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1. In which Amendment Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights?
At the center of earth
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Forty-fourth Amendment
INS Vikrant55
2. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?
Jonathan Swift
9th August
Hyderabad
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
3. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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4. Which was the musical instrument used by Amir Khusro?
Sitar
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Painting
Churchill
5. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
26 years and 9 months
1.34 millions
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Methane
6. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Lead
E.G.Otis
Johann Gregor Mendel
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
7. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?
Gagan Narang
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
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.
8. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
2:4
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
5
S. Radhakrishnan
9. On which day International Women's Day observed?
Sonepur (Bihar )
Mussoorie
Swarajya Party
8th March
10. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?
Florence Nightingale
Sunil Gavaskar
Shimla and Hamirpur
Mathura
11. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
Pune
The President
Su-Kam Power Systems
Narmada and Japti
12. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?
1953
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Abul Kalam Azad
Samuel Morse
13. World Aids Day falls on which date?
1st December
Kanishka
Ladakh
Paschim Banga1
14. Which country has World's largest democracy?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
India
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
15. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Finland
Concave mirror
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
16. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
6-14 years
William Wordsworth
J.L.Baird
Mahatma Gandhi
17. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?
Palk Strait
Dance
South Kolkata
India
18. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Standard time of the country138
Abhinav Bindra
Sukumar Sen
Sodium
19. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?
1.34 millions
Strait of Gibraltar
Stainless steel
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
20. When an open bottle of scent is kept at one corner due to which phenomenon its fragrance is found in whole room?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Assam
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Diffusion
21. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
U.K
Rs 270
Bangalore
Albert Einstein
22. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
In Samba
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Tamil Nadu
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
23. Who got Dhyan Chand Award in 2011?
Marie Curie
India and Pakistan
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
24. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?
Bromine
26 years and 9 months
Herodotus
Edison
25. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Rocky Marciano
The President
U.K
26. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
India
Kiran Bedi
Tungsten
27. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
10th October
Sunita Williams
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
28. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Madhya Pradesh
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Guru Gobind Singh
German
29. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?
E.M Forster
Amitabh Bachchan
Methane - butane and propane
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
30. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
Michael Phelps
Alexander Graham Bell
Maharashtra
15th January
31. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Johannes Kepler
Standard time of the country138
Chandragupta
12th January
32. Name the person who has set a new Guinness record of being the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon in Toronto?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Kulandei Francis
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
33. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?
11th May
Trivandrum
H.P.S Ahluwalia
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
34. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
11th May
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Ripon
35. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Ludhiana
Saeed Mirza
36. Where is Buland Darwaza located?
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Fatehpur Sikri
Alexander Graham Bell
Rabindra Nath Tagore
37. In which year was the National Anthem first sung?
1911133
Sriharikota
Kanishka
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
38. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Ripon
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
39. Name the Indian state where the game of Polo is said to have originated?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Manipur54
Parupalli Kashyap
Prof. V.N Datta
40. Who is crowned Miss Universe India 2011?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
In Samba
41. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
Rajasthan
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Mumbai
Darsheel Safary
42. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?
Sarojini Naidu
Alexander Fleming
Raja Ravi Varma
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.
43. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?
26th January
Maharashtra
Equator
Param Vir Chakra
44. Watches of a country is set according to what time?
Saeed Mirza
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Maharashtra
Standard time of the country138
45. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?
162
Galileo
Ladakh
Stainless steel
46. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?
Bleaching powder
90 degree
2nd April - 2011
Sushil Kumar
47. When is the UN Day observed?
24th October
Saeed Mirza
Strait of Gibraltar
Kulandei Francis
48. Who said 'Child is the father of Man'?
Shimla and Hamirpur
William Wordsworth
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Mumbai
49. Who propounded the Market Law?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Dilip Kumar
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
J.B.Say
50. Who was the first person to set foot on moon?
Neil Armstrong
Mathura
Golconda
Abul Kalam Azad
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