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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?






2. In which year was the National Anthem first sung?






3. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?






4. When is World Health Day celebrated?






5. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?






6. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?






7. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?






8. When is Commonwealth Day observed?






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






10. In how many time zones is the World divided?






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






12. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?






13. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?






14. Name two other clones left with NDRI?






15. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?






16. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?






17. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?






18. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?






19. Which is the largest zoo in India?






20. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?






21. Who appoints the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission?






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






23. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?






24. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?






25. In which century did Ashoka reign?






26. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?






27. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?






28. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?






29. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?






30. Which city is known as 'Electronic City of India'?






31. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?






32. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?






33. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?






34. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?






35. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?






36. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?






37. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?

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38. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?






39. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?






40. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?






41. Who wrote the first history book?






42. Who said - 'God helps those who helps themselves'?






43. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?






44. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?






45. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?






46. Who discovered the electric lamp?






47. Where is Pushkar lake located?






48. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?






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






50. Which is largest state of India?