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1. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
China
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Saeed Mirza
Washing soda
2. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?
Shimla and Hamirpur
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Vocal Music
Talwandi
3. Which is the largest Church in India?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Rabindranath Tagore147
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Mehbooba Mufti
4. Who is President of India?
Sidney Sheldon
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Infinite
5. When comes the Farmer's Day (Kisan Divas )in India ?
Bromine
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Algernon Sidney
23rd December
6. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?
Algernon Sidney
State Bank of India
12th January
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
7. In how many time zones is the World divided?
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
10th December
24
Khushwant Singh
8. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
M. Narasimhan
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
2:3161
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
9. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
E.M Forster
2nd April - 2011
55th rank
India
10. When comes National Sports Day of India?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Dehradun
29th August
Allauddin Khilji
11. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Sri Lanka
Khadakvasla
Mumbai
12. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?
250th anniversary
Mundak Upanishad
M. Narasimhan
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
13. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
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.)
Sidney Sheldon
Chandragupta Maurya
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
14. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
The equator
Akbar
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
15. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Hampi
U.K
Maharashtra
16. Which is the largest delta in India?
Das Kapital
Sunderbans delta
Myanmar
Leo Tolstoy
17. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Chandragupta Maurya
Edison
18. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?
Samar Guha
Uttar Pradesh
Hindukush
Saka era
19. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
Silver
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Navtej Saran
Director General Anil Kaushik
20. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
Planning Commission
5th September
India
Hyderabad
21. Kanchipuram is in which state?
1st May164
Tamil Nadu
The Lok Sabha
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
22. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Chadwick
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Jonathan Swift
24
23. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
Landsteiner
At the center of earth
2
New Delhi
24. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Himachal Pradesh
Finland
Football
Johann Gregor Mendel
25. Who is known as Nightingale of India?
Alexander Graham Bell
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Sarojini Naidu
Yousuf Raza Gillani
26. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Fatehpur Sikri
Andhra Pradesh
The President
27. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Lobsang Sangay
Zinc
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
28. Who invented the mercury thermometer?
Bangalore
Silicon
Galileo
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
29. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Tamil Nadu
South Kolkata
11th July
30. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Motion Picture
Odisha
Gagan Narang
31. Who discovered blood grouping?
Narmada and Japti
Bamiyan
Landsteiner
Aravallis
32. In which year was the National Anthem first sung?
Motion Picture
Gujarat
Chadwick
1911133
33. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?
Director General Anil Kaushik
Mumbai
Kushinagar
Kanishka
34. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
2:4
U.K
London
Methane - butane and propane
35. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Amitabh Bachchan
Myanmar
Jai Samhita
Japan
36. When is International Labour Day observed?
Leo Tolstoy
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Concave mirror
1st May164
37. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Eagle
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Leo Tolstoy
Sitar
38. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
Zinc
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
Will pass through Equator
Jaipur
39. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Edison
Jayadeva
Iodine
Chandrayaan
40. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
Arundhati Roy
Kauravas and Pandavas51
William Shakespeare151
Alexander Fleming
41. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Rabindra Nath Tagore
1949
Julang-2
42. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
The Reserve Bank of India
Paschim Banga1
15th January
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
43. Which is the largest auditorium in India?
Contingency Fund of India
Khadakvasla
Maharaja Hari Singh
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
44. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
8
6-14 years
22nd April
45. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Sukumar Sen
8th March
Jai Samhita
Rabindra Nath Tagore
46. Who discovered the electric lamp?
Edison
Lobsang Sangay
London
Landsteiner
47. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
Cavendish
M. Narasimhan
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.
Ashoka
48. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Oxygen and acetylene
Alexander Fleming
Chandragupta Maurya
Curiosity
49. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Rajasthan
Vice President of India
69 miles
Michael Phelps
50. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Mohammad bin Kasim
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Jagannath