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1. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Kushinagar
Paschim Banga1
24th May
Golconda
2. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?
Carbon dioxide
8th October
Rahul Banerjee (archery ) - Preeja Sreedharan (athletics) - Vikas Gowda (athletics) - Jwala Gutta(badminton) - M Suranjoy Singh(boxing) - Zaheer Khan (cricket) - Sunil Chhetri(football) - Ashish Kumar (gymnastics) - Rajpal Singh (hockey) - Ra
Abul Kalam Azad
3. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
Florence Nightingale
23rd December
Kanishka
South Kolkata
4. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?
Maharashtra
Trivandrum
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Konark
5. Who wrote 'One Day Wonders'?
Darsheel Safary
Baby Nargis
Sunil Gavaskar
23rd April
6. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
Sonepur (Bihar )
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
The Rajya Sabha
7. Which is the India's largest public sector commercial bank at present?
State Bank of India
Chandragupta Maurya
90 degree
23rd December
8. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Prime Minister
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
9. When is the World Population Day observed?
Khushwant Singh
Maharashtra
John Ruskin
11th July
10. What is equal to latitude of a place?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Florence Nightingale
4 minutes
Narmada and Japti
11. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Oxygen and acetylene
Dumping
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Manipur54
12. Who is the World Player of Year?
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Rs 270
Fatehpur Sikri
It loses one day
13. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Khushwant Singh
18th December
Vasudeva
14. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Prime Minister
Pune
Bamiyan
Saka era
15. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?
Hindukush
Bengali
Mumbai
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
16. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
India and China
Jonathan Swift
Razia Sultana
It loses one day
17. What is the new name of Burma?
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
1st December
Myanmar
Valentina Tereshkova
18. Which is largest populated city in India?
Ganga
Mumbai
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Three Decades in Parliament
19. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Khadakvasla
Vande Mataram
Valentina Tereshkova
20. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Arthur Conan Doyle
Satyendra Nath Bose
21. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
11th July
Rajasthan
Zinc
4 minutes
22. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
At the center of earth
Heavy water
6 months
Ripon
23. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
Sidney Sheldon
Vadodara
Jonas Salk
1.34 millions
24. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Jayadeva
Robert Watson Watt
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Trivandrum
25. When is the UN Day observed?
Baby Nargis
Jayadeva
24th October
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
26. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?
Ujjain
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
27. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Second Battle of Tarain
Chandragupta Maurya
24
Tungsten
28. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Kho-Kho
24
Sitar
29. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?
Yousuf Raza Gillani
8th September
Guru Gobind Singh
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
30. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Sri Lanka
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
1st December
31. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
69 miles
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Gota in Sweden
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
32. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
33. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Increases
Amir Khusrau
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
34. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
Curiosity
London
18th December
Music
35. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Dumping
At the center of earth
36. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
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.
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
37. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
Playwright
Dehradun
11th May
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
38. Name the player of USA who created history by grabbing his 22nd Olympic medal ?
Julang-2
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Samar Guha
39. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
Abul Kalam Azad
U.K
9th August
The Lok Sabha
40. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Samuel Morse
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Mathura
41. Who is the second 100 percent visually impaired person to be accepted into the IAS?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
8th September
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
42. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?
1.34 millions
Ashoka
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
The Bering Strait
43. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Chandragupta
10th December
Year of Disabled Soldiers
44. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?
250th anniversary
Abul Kalam Azad
July - 1947
15th March
45. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Saka era
18th December
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
5th April
46. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Rajasthan
Vasudeva
Lobsang Sangay
Kerala
47. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
26th January
Mary Kom
Forty-fourth Amendment
Tamil Nadu
48. Which is the largest desert in India?
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
The equator
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
49. Who is vice President of India?
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Performax
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
50. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Jane Austen
July - 1947
Gagan Narang (shooter)
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