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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?






2. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?






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






4. Who discovered the electric lamp?






5. For what is Bijapur known?






6. Where is National School of Mines located?






7. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?






8. Who invented transistor?






9. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?






10. What is the estimated premature deaths caused annually by outdoor air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried out by World Health Organisation in Sept. - 2011?






11. Which country has World's largest democracy?






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






13. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?






14. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?






15. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?






16. When is the UN Day observed?






17. When comes National Sports Day of India?






18. What is the latitude of South Pole?






19. Which is the largest area wise state in India?






20. Which is largest state of India?






21. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?






22. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?






23. Which was the musical instrument used by Amir Khusro?






24. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?






25. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?






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






27. Who invented the television?






28. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?






29. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?






30. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?






31. Name the state of India having longest coastline?






32. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?






33. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?






34. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?






35. Who got Dhyan Chand Award in 2011?






36. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?






37. From which mines was the famous Kohinoor diamond produced?






38. Who discovered Penicillin?






39. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?






40. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?






41. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?






42. What are GM Crops?






43. Who discovered blood grouping?






44. Who propounded the Market Law?






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






46. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?






47. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?






48. Kanchipuram is in which state?






49. Which is the largest cave in India?






50. Who has been selected as the new head of Tata empire in 2011?