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1. Who invented the television?
Jawaharlal Nehru
J.L.Baird
Samar Guha
Bangalore

2. Who introduced the market regulations in India in ancient period?
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Allauddin Khilji
Leo Tolstoy
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).

3. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
The President
Michael Phelps
South Kolkata
God particle or Higgs Boson

4. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Rajasthan
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Hyderabad

5. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?
Khadakvasla
Bangalore
Strait of Gibraltar
Sushil Kumar

6. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?
5th June
Vasudeva
Vishnu Sharma
State Bank of India

7. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
Sodium
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Su-Kam Power Systems

8. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?
Cavendish
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
G.V. Mavalankar
Second Battle of Tarain

9. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
24th May
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
23rd April
Odisha

10. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Maharaja Hari Singh
The number of persons per square kilometre.

11. Who is vice President of India?
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Mahatma Gandhi
Darsheel Safary
Lawn Tennis153

12. Who is crowned Miss Universe India 2011?
250th anniversary
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
At Magdalla port near Surat.

13. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
Gol Gumbaz
Jules Verne
Jane Austen
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)

14. What is the latitude of South Pole?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
90 degree
Jama Masjid
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)

15. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?
Sitar
Julang-2
Sunil Gavaskar
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

16. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?
Palk Strait
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Mumbai

17. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?
Concave lens
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Gagan Narang
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)

18. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?
Uttarakhand
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Ripon
Ashoka

19. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?
26th January
Dumping
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sonepur (Bihar )

20. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Bombay
In Samba
Kapil Dev

21. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
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.
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Dr. F.G.Banting

22. Which is largest populated city in India?
Odisha
Director General Anil Kaushik
Mumbai
5th September

23. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Akbar
Rabindranath Tagore147
Kapil Dev

24. Which is the language next to Hindi spoken by largest number of people in the Indian sub continent ?
Longitudinal position
Johann Gregor Mendel
Bengali
Rajasthan

25. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?
8th September
Gol Gumbaz
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Maharashtra

26. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
Tamil Nadu
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Second Battle of Tarain
Diffusion

27. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?
J.L.Baird
The Lok Sabha
2:4
Four lions

28. Name the smallest neighbour of India?
Sushil Kumar
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Golconda
Himachal Pradesh

29. Where is Buland Darwaza located?
Odisha
Fatehpur Sikri
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
24

30. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Mumbai
Vasudeva
William Shakespeare151
Khushwant Singh

31. Where is National School of Mines located?
Narendra Modi government
Pune
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.
Rajasthan

32. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
Uttar Pradesh
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
11th May

33. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Washing soda
Julang-2
Chandragupta Maurya
Hockey

34. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?
Lawn Tennis153
India
W.C Bannerjee
Bombay

35. When comes the Farmer's Day (Kisan Divas )in India ?
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Heavy water
5th September
23rd December

36. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y.V. Reddy?
Pune
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Sri Lanka

37. When is International Labour Day observed?
Bleaching powder
Painting
1st May164
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.

38. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?
Chadwick
Hindukush
Leh
Mehbooba Mufti

39. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
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.)
Bombay
Khushwant Singh

40. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
8th September
18th December
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).

41. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?
Kanishka
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.
Michael Phelps
95th

42. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?
Infinite
Su-Kam Power Systems
Jan 26 - 1950134
31st May

43. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?
Akhilesh Yadav
Dance
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Allahabad Pillar inscription

44. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
Mussoorie
Das Kapital
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Razia Sultana

45. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Mathura
Mary Kom
Increases
2:3161

46. For what was Ashoka famous?
Second Battle of Tarain
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Mohammad Iqbal
India and China

47. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
Kiran Bedi
1.34 millions
Dance
Lawn Tennis153

48. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?
Leo Tolstoy
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Hari Prasad Chaurasia

49. Who discovered the electric lamp?
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.
Edison
Abul Kalam Azad
Methane

50. Who discovered blood grouping?
Landsteiner
Kauravas and Pandavas51
London
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).

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