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1. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Edison
Myanmar
Khadakvasla
Jaya Dev

2. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
30th January
Nek Chand
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
U.K

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

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4. Who is the author of book 'Many Worlds'?
G.V. Mavalankar
15th March
V.S Naipaul
Krishna

5. Who wrote our National Anthem?
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Mahatma Gandhi
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Aung San Suu Kyi

6. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
Rajasthan
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
U.K
Krishna

7. 'A Voice of Freedom' is a book written by whom?
8th March
Jamaica
Madhya Pradesh
Nayantara Sahgal

8. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
15th August167
Mussoorie
Valentina Tereshkova
Sitar

9. When comes National Postal Day in India?
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
10th October
Kulandei Francis

10. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
India Museum at Kolkata
6-14 years
Algernon Sidney

11. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
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.)
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Methane - butane and propane
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.

12. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?
Playwright
Khushwant Singh
Chandragupta-II
Madhya Pradesh

13. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
27th September
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Ladakh

14. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Assam
Ripon
V. Anand

15. How is population density in India defined?
69 miles
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )

16. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Sri Lanka
Bamiyan
Saka era
Curiosity

17. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
Mathura
Gujarat
5th September
Neil Armstrong

18. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?
Sodium
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Madhya Pradesh
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).

19. In how many time zones is the World divided?
Martin Luther King
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Sri Lanka
24

20. What is Dry Ice?
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
William Wordsworth
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)

21. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
Hockey
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
God particle or Higgs Boson
Kiran Bedi

22. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?
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.
Indians
India
Maharashtra

23. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
U.K
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
Amir Khusrau
Kolkata

24. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Julang-2
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Mary Kom

25. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Washing soda
Perpendicular to each other

26. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?
Forty-fourth Amendment
E.G.Otis
Eagle
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.

27. How many total number of enclaves are to be exchanged between territories of two countries India and Bangladesh according to the treaty signed in Sept - 2011?
Diffusion
162
Hamid Ansari
Vidya Balan

28. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
1st December
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia

29. Which player is the author of the book 'Straight From The Heart'?
Kapil Dev
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
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.
8th May

30. Which is the largest dome in India?
Shiv Prasad Singh
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Indra Sinha64
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur

31. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?
In Samba
Gwalior Gharana
Sachin Tendulkar
John Keats

32. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Madhya Pradesh
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
90 degree
Mary Kom

33. Where is Sun Temple situated?
German
Konark
Jawaharlal Nehru
India and China

34. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?
Kathak
Mohammad bin Kasim
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
1949

35. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
Martin Luther King
26 years and 9 months
28th February
Chaucer

36. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Mundak Upanishad
Sushil Kumar
Eagle
Bankim Chandra Chatterji

37. Name one famous Sarod player?
Amjad Ali Khan
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Maharashtra
Kapil Dev

38. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Methane - butane and propane
Japan
Director General Anil Kaushik
Sunil Gavaskar

39. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Julang-2
Increases
Sri Lanka
Jawaharlal Nehru

40. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Gota in Sweden
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Mary Kom

41. Who invented the telegraphic code?
Samuel Morse
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Four lions
S. Radhakrishnan

42. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Mehbooba Mufti
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Hyderabad

43. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?
90 degree
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Roentgen
Mehbooba Mufti

44. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
Bombay
The President
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit

45. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
The Rajya Sabha
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
8th September

46. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
Kushinagar
Rocky Marciano
Navtej Saran
The number of persons per square kilometre.

47. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?
Prof. V.N Datta
Kushans
William Wordsworth
Yousuf Raza Gillani

48. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Uttarakhand
Michael Phelps
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

49. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?
Demand deposits
Vidya Balan
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Odisha

50. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Standard time of the country138
Bombay
Greeks