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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?
M. Narasimhan
Journalism
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Pune
2. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
New Delhi
Maharashtra
Jagannath
3. Which is the largest zoo in India?
1911133
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Das Kapital
Algernon Sidney
4. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
Journalism
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Rocky Marciano
Alexander Fleming
5. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?
2:4
Jane Austen
Churchill
1st December
6. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
Tamil Nadu
Mehbooba Mufti
Edison
Contingency Fund of India
7. Who invented barometer?
India Museum at Kolkata
$46 - 00011
Alexander Fleming
Torricelli
8. Which is the largest planetarium in India?
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Kolkata
Planning Commission
9. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Dr. F.G.Banting
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Punjab
Bhai Gurmej Singh
10. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
J.B.Say
2:4
Indians
11. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?
Gwalior Gharana
10th December
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Gujarat
12. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?
Contingency Fund of India
Bleaching powder
24th May
Dr. F.G.Banting
13. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
Heavy water
Washing soda
Das Kapital
Rocky Marciano
14. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Kapil Dev
Johann Gregor Mendel
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Michael Phelps
15. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
M.N Roy62
Jules Verne
Tungsten
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.)
16. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
Mahatma Gandhi
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
It loses one day
17. Name the mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the West to Delhi in the North?
Tamil Nadu
Euclid
Aravallis
Protecting Flora and Fauna
18. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?
Anita Desai
Roentgen
Sachin Tendulkar
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
19. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?
Baby Nargis
1911133
Vocal Music
Oxygen and acetylene
20. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?
Kanishka
Su-Kam Power Systems
V. Anand
Iodine
21. Who invented transistor?
Bangalore
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Shockley
Music
22. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?
Hunting
Herodotus
M. Narasimhan
Mumbai
23. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
Palk Strait
Khushwant Singh
Speaker
18th December
24. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
4 minutes
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
25. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
Second Battle of Tarain
German
W.C Bannerjee
8th March
26. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
Methane
UK
Finland
The Rajya Sabha
27. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?
Amir Khusrau
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
26th January
Swarajya Party
28. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Washing soda
15th March
5
Zinc
29. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
Mumbai
Khushwant Singh
At Magdalla port near Surat.
God particle or Higgs Boson
30. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
Andhra Pradesh
Music
Cyrus Mistry
Uttar Pradesh
31. 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?
Sidney Sheldon
29th August
N.E. Borlaug
$46 - 00011
32. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
28th February
Leh
Florence Nightingale
Bangalore
33. What is the new name of Burma?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Myanmar
5th June
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
34. Which is the largest Church in India?
27th September
Sitar
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Infinite
35. Who discovered neutron?
Carbon dioxide
Shimla and Hamirpur
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Chadwick
36. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?
Mary Kom
Assam
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
30th January
37. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?
J.L.Baird
Bleaching powder
Saka era
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
38. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
Jaya Dev
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Samudragupta
18th December
39. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?
USA
Vidya Balan
24
Julang-2
40. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
2nd April - 2011
Only the first stanza
Methane
Karashapana
41. Who was the first woman to go in space?
Sachin Tendulkar
Football
Hyderabad
Valentina Tereshkova
42. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Silicon
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Contingency Fund of India
Chandragupta
43. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?
Mumbai
Eagle
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Bangalore
44. Which is the largest port in India?
Amjad Ali Khan
Iodine
Mumbai
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
45. Which is the largest desert in India?
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.
18th April
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Roentgen
46. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
Speaker
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
INS Vikrant55
Jonathan Swift
47. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?
M. Narasimhan
Standard time of the country138
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Michael Phelps
48. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Sachin Tendulkar
Dance
49. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
German
USA
Jaipur
Jawaharlal Nehru
50. Who discovered blood grouping?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Landsteiner
In front of New Delhi's High Court
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor