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1. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?
Leo Tolstoy
Ujjain
M. Narasimhan
24
2. When is World Health Day celebrated?
7th April
Johann Gregor Mendel
Kushans
Vishnu Sharma
3. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Kho-Kho
Kalpakkam
Sitar
Madhya Pradesh
4. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Eagle
Japan
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
28th February
5. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
26 years and 9 months
Navtej Saran
Vocal Music
Nayantara Sahgal
6. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?
Hunting
Sodium
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Kerala
7. Who discovered the noble gases?
Cavendish
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Rajasthan
The Bering Strait
8. Which is the largest populated state in India?
Haryana
Jai Samhita
Uttar Pradesh
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
9. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
Washing soda
Nitrogen
28th February
Kerala
10. Where is Sun Temple situated?
Chandragupta Maurya
Konark
Jai Samhita
Johann Gregor Mendel
11. Who elects the Vice President of India?
Art and architecture
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Longitudinal position
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
12. Who wrote the book 'A Passage To India'?
Razia Sultana
Aung San Suu Kyi
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
E.M Forster
13. Who introduced the market regulations in India in ancient period?
26 years and 9 months
M.N Roy62
90 degree
Allauddin Khilji
14. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
V.S Naipaul
Guru Gobind Singh
15. When comes the World Disabled Day?
15th March
Mehbooba Mufti
Six months
Odisha
16. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Motion Picture
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.)
The equator
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
17. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?
Milkha Singh
Dr. F.G.Banting
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Das Kapital
18. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
New Delhi
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
19. Who is called Father of English Poetry?
15th January
Chaucer
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
20. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?
Rs 270
Punjab
Florence Nightingale
Only the first stanza
21. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
Mehbooba Mufti
4 minutes
Anna Hazare
German
22. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Sushil Kumar
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Param Vir Chakra
23. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?
$46 - 00011
Stainless steel
Amitabh Bachchan
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.)
24. When is International Labour Day observed?
Third century B.C
Swarajya Party
1st May164
India
25. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Sukumar Sen
William Shakespeare151
Football
Lead
26. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?
Haryana
Kanishka
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Abul Kalam Azad
27. Which country is the world's largest recipient of arms?
India
Paschim Banga1
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Ujjain
28. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
S. Radhakrishnan
6 months
27th September
Maharashtra
29. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
2:3161
Hunting
Mundak Upanishad
Cyrus Mistry
30. From which mines was the famous Kohinoor diamond produced?
Infinite
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Golconda
2:3161
31. Who discovered neutron?
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
UK
Rajasthan
Chadwick
32. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
Thailand
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
29th August
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
33. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Pune
Due to radiation
250th anniversary
Guru Gobind Singh
34. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Makes cancer cell 'commit suicide'. It helps in stoping multiplication of tumorous cells and shut themselves down. Will be available in approximately 5 years and will be in pill form.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Karashapana
24
35. On which date Quit India Day comes?
9th August
Rajasthan
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Bengali
36. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
Ashoka
12th January
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Maharashtra
37. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
11th May
Leo Tolstoy
Haryana
Mahatma Gandhi
38. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Director General Anil Kaushik
Kathak
Stupa
39. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?
Punjab
Heavy water
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
40. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Chandragupta
Allauddin Khilji
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Talwandi
41. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Michael Phelps
Ujjain
42. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
Himachal Pradesh
Amitabh Bachchan
Samudragupta
Haryana
43. What is the latitude of South Pole?
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
90 degree
14th November
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
44. What is Dry Ice?
The Rajya Sabha
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
45. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Gota in Sweden
Hyderabad
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
46. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?
35 degree
27th September
Mary Kom
Stupa
47. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Khadakvasla
Bobby Jindal
12th January
48. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?
Das Kapital
Lead
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
49. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
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
Arundhati Roy
Mundak Upanishad
Nitrogen
50. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Bangalore
Samar Guha
29th August