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1. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?






2. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?






3. Which is largest river without delta in India?






4. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?






5. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






6. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?






7. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?






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






9. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?






10. Which is the language next to Hindi spoken by largest number of people in the Indian sub continent ?






11. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?






12. Name the world's shortest living woman?






13. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?






14. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?






15. Which is our National song?






16. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?






17. When comes National Postal Day in India?






18. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?






19. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?






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






21. Who appoints the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission?






22. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?






23. Who discovered Penicillin?






24. How many total number of enclaves are to be exchanged between territories of two countries India and Bangladesh according to the treaty signed in Sept - 2011?






25. Where is Pushkar lake located?






26. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?






27. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?






28. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?






29. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?






30. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?






31. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?






32. Which is the largest lake in India?






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






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






35. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?






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






37. Who discovered blood grouping?






38. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?






39. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?






40. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?






41. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?






42. What will be the new name of West Bengal?






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






44. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?






45. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?






46. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?






47. When comes the World Environment Day?






48. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?






49. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?






50. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?