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1. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?






2. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?






3. How is population density in India defined?






4. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?






5. Which is the largest Church in India?






6. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?






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






8. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?






9. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?






10. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?






11. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?






12. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?

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13. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?






14. Who is the author of novel 'The White Tiger'?






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






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






17. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?






18. Where is Sun Temple situated?






19. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?






20. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?

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21. Which state has maximum density of canals?






22. Name one famous Sarod player?






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






24. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?






25. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






26. Which is largest man made lake in India?






27. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?






28. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?






29. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?






30. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?






31. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?






32. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?






33. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?






34. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?






35. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?






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






37. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?






38. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?






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






40. How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?






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






42. Why sky appears to be blue?






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






44. Who said 'Child is the father of Man'?






45. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?






46. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?






47. What is the name of India's moon mission?






48. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?






49. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?






50. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?