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1. What is the new name of Burma?
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Myanmar
Vande Mataram
2. When is the World Population Day observed?
11th July
Konark
India
Demand deposits
3. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?
M. Narasimhan
Bangalore
15th August167
5th September
4. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Painting
Jana Gana Mana
Samudragupta
5. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?
Chandragupta Maurya
Samar Guha
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
8th May
6. Who wrote the book 'We Indians'?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Khushwant Singh
Because the solids have high elasticity.
New Agra Fort
7. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Equator
Later Vedic Age
Indra Sinha64
8. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Leo Tolstoy
Gota in Sweden
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
9. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Japan
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Lala Lajpat Rai
5
10. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Julang-2
The Rajya Sabha
Anna Hazare
Shimla and Hamirpur
11. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?
Talwandi
Odisha
Haryana
Trivandrum
12. Name the player of USA who created history by grabbing his 22nd Olympic medal ?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
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
Hyderabad
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
13. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Trivandrum
Chandragupta Maurya
Bromine
14. 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?
Dumping
Second Battle of Tarain
$46 - 00011
Makes cancer cell 'commit suicide'. It helps in stoping multiplication of tumorous cells and shut themselves down. Will be available in approximately 5 years and will be in pill form.
15. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
U.K
14th November
28th February
Sunil Gavaskar
16. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Johann Gregor Mendel
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Torricelli
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
17. Who is vice President of India?
Parupalli Kashyap
G.V. Mavalankar
Concave mirror
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
18. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Indra Sinha64
Baby Nargis
Jane Austen
Due to radiation
19. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Nek Chand
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Vocal Music
Amitabh Ghosh
20. Name the gases used in different types of welding?
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Kapil Dev
Chandragupta Maurya
Oxygen and acetylene
21. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
28th February
Gagan Narang
Bleaching powder
22. Name the NASA's most modern spacecraft successfully landed on Mars on 6th August - 2012 to begin a pioneering two year search to find out if the red planet is suitable for life and whether it can be inhabitable in the future?
Mumbai
Zinc
Curiosity
24th February
23. Which hockey team won the Asian Championship Trophy at Ordos(China) in 2011?
2:4
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
India
24. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Dilip Kumar
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
25. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Himachal Pradesh
8th September
Amir Khusru
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
26. Which gas is called laughing gas?
Chandragupta
Eagle
27th September
Nitrous oxide
27. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
15th August167
Sidney Sheldon
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
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.)
28. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?
Will pass through Equator
11th May
Washing soda
Eagle
29. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
30. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
95th
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Sodium
31. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
Jan 26 - 1950134
18th April
Thailand
Tungsten
32. When is Earth Day observed?
Julang-2
22nd April
1911133
Washing soda
33. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Sitar
Rs 270
Art and architecture
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
34. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?
11th May
Kanishka
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Jawaharlal Nehru
35. How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?
Assam
Ganga
Darsheel Safary
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
36. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?
Chadwick
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Hindukush
Lala Lajpat Rai
37. What reference is taken to know the local time of a place?
Saka era
Jonathan Swift
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Longitudinal position
38. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Greeks
Vocal Music
39. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Maharashtra
Hunting
40. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Japan
14th November
Journalism
41. When is World Health Day celebrated?
Mumbai
Uttar Pradesh
7th April
INS Vikrant55
42. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?
Prof. V.N Datta
Washing soda
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
43. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
4 minutes
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Alexander Fleming
Indians
44. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Increases
Maharashtra
45. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Aravind Adiga
30th January
Washing soda
46. Who is called 'Grand Old Man of India'?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Mary Kom
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
47. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
10th December
Michael Phelps
Fatehpur Sikri
48. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Gota in Sweden
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
49. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
Sarojini Naidu
Hunting
18th December
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
50. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?
M. Narasimhan
Renders electronic gadgets useless and effectively neutralises the adversary's command control and communication capability by producing a strong electromagnetic field generating powerful electricity surges that play havoc with electronic circuits wi
Dr. F.G.Banting
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.