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1. Who founded the Saka Era?
Kanishka
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Fatehpur Sikri
Rs 270

2. Which is the Garden City of India?
Thailand
Bangalore
15th January
Third century B.C

3. When an open bottle of scent is kept at one corner due to which phenomenon its fragrance is found in whole room?
Madhya Pradesh
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Diffusion
Florence Nightingale

4. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Churchill
Abhinav Bindra

5. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
Later Vedic Age
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Sachin Tendulkar
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit

6. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Krishna
Bamiyan

7. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
24th February
Khushwant Singh
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
6 months

8. Which state has maximum density of canals?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Uttar Pradesh
27th September
Bangalore

9. What is KG5 drug?

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10. Who invented the petrol engine?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
USA
Nikolaus Otto
Rocky Marciano

11. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?
Kerala
Kushinagar
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
In Samba

12. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Nitrous oxide
Anna Hazare

13. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Hyderabad
Aravind Adiga
New Agra Fort

14. What was the old name of Indonesia?
Vidya Balan
Dutch East Indies
Speaker
Due to radiation

15. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?
Param Vir Chakra
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
India

16. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
Ripon
18th December
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
At the center of earth

17. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Tamil Nadu
Carbon dioxide
Rajasthan
8th September

18. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Amir Khusrau
Sriharikota
Vocal Music

19. What is e-bomb?

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20. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
12th January
8th September
Washing soda
Vasudeva

21. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?
Bengali
India
German
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)

22. Who is the first Indian male shuttler to reach Olympic quarters?
Washing soda
Maharashtra
95th
Parupalli Kashyap

23. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
Talwandi
Prime Minister
Jagannath
Planning Commission

24. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?
Hunting
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Kalpakkam
27th September

25. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?
95th
Sitar
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'.
6 months

26. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
35 degree
Madhya Pradesh
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
London

27. Where is Sun Temple situated?
Konark
4 minutes
Bleaching powder
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).

28. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
India
In Samba
Iodine
Darsheel Safary

29. What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?
Vocal Music
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Four lions
Sodium

30. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Mundak Upanishad
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Jaya Dev
Abhinav Bindra

31. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?
Lobsang Sangay
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
5th April
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)

32. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Baby Nargis
Firozeshah Tughluq
Greeks

33. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
5th September
Arthur Conan Doyle
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Kiran Bedi

34. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
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.
23rd April
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Maharashtra

35. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
Indra Sinha64
Su-Kam Power Systems
Shockley
18th April

36. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
New Delhi
Sriharikota
Mundak Upanishad

37. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Stupa
W.C Bannerjee
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Jules Verne

38. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
Gota in Sweden
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Yamuna
Ganga

39. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Director General Anil Kaushik
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Kushinagar

40. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
London
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)

41. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?
Sachin Tendulkar
Contingency Fund of India
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Jayadeva

42. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Ludhiana
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Hockey

43. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Chandragupta Maurya
2:4
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Dumping

44. How 4G services will hit the country in 2012?
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.
Sunil Gavaskar
Euclid
Mussoorie

45. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Uttarakhand
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Red sea and Mediterranean sea

46. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
Rajasthan
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).

47. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
15th August167
G.V. Mavalankar
14th November
Kulandei Francis

48. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?
V. Anand
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Anita Desai
Chandragupta-II

49. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Gujarat
India
Mathura
Karashapana

50. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?
Aravind Adiga
Shobha De
24th May
20th June (3rd sunday of June)