market Law?






22. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?






23. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?






24. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?






25. Name one famous Sarod player?






26. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?






27. Who elects the Vice President of India?






28. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?






29. At what price the menu of the first dinner served to the firstclass passengers of the ill fated liner Titanic on 10th April - 1912 sold?






30. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?






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






32. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?






33. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?






34. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?






35. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?






36. Which state has maximum density of canals?






37. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?






38. Who is known as Nightingale of India?






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






40. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?






41. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?






42. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?






43. Who wrote the first history book?






44. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?






45. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?






46. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?






47. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?






48. Who won the silver medal in 66 Kg wrestling and is the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals?






49. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?






50. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?