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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Bromine
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Chandragupta
2. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Dutch East Indies
Only the first stanza
Vasudeva
3. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
Sidney Sheldon
6 months
India and Pakistan
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
4. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
John Ruskin
Sushil Kumar
Alexander Fleming
5. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
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.
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Mumbai
6. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?
Manipur54
Alexander Graham Bell
State Bank of India
26th January
7. Who wrote Panchatantra?
Hyderabad
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Due to radiation
Vishnu Sharma
8. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Michael Phelps
Longitudinal position
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
9. Name two other clones left with NDRI?
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
5 hours 30 minutes
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
5th September
10. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
5
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Odisha
11. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Jayadeva
Johann Gregor Mendel
Aravallis
Odisha
12. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
31st May
Graphite
Dadabhai Naoroji
13. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
The equator
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
8th September
Chandrayaan
14. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?
Lobsang Sangay
2
Dr. F.G.Banting
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
15. Which city is known as 'Electronic City of India'?
Bangalore
Anna Hazare
Hunting
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
16. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Journalism
Longitudinal position
15th January
17. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
1911133
Narmada and Japti
Nek Chand
18. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
8th March
1st December
Maharaja Hari Singh
Carbon dioxide
19. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
V. Anand
INS Vikrant55
Samudragupta
U.K
20. On globe - the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?
Konark
Jagannath
Samar Guha
90 degrees
21. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?
Vasudeva
Landsteiner
Anna Hazare
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
22. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
24th May
90 degree
Sunil Gavaskar
23. 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?
N.E. Borlaug
The Delhi Metro
15th August167
24th May
24. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
14th November
Sriharikota
Uttarakhand
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
25. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?
South Africa
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
John Ruskin
26. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Bamiyan
Later Vedic Age
27. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?
20th March
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Satyendra Nath Bose
Wular lake (Kashmir)
28. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Dance
Dilip Kumar
Khadakvasla
29. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Anita Desai
Bhai Gurmej Singh
USA
Jai Samhita
30. Name the state where bio-fuel outlet - first of its kind in the country will be opened?
Mundak Upanishad
Sunil Gavaskar
Robert Watson Watt
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
31. For what is Bijapur known?
Paschim Banga1
Amjad Ali Khan
Gol Gumbaz
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
32. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?
$46 - 00011
Jonas Salk
New Delhi
Football
33. Which is the largest delta in India?
Kanishka
Performax
Sunderbans delta
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
34. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
Speaker
Amitabh Ghosh
Sonepur (Bihar )
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
35. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?
Washing soda
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
The Bering Strait
Maharashtra
36. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
10th December
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Will pass through Equator
37. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Darsheel Safary
Jaya Dev
Jonathan Swift
38. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
God particle or Higgs Boson
Bromine
Shobha De
Albert Einstein
39. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?
When sun is above the equator
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
11th May
Protecting Flora and Fauna
40. Who invented the steam engine?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
1.34 millions
E.G.Otis
41. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
Aravind Adiga
Odisha
Sriharikota
At Magdalla port near Surat.
42. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
28th February
Gol Gumbaz
The President
Narmada and Japti
43. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?
China
Punjab
Johannes Kepler
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
44. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Rajasthan
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
35 degree
45. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?
India
Vice President of India
Jaya Dev
Jawaharlal Nehru
46. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
Hyderabad
Sriharikota
Mundak Upanishad
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
47. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?
Uttarakhand
Guru Gobind Singh
Kushans
Churchill
48. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?
India and China
Kerala
5 hours 30 minutes
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
49. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?
Dilip Kumar
Silver
Playwright
Diffusion
50. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
Six months
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)