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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. Who discovered the electric lamp?






2. Who is called Father of English Poetry?






3. What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?






4. Name the world's shortest living woman?






5. At what price the menu of the first dinner served to the firstclass passengers of the ill fated liner Titanic on 10th April - 1912 sold?






6. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?






7. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






8. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?






9. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?






10. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?






11. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?






12. Which is largest populated city in India?






13. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?






14. Who wrote the book 'A Passage To India'?






15. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?






16. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?






17. Who founded the Saka Era?






18. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?






19. Which is largest state of India?






20. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?






21. Who elects the Vice President of India?






22. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?






23. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?






24. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?






25. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?






26. Why sky appears to be blue?






27. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?






28. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?






29. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?






30. Which state of India has highest production of tea?






31. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?






32. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?






33. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?






34. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?






35. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?






36. Where is National School of Mines located?






37. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?






38. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?






39. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?






40. Which child artist got Critics Best Actor Award for his acting in a film Taare Zameen Par?






41. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?






42. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?






43. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?






44. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?






45. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?






46. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?






47. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?






48. In which Amendment Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights?






49. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y.V. Reddy?






50. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?