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1. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
Bangalore
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012

2. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Robert Watson Watt
7th April
Increases

3. Who introduced the market regulations in India in ancient period?
Allauddin Khilji
Heavy water
Nayantara Sahgal
Perpendicular to each other

4. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Khadakvasla
H.P.S Ahluwalia

5. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Mehbooba Mufti
Krishna
2nd April - 2011
Hari Prasad Chaurasia

6. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Punjab
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
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi

7. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?
Mosley
Contingency Fund of India
Saka era
Shobha De

8. Who invented the telegraphic code?
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
South Africa
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Samuel Morse

9. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?
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.
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
30th January
Demand deposits

10. Who is President of India?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Mundak Upanishad
Vice President of India

11. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Strait of Gibraltar
Nitrous oxide
Haryana

12. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Jawaharlal Nehru

13. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?
Amitabh Ghosh
Hyderabad
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Will pass through Equator

14. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Contingency Fund of India
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Harshavardhana
Hari Prasad Chaurasia

15. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
South Kolkata
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Galileo
Concave lens

16. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Sunderbans delta
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.

17. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Kiran Bedi
Chaucer
Hamid Ansari

18. Name the gases used in different types of welding?
Hyderabad
Madhya Pradesh
Oxygen and acetylene
Mumbai

19. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?
Mohammad bin Kasim
24
Football
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.

20. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
14th November
USA
Sushil Kumar
Kauravas and Pandavas51

21. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Palk Strait
Odisha
India

22. Which player is the author of the book 'Straight From The Heart'?
Jagannath
Saka era
Kapil Dev
Jonathan Swift

23. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
Khadakvasla
Herodotus
Vande Mataram
Arundhati Roy

24. Name the state where bio-fuel outlet - first of its kind in the country will be opened?
Mary Kom
15th January
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Albert Einstein

25. Who is vice President of India?
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.)
Maharashtra
$46 - 00011
Mohammed Hamid Ansari

26. Who discovered blood grouping?
Landsteiner
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Genetically Modified Crops.
Music

27. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Rajasthan
Carbon dioxide
8

28. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?
Dumping
Rahul Dravid
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Curiosity

29. Who is the author of the book 'Unto the Last' which influenced Gandhi ji?
Aravind Adiga
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
John Ruskin
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.

30. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Kalpakkam
Is a herbal formulation of 10 selected herbs known to have adaptogenic properties. It helps to improve the physical and mental performance by increasing blood oxygenation and reducing low density lipoproteins and cholesterol.
South Kolkata
Painting

31. Who deciphered the genetic code?
Speaker
Arundhati Roy
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Khushwant Singh

32. Which state has maximum density of canals?
Mumbai
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Amjad Ali Khan
Uttar Pradesh

33. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Sitar
Mathura
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit

34. On what occasion Bihar got its own state anthem and state prayer whose CD's were released by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?
Music
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
162
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012

35. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Mahatma Gandhi
1st May164

36. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Kushinagar
Edison
Graphite

37. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
24
Raja Ravi Varma

38. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Kushans
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
250th anniversary
Julang-2

39. Which is the largest Church in India?
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Jules Verne
Dumping

40. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Punjab
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)

41. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?
5 hours 30 minutes
Konark
Rahul Dravid
Shimla and Hamirpur

42. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Japan
Chandragupta Maurya
Thailand
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor

43. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Jagannath

44. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?
Shimla and Hamirpur
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Tungsten

45. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
28th February
Punjab
In Samba
Sodium

46. Who is known as Father of Geometry?
Euclid
Mundak Upanishad
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
7th April

47. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)

48. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
India
Kiran Bedi
2:4
On the outskirts of Ludhiana

49. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?
Mahatma Gandhi
Khushwant Singh
Maharashtra
$46 - 00011

50. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?
8th May
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Later Vedic Age
1.34 millions

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