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1. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?
U.K
Journalism
Longitudinal position
Dilip Kumar
2. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Demand deposits
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Only the first stanza
3. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Khadakvasla
Samar Guha
Arthur Conan Doyle
4. Who is going to receive highest US award?
Jai Samhita
Aung San Suu Kyi
The President
Mahatma Gandhi
5. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Kulandei Francis
Navtej Saran
5
Third century B.C
6. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?
Uttarakhand
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Sidney Sheldon
Madhya Pradesh
7. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
When sun is above the equator
Michael Phelps
W.C Bannerjee
Governor
8. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?
China
Ganga
Zinc
Palk Strait
9. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Ripon
The Reserve Bank of India
10. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
24th October
Mehbooba Mufti
90 degree
Mohammad bin Kasim
11. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Herodotus
Only the first stanza
Kerala
12. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?
Eagle
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali
Hyderabad
13. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
Sidney Sheldon
Khushwant Singh
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Herodotus
14. While playing with which team Rahul Dravid completed his 10000 runs in the Test cricket?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Razia Sultana
South Africa
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
15. Who propounded the Market Law?
J.B.Say
Rabindranath Tagore
W.C Bannerjee
Second Battle of Tarain
16. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
Hyderabad
8th September
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Ludhiana
17. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?
Mohammad Iqbal
250th anniversary
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Governor
18. Name the Earth- like planet whose existence is confirmed by American astronomers?
The Lok Sabha
4 minutes
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Fatehpur Sikri
19. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?
Alexander Fleming
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Nitrogen
Sriharikota
20. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?
95th
Playwright
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
India
21. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Only the first stanza
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
22. In which Amendment Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights?
Forty-fourth Amendment
Rabindra Nath Tagore
2:4
Mundak Upanishad
23. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?
5th April
Bengali
8th September
Martin Luther King
24. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Methane - butane and propane
Nitrogen
1st May164
Karashapana
25. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Lead
24
When sun is above the equator
26. Which is the largest port in India?
Mumbai
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
27. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
When sun is above the equator
Morarji Desai
Leo Tolstoy
27th September
28. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
15th January
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Gota in Sweden
2nd April - 2011
29. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?
95th
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Mundak Upanishad
30. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Jamaica
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Mohammad bin Kasim
Julang-2
31. Who has been selected as the new head of Tata empire in 2011?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Cyrus Mistry
Second Battle of Tarain
Mathura
32. Who discovered photoelectric effect?
William Shakespeare151
Albert Einstein
Jayadeva
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
33. Who is crowned Miss Universe India 2011?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
10th October
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
34. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?
Aravallis
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.)
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Mahatma Gandhi
35. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?
Chandrayaan
Dadabhai Naoroji
Planning Commission
Rahul Dravid
36. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?
Michael Phelps
Parupalli Kashyap
Maharashtra
German
37. Why bubble of water shines?
Abhinav Bindra
Painting
Morarji Desai
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
38. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Music
Silver
Kerala
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
39. What is AERE?
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40. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Genetically Modified Crops.
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Shimla and Hamirpur
41. When is International Labour Day observed?
Myanmar
Gagan Narang
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
1st May164
42. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
Forty-fourth Amendment
South Kolkata
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Jhumpa Lahiri
43. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Bromine
26th January
44. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Ganga
Washing soda
Guru Gobind Singh
Mumbai
45. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?
Mahatma Gandhi
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Later Vedic Age
Chadwick
46. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Shobha De
Oxygen and acetylene
Narmada and Japti
Das Kapital
47. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Heavy water
Kho-Kho
Mumbai
The Delhi Metro
48. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?
Maharashtra
Sri Lanka
India and China
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
49. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Mahatma Gandhi
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
5th June
50. Which is the largest populated state in India?
Uttar Pradesh
Narendra Modi government
55th rank
U.K