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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?
Vice President of India
U.K
Michael Phelps
Six months
2. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
Arundhati Roy
Khadakvasla
Saka era
Shobha De
3. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?
5th September
Khadakvasla
The Rajya Sabha
Churchill
4. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Tamil Nadu
Kathak
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Guru Gobind Singh
5. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Guru Gobind Singh
Kushinagar
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
6. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
22nd April
Jan 26 - 1950134
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
7. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Narmada and Japti
Dr. F.G.Banting
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
8. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
Contingency Fund of India
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.)
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
9. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?
250th anniversary
J.L.Baird
1953
15th March
10. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
55th rank
Nitrogen
Amitabh Ghosh
Mathura
11. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
Kho-Kho
The equator
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Painting
12. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?
V. Anand
Parupalli Kashyap
Jaya Dev
Rabindranath Tagore147
13. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?
Khushwant Singh
Greeks
1st May164
Marie Curie
14. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
5th September
7th April
Contingency Fund of India
15. The Prime Minister is chairman of this
Param Vir Chakra
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Planning Commission
Heavy water
16. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Iodine
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Jonathan Swift
17. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?
Churchill
William Shakespeare151
69 miles
India and China
18. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Jonathan Swift
Narendra Modi government
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
19. Who discovered blood grouping?
Landsteiner
Nitrous oxide
Kho-Kho
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
20. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?
18th April
Thailand
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
21. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Ujjain
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Iodine
22. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Kerala
Param Vir Chakra
Euclid
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
23. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?
Three Decades in Parliament
Vidya Balan
Performax
Journalism
24. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Trivandrum
2:3161
25. Where in Delhi a bomb hidden in briefcase exploded killing 11 persons and injuring 47 in the worst attack in India's capital in 3 years in 2011?
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26. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y.V. Reddy?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
The Reserve Bank of India
Edison
William Wordsworth
27. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
Algernon Sidney
Abul Kalam Azad
Arthur Conan Doyle
Andhra Pradesh
28. Which is the largest river delta of India?
Ganga
Dilip Kumar
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Governor
29. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
Heavy water
18th December
69 miles
1953
30. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?
1949
Dumping
Four lions
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
31. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
14th November
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Vocal Music
Michael Phelps
32. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Sachin Tendulkar
8
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
33. In which year was the National Anthem first sung?
Hunting
Jane Austen
1911133
Uttar Pradesh
34. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
Chandragupta-II
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Second Battle of Tarain
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
35. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Jules Verne
Bobby Jindal
Music
36. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Nayantara Sahgal
Hyderabad
Gota in Sweden
37. Who was the author of 'Bharat Bharati'?
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Vidya Balan
69 miles
38. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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39. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
Washing soda
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
31st May
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
40. Who is the second 100 percent visually impaired person to be accepted into the IAS?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Performax
Rabindranath Tagore147
41. Which is the largest river island in India?
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Speaker
Hyderabad
42. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Myanmar
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Kerala
43. Who invented radar?
Churchill
Robert Watson Watt
Maharashtra
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
44. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Narmada and Japti
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Konark
Sarojini Naidu
45. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?
Kapil Dev
Hindukush
Mumbai
Methane - butane and propane
46. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?
Sitar
Odisha
Bromine
18th December
47. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?
New Agra Fort
Kushans
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.
Allauddin Khilji
48. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?
11th May
Abhinav Bindra
Maharaja Hari Singh
N.E. Borlaug
49. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Is a herbal formulation of 10 selected herbs known to have adaptogenic properties. It helps to improve the physical and mental performance by increasing blood oxygenation and reducing low density lipoproteins and cholesterol.
Mathura
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Mary Kom
50. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?
U.K
Tamil Nadu
Odisha
23rd April