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1. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?






2. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?






3. Which is largest cave temple in India?






4. Which is the largest dome in India?






5. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?






6. What is equal to latitude of a place?






7. Who is the second 100 percent visually impaired person to be accepted into the IAS?






8. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y.V. Reddy?






9. Who is the author of book 'Many Worlds'?






10. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?






11. Which is the largest Church in India?






12. What is the maximum period of gap between any two sessions of the Indian Parliament?






13. Under which scam - the 43 year old daughter of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi was in Tihar jail in 2011?






14. Who invented the petrol engine?






15. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?






16. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?






17. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?






18. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?






19. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?






20. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?






21. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?






22. Which was the musical instrument used by Amir Khusro?






23. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?






24. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?






25. Which is the largest delta in India?






26. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?






27. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?






28. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?






29. Which is largest man made lake in India?






30. Which state of India has highest production of tea?






31. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?






32. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?






33. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?






34. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?






35. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?






36. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?






37. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?






38. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?






39. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore






40. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?






41. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?






42. Which is the largest desert in India?






43. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?






44. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?






45. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?






46. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?






47. On which day International Women's Day observed?






48. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?






49. Name two other clones left with NDRI?






50. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?