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1. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
Kerala
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Curiosity
250th anniversary
2. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
State Bank of India
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
South Africa
3. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Japan
Bengali
Gagan Narang
V.S Naipaul
4. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?
5 hours 30 minutes
Jamaica
Cyrus Mistry
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
5. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
Uttar Pradesh
In Samba
28th February
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
6. Who discovered neutron?
W.C Bannerjee
Dumping
Uttar Pradesh
Chadwick
7. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
Khushwant Singh
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
It loses one day
4 minutes
8. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?
Iodine
Sunil Gavaskar
Punjab
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
9. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
8th September
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Ujjain
W.C Bannerjee
10. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Journalism
15th January
Will pass through Equator
11. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Abul Kalam Azad
At the center of earth
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
12. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?
Leh
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'.
Ludhiana
5th September
13. Who composed our National song?
Kanishka
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Rocky Marciano
5th September
14. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
8
Silver
Will pass through Equator
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
15. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?
23rd April
China
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Oxygen and acetylene
16. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?
M.N Roy62
The Lok Sabha
90 degree
Washing soda
17. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Punjab
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
18. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?
Amir Khusru
Three Decades in Parliament
Kerala
4 minutes
19. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?
Ladakh
Jawaharlal Nehru
Darsheel Safary
20th March
20. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?
Manipur54
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Amir Khusru
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
21. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
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
Bengali
Dr. F.G.Banting
Vasudeva
22. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?
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23. Who discovered photoelectric effect?
Longitudinal position
Albert Einstein
Mumbai
23rd December
24. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
Nayantara Sahgal
Aung San Suu Kyi
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Roger Federer
25. Who invented the steam engine?
5th September
20th March
Sachin Tendulkar
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
26. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Dehradun
New Delhi
27. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?
Kiran Bedi
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Stainless steel
Anna Hazare
28. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Lead
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Iodine
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
29. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Jane Austen
John Ruskin
Paschim Banga1
Aravind Adiga
30. Which is the largest museum in India?
Morarji Desai
26 years and 9 months
Florence Nightingale
India Museum at Kolkata
31. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
69 miles
Samudragupta
William Wordsworth
Bangalore
32. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Maharaja Hari Singh
Increases
Jagannath
Methane - butane and propane
33. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
Tamil Nadu
Mahatma Gandhi
Jai Samhita
J.L.Baird
34. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?
William Wordsworth
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Vice President of India
35. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Painting
2nd April - 2011
Japan
Himachal Pradesh
36. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Concave mirror
Churchill
Sukumar Sen
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
37. What is the name of India's moon mission?
5th June
27th September
Abul Kalam Azad
Chandrayaan
38. What was the old name of Indonesia?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Mohammad Iqbal
Dutch East Indies
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
39. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?
South Kolkata
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Demand deposits
8th September
40. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
24
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
24th February
41. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Kulandei Francis
Rabindranath Tagore147
Carbon dioxide
42. Which city is known as 'Electronic City of India'?
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Bangalore
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Rajasthan
43. Which is largest cave temple in India?
Samar Guha
Perpendicular to each other
14th November
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
44. Who invented radar?
Euclid
Robert Watson Watt
1953
Art and architecture
45. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
Mohammad bin Kasim
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
South Kolkata
Sushil Kumar
46. When is International Labour Day observed?
1st May164
UK
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
47. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?
2nd April - 2011
Odisha
5th September
Saka era
48. Who invented the lift?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Dadabhai Naoroji
Nitrous oxide
E.G.Otis
49. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?
USA
Florence Nightingale
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Alexander Graham Bell
50. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?
Hindukush
Chandragupta Maurya
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Karashapana
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