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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. What is e-bomb?

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2. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died in 2008 were famous in which field?






3. What is our National Anthem?






4. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?






5. Name the person who has set a new Guinness record of being the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon in Toronto?






6. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?






7. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?






8. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?






9. Which player is the author of the book 'Straight From The Heart'?






10. When is World Food Day observed?






11. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?






12. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?






13. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?






14. Which hockey team won the Asian Championship Trophy at Ordos(China) in 2011?






15. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?






16. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?






17. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?






18. Which state has maximum density of canals?






19. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?






20. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?






21. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?






22. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?






23. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?






24. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?






25. Which is the largest river delta of India?






26. Who has been selected as the new head of Tata empire in 2011?






27. Who discovered the noble gases?






28. Why sky appears to be blue?






29. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?






30. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?






31. Who invented the steam engine?






32. Name the gases used in different types of welding?






33. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?






34. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?






35. Who deciphered the genetic code?






36. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?






37. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?






38. Who invented barometer?






39. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?






40. Who wrote Panchatantra?






41. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?






42. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?






43. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?






44. Which is the largest Mosque in India?






45. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?






46. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?






47. What is equal to latitude of a place?






48. Who appoints the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission?






49. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?






50. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?