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1. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?
Motion Picture
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.)
Mahatma Gandhi
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012

2. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?

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3. Who was the first woman to go in space?
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Valentina Tereshkova
2
John Keats

4. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
55th rank
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Myanmar
U.K

5. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?
Third century B.C
Art and architecture
24th May
M. Narasimhan

6. Who won bronze medal for India in 10m pistol event (London Olympics - 2012)?
Churchill
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Gagan Narang
Governor

7. Who is the renowned flute player?
24
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Jane Austen
Ajit Kumar from Haryana

8. 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?
1st December
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Curiosity
Jan 26 - 1950134

9. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Carbon dioxide
Su-Kam Power Systems
5th June
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves

10. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
The President
Maharaja Hari Singh
7th April
24

11. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Narendra Modi government
Andhra Pradesh
Bangalore

12. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?
5th April
Guru Gobind Singh
Dehradun
Kolkata

13. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Bamiyan
Contingency Fund of India
Kho-Kho
Mathura

14. What reference is taken to know the local time of a place?
Shockley
Due to radiation
Longitudinal position
Director General Anil Kaushik

15. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
Haryana
Razia Sultana
Washing soda
E.M Forster

16. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
5th September
Assam
Mehbooba Mufti
Jama Masjid

17. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?
Tungsten
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Jyoti Amge
Golconda

18. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Jules Verne
Gujarat
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Rabindra Nath Tagore

19. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Ashoka
Odisha
Razia Sultana

20. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Aravallis
Tamil Nadu
The Rajya Sabha

21. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Mohammad Iqbal
69 miles
Sitar

22. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Uttar Pradesh
German
Art and architecture

23. What are the estimated premature deaths caused annually by air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried in Sept. - 2011 by World Health Organisation?
Shimla and Hamirpur
11th May
Hampi
1.34 millions

24. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
95th
Nayantara Sahgal
India and Pakistan

25. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?
Allahabad Pillar inscription
10th December
Sunil Gavaskar
Nek Chand

26. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
Ladakh
Mundak Upanishad
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde

27. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
When sun is above the equator
N.E. Borlaug
Shockley
William Shakespeare151

28. Which was the World's first surviving clone buffalo at NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute)?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)

29. Which is largest man made lake in India?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
W.C Bannerjee
Vadodara
Yousuf Raza Gillani

30. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
Speaker
It loses one day
5th June
Chandragupta

31. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Madhya Pradesh
U.K
John Keats

32. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?
Guru Gobind Singh
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Jules Verne
24

33. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?
Gujarat
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Dumping
S. Radhakrishnan

34. When is Earth Day observed?
22nd April
Mahatma Gandhi
Speaker
Vocal Music

35. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
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.)
28th February
Gujarat
20th June (3rd sunday of June)

36. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?
11th May
Narendra Modi government
Mahatma Gandhi
Andhra Pradesh

37. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Nikolaus Otto
6-14 years
Landsteiner

38. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
India
Nikolaus Otto
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi

39. Who invented barometer?
Contingency Fund of India
Bromine
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Torricelli

40. Which is largest populated city in India?
Mumbai
Kanishka
The Bering Strait
Navtej Saran

41. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
Genetically Modified Crops.
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
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Kerala

42. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Governor
Motion Picture
4 minutes

43. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Leo Tolstoy
Param Vir Chakra
Journalism
8

44. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Mahatma Gandhi
2:4
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Galileo

45. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Kapil Dev
Four lions
Three Decades in Parliament

46. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Baby Nargis
1st May164
Jyoti Amge

47. Name the metal used in storage batteries?
11th July
Lead
Bobby Jindal
16th October

48. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Journalism
Sonepur (Bihar )

49. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Contingency Fund of India
250th anniversary
Sarojini Naidu
Eagle

50. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Kushans
John Ruskin
Cavendish
Gota in Sweden