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1. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?






2. Which is the largest auditorium in India?






3. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?






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






5. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?






6. Which is the largest district in India?






7. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?






8. Where is National School of Mines located?






9. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?






10. Who is called 'Grand Old Man of India'?






11. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?






12. Which is the language next to Hindi spoken by largest number of people in the Indian sub continent ?






13. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?






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






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






16. Who wrote our National Anthem?






17. What is e-bomb?

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18. Which metal is kept under kerosine?






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






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






21. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?






22. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






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






24. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?






25. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?






26. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?






27. Who propounded the Market Law?






28. Whose name is associated with the council of the 'Nine Gems'?






29. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?






30. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?






31. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?






32. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?






33. Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India?






34. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?






35. What is the estimated premature deaths caused annually by outdoor air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried out by World Health Organisation in Sept. - 2011?






36. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?






37. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?






38. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?






39. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?






40. Who invented the lift?






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






42. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?






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






44. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?






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






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






47. Who discovered insulin?






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






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






50. Which is largest man made lake in India?