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1. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?






2. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?






3. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?






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






5. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?






6. Who deciphered the genetic code?






7. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?






8. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?






9. Who was the author of 'Bharat Bharati'?






10. 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?






11. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?






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






13. Who discovered the electric lamp?






14. Who is the author of book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?






15. Which was the World's first surviving clone buffalo at NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute)?






16. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?






17. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?






18. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?






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






20. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?






21. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?






22. When comes the World Disabled Day?






23. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?






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






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






26. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?






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






28. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?






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






30. Who is the man popularly kwown as Gurudev?






31. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?






32. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?






33. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?






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






35. When is World Health Day celebrated?






36. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?






37. Who invented the television?






38. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?






39. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?






40. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?






41. Where is the World's largest ship canal?






42. Which is largest cave temple in India?






43. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?






44. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?






45. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?






46. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?






47. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?






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






49. Why bubble of water shines?






50. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?