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1. Who invented the television?
1st May164
Mundak Upanishad
J.L.Baird
Ladakh
2. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?
Hunting
Dance
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
N.E. Borlaug
3. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?
Only the first stanza
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
G.V. Mavalankar
Amir Khusru
4. Where is National School of Mines located?
Tamil Nadu
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Japan
Pune
5. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
Su-Kam Power Systems
Swarajya Party
At the center of earth
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
6. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?
Arundhati Roy
Shobha De
Raja Ravi Varma
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
7. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
Samudragupta
Sunil Gavaskar
8th May
Pune
8. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
Khushwant Singh
Mahatma Gandhi
The President
Allauddin Khilji
9. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
8th March
Andhra Pradesh
Shiv Prasad Singh
5th September
10. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?
The Lok Sabha
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
USA
11. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
8
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Yamuna
12. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Gwalior Gharana
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
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.)
13. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Gota in Sweden
Baby Nargis
22nd April
Four lions
14. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Jhumpa Lahiri
Tamil Nadu
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
15. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Swarajya Party
Gagan Narang
Graphite
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
16. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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17. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Will pass through Equator
18. Name the world's shortest living woman?
The Rajya Sabha
Mundak Upanishad
Jyoti Amge
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
19. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Madhya Pradesh
Jonathan Swift
July - 1947
20. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Perpendicular to each other
Will pass through Equator
Rajasthan
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
21. Who is the second 100 percent visually impaired person to be accepted into the IAS?
India and China
1.34 millions
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Tamil Nadu
22. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?
William Wordsworth
Three Decades in Parliament
Narendra Modi government
Ladakh
23. Which is the largest populated state in India?
Haryana
Prime Minister
Thailand
Uttar Pradesh
24. When is World Health Day celebrated?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
7th April
18th April
Roentgen
25. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
The Reserve Bank of India
India
Hindukush
26. While playing with which team Rahul Dravid completed his 10000 runs in the Test cricket?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
South Africa
Julang-2
20th March
27. Who is President of India?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Ganga
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Nek Chand
28. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Increases
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
The Bering Strait
Leh
29. What is equal to latitude of a place?
Saeed Mirza
Angle between the horizon and the equator
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
30. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Demand deposits
Curiosity
The President
31. Who discovered X-Ray?
Roentgen
Tamil Nadu
Abhinav Bindra
Abul Kalam Azad
32. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Nek Chand
5th September
15th January
Krishna
33. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
U.K
INS Vikrant55
Golconda
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
34. Name the state of India having longest coastline?
Andhra Pradesh
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Ripon
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
35. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
12th January
Albert Einstein
Bangalore
36. Who invented radar?
Robert Watson Watt
UK
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Increases
37. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?
Tamil Nadu
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Kho-Kho
Eagle
38. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?
1.34 millions
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
90 degrees
23rd December
39. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Due to radiation
40. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
India Museum at Kolkata
31st May
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Hockey
41. 'A Voice of Freedom' is a book written by whom?
Nayantara Sahgal
23rd April
Contingency Fund of India
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
42. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?
30th January
German
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Param Vir Chakra
43. Who is the renowned flute player?
Firozeshah Tughluq
Curiosity
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Rabindra Nath Tagore
44. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
1.34 millions
Eagle
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
9th August
45. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Nek Chand
E.M Forster
Rabindranath Tagore147
Iodine
46. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Assam
Maharashtra
Nayantara Sahgal
Allauddin Khilji
47. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
John Ruskin
14th November
Himachal Pradesh
India
48. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Aravind Adiga
Arundhati Roy
Jagannath
49. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?
$46 - 00011
Razia Sultana
31st May
Kalpakkam
50. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?
5th April
Gol Gumbaz
Talwandi
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