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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Which is largest cave temple in India?
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Edison
7th April
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
2. Which country has World's largest democracy?
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
India
Concave mirror
E.G.Otis
3. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?
Indians
Aravind Adiga
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Sunita Williams
4. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Lawn Tennis153
Rajasthan
Silicon
Uttarakhand
5. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
Shobha De
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Later Vedic Age
6. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
1.34 millions
Equator
24th February
7. Which is largest state of India?
The President
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Rajasthan
Mahatma Gandhi
8. In how many time zones is the World divided?
24
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
9. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Johann Gregor Mendel
V. Anand
U.K
Cavendish
10. On which part of earth days and nights are of equal length always?
Equator
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Infinite
Allauddin Khilji
11. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
Perpendicular to each other
Jane Austen
Jonathan Swift
The Lok Sabha
12. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
Rs 270
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
It loses one day
Shiv Prasad Singh
13. Who discovered neutron?
Chadwick
Hyderabad
Sunderbans delta
Uttar Pradesh
14. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?
Euclid
2G spectrum scam
Lawn Tennis153
Lala Lajpat Rai
15. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?
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.)
Prof. V.N Datta
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
26 years and 9 months
16. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
Art and architecture
Anna Hazare
5th September
Uttar Pradesh
17. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Maharaja Hari Singh
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
God particle or Higgs Boson
18. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Reserve Bank of India
$46 - 00011
Amir Khusrau
19. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
Samuel Morse
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Rajasthan
20. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?
Chandrayaan
Mohammad Iqbal
Edison
German
21. Who is the World Player of Year?
Finland
Kathak
Churchill
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
22. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
Jaipur
15th January
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
26th January
23. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Darsheel Safary
Kolkata
Nayantara Sahgal
24. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Rocky Marciano
Bangalore
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
25. Watches of a country is set according to what time?
Standard time of the country138
Jyoti Amge
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Trivandrum
26. Which is the largest district in India?
Aravind Adiga
Ladakh
Amitabh Bachchan
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
27. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Ujjain
Nek Chand
2:4
Akhilesh Yadav
28. Which is the largest delta in India?
Governor
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Sunderbans delta
Planning Commission
29. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
Uttar Pradesh
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
55th rank
The President
30. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?
Swarajya Party
Johannes Kepler
Gagan Narang
55th rank
31. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
UK
11th July
Jaya Dev
32. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?
Kushans
Nayantara Sahgal
4 minutes
India Museum at Kolkata
33. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?
Iodine
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Darsheel Safary
Jamaica
34. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Abhinav Bindra
Kapil Dev
Manipur54
35. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
Krishna
Saka era
India and Pakistan
At the center of earth
36. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
Tamil Nadu
Allahabad Pillar inscription
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Curiosity
37. Which is the largest auditorium in India?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Lead
Maharaja Hari Singh
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
38. Which is the largest lake in India?
Kiran Bedi
Jules Verne
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Krishna
39. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?
Kiran Bedi
Bromine
Anna Hazare
Rabindra Nath Tagore
40. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Ashoka
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
41. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Vadodara
India
Sukumar Sen
God particle or Higgs Boson
42. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?
Punjab
Silicon
God particle or Higgs Boson
Das Kapital
43. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?
Sunil Gavaskar
Increases
Milkha Singh
Concave lens
44. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?
Euclid
Tamil Nadu
Shiv Prasad Singh
1949
45. Which is the largest river island in India?
Amir Khusrau
The Lok Sabha
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
The Bering Strait
46. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Lobsang Sangay
Albert Einstein
Prime Minister
47. World Aids Day falls on which date?
1st December
Contingency Fund of India
10th October
Myanmar
48. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?
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.)
Mary Kom
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Amitabh Ghosh
49. When is Earth Day observed?
Speaker
Jayadeva
22nd April
Jawaharlal Nehru
50. Which player is the author of the book 'Straight From The Heart'?
Kapil Dev
God particle or Higgs Boson
Japan
Valentina Tereshkova