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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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






2. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?






3. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?






4. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?






5. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?






6. Name one famous Sarod player?






7. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?






8. Who invented the steam engine?






9. Which state has maximum density of canals?






10. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?






11. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?






12. Which is largest populated city in India?






13. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?






14. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?






15. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?






16. Who is the first Indian male shuttler to reach Olympic quarters?






17. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?






18. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?






19. 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?






20. When is World Food Day observed?






21. When is the UN Day observed?






22. Where is Pushkar lake located?






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






24. What will be the new name of West Bengal?






25. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?






26. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?






27. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?






28. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?






29. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?






30. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?






31. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?






32. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?






33. Who composed our National song?






34. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?






35. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?






36. When an open bottle of scent is kept at one corner due to which phenomenon its fragrance is found in whole room?






37. World Aids Day falls on which date?






38. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?






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






40. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?

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41. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?






42. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?






43. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?






44. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?






45. Which metal is used in pencils?






46. Name the metal used in storage batteries?






47. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?






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






49. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?






50. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?