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1. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Johann Gregor Mendel
1st December
1953
2. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?
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.)
Sidney Sheldon
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Dance
3. Who is President of India?
55th rank
Hunting
At the center of earth
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
4. On what occasion Bihar got its own state anthem and state prayer whose CD's were released by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Football
Hyderabad
35 degree
5. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
14th November
Sitar
15th January
Fatehpur Sikri
6. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?
Samar Guha
God particle or Higgs Boson
Painting
G.V. Mavalankar
7. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?
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
8th May
Concave lens
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
8. 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?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Ganga
2:4
$46 - 00011
9. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Guru Gobind Singh
Mahatma Gandhi
Washing soda
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
10. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?
6 months
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
90 degrees
J.B.Say
11. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Strait of Gibraltar
Jagannath
Bamiyan
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
12. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Sukumar Sen
Indians
Golconda
13. When is World Food Day observed?
27th September
16th October
20th March
Bangalore
14. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
Cavendish
Dadabhai Naoroji
Jaipur
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
15. Name the Indian state where the game of Polo is said to have originated?
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Sunderbans delta
Manipur54
Lead
16. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
23rd December
Nitrogen
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Ganga
17. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
Thailand
Mary Kom
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Lawn Tennis153
18. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Tamil Nadu
Algernon Sidney
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
19. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
J.B.Say
Shiv Prasad Singh
S. Radhakrishnan
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
20. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Motion Picture
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Rajasthan
21. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
State Bank of India
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Gujarat
Sunita Williams
22. Who discovered insulin?
Akhilesh Yadav
Journalism
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Dr. F.G.Banting
23. What is equal to latitude of a place?
Torricelli
Dr. F.G.Banting
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Three Decades in Parliament
24. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Bangalore
Maharashtra
Mathura
25. What are GM Crops?
Shobha De
Robert Watson Watt
Genetically Modified Crops.
Kolkata
26. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
1.34 millions
Bromine
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.
Rajasthan
27. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Uttarakhand
Kapil Dev
Art and architecture
28. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Lawn Tennis153
INS Vikrant55
29. Who discovered neutron?
Chadwick
8th May
Mundak Upanishad
Jules Verne
30. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Oxygen and acetylene
90 degree
23rd April
Director General Anil Kaushik
31. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
32. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?
Hampi
95th
The Rajya Sabha
5th April
33. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
Bhai Gurmej Singh
26th January
34. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?
The Lok Sabha
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
15th January
35. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?
Vishnu Sharma
Hindukush
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Cyrus Mistry
36. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
Silver
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
India
Hunting
37. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Hamid Ansari
Chandragupta Maurya
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Vidya Balan
38. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Bangalore
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
39. Who is the man popularly kwown as Gurudev?
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Rabindranath Tagore147
INS Vikrant55
Narendra Modi government
40. Which is the largest delta in India?
Leo Tolstoy
Sunderbans delta
Kanishka
Journalism
41. What is the name of India's moon mission?
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Chandrayaan
God particle or Higgs Boson
42. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Concave lens
Silver
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Japan
43. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
Shiv Prasad Singh
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Kapil Dev
Jyoti Amge
44. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Arundhati Roy
Arthur Conan Doyle
New Delhi
45. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?
Gagan Narang (shooter)
15th January
Firozeshah Tughluq
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
46. Who invented the mercury thermometer?
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.
Vice President of India
Galileo
Trivandrum
47. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?
1.34 millions
Nek Chand
Churchill
Jane Austen
48. Which is the largest dome in India?
2G spectrum scam
At Magdalla port near Surat.
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.
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
49. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
Due to radiation
Darsheel Safary
12th January
Sarojini Naidu
50. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
5th September
Kerala
Navtej Saran
8th September