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1. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Uttar Pradesh
Razia Sultana
Nek Chand

2. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
Ripon
Alexander Fleming
Mohammad bin Kasim
1953

3. Who discovered the noble gases?
Cavendish
Planning Commission
State Bank of India
Bombay

4. In which Amendment Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
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.)
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Forty-fourth Amendment

5. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
95th
Chandragupta
Mathura

6. What is the original name of Mahabharata?
S. Radhakrishnan
New Agra Fort
Julang-2
Jai Samhita

7. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Aravind Adiga
Parupalli Kashyap
Yamuna
Khadakvasla

8. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Andhra Pradesh
Dutch East Indies
Sitar
Greeks

9. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Mundak Upanishad
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Gol Gumbaz
India Museum at Kolkata

10. What is the new name of Burma?
Bobby Jindal
Uttar Pradesh
Silver
Myanmar

11. On which date Quit India Day comes?
8th May
9th August
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.

12. Name the metal used in storage batteries?
Lead
Razia Sultana
Washing soda
When sun is above the equator

13. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?
Hyderabad
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Sachin Tendulkar
Greeks

14. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?
1953
Nikolaus Otto
Julang-2
Krishna

15. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Methane - butane and propane
N.E. Borlaug
Trivandrum
God particle or Higgs Boson

16. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
The Reserve Bank of India
Leo Tolstoy
Konark
Amitabh Bachchan

17. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Vishnu Sharma
Carbon dioxide
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Painting

18. Who was the first woman to go in space?
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Hyderabad
Hunting
Valentina Tereshkova

19. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
Kushans
Golconda
Due to radiation
Rahul Banerjee (archery ) - Preeja Sreedharan (athletics) - Vikas Gowda (athletics) - Jwala Gutta(badminton) - M Suranjoy Singh(boxing) - Zaheer Khan (cricket) - Sunil Chhetri(football) - Ashish Kumar (gymnastics) - Rajpal Singh (hockey) - Ra

20. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
Punjab
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Bromine

21. Who invented the television?
26th January
Iodine
J.L.Baird
Ujjain

22. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?

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23. Which is the largest port in India?
Khushwant Singh
22nd April
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Mumbai

24. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
1949
S. Radhakrishnan
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
New Delhi

25. What is Dry Ice?
John Ruskin
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Dumping
27th September

26. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
Tungsten
Navtej Saran
Lala Lajpat Rai
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)

27. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Algernon Sidney
Bamiyan
Jonas Salk
Jai Samhita

28. Name the Indian state where the game of Polo is said to have originated?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Prof. V.N Datta
Manipur54
Four lions

29. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
John Keats
At the center of earth
Yamuna

30. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?
Sachin Tendulkar
Protecting Flora and Fauna
J.B.Say
Tungsten

31. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
U.K
Anna Hazare
Kauravas and Pandavas51
John Ruskin

32. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Karashapana
Amjad Ali Khan
William Shakespeare151

33. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
Roentgen
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
God particle or Higgs Boson

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

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35. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Shobha De
Bobby Jindal
Mahatma Gandhi
Sachin Tendulkar

36. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
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'.
Mehbooba Mufti

37. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Algernon Sidney
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver

38. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?
Third century B.C
Dutch East Indies
William Wordsworth
The Delhi Metro

39. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Lawn Tennis153
Khushwant Singh
Haryana

40. When is the World Population Day observed?
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Eagle
11th July
Later Vedic Age

41. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
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.)
Himachal Pradesh
Marie Curie
18th April

42. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
Bangalore
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
90 degrees

43. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Forty-fourth Amendment
23rd April

44. Who wrote Panchatantra?
Vishnu Sharma
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Satyendra Nath Bose

45. When is International Labour Day observed?
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Nayantara Sahgal
Ladakh
1st May164

46. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Infinite
Jane Austen
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )

47. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?
Bromine
Sarojini Naidu
Sunil Gavaskar
Saeed Mirza

48. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Shobha De
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).

49. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Concave lens
Mary Kom
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Silicon

50. Who invented the telegraphic code?
Samuel Morse
Kanishka
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Sushil Kumar