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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
Jules Verne
Valentina Tereshkova
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Motion Picture
2. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
God particle or Higgs Boson
The equator
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
Vidya Balan
Sodium
Rahul Dravid
M. Narasimhan
4. When is the UN Day observed?
V.S Naipaul
24th October
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
2
5. Name the Earth- like planet whose existence is confirmed by American astronomers?
Strait of Gibraltar
Concave mirror
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
6. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?
Indra Sinha64
Vasudeva
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Oxygen and acetylene
7. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Kushinagar
Kathak
Allahabad Pillar inscription
8. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Chandragupta
35 degree
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
9. Who discovered the electric lamp?
Edison
It loses one day
Jawaharlal Nehru
Ripon
10. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
Greeks
Bombay
Harshavardhana
Jana Gana Mana
11. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?
26 years and 9 months
Jawaharlal Nehru
G.V. Mavalankar
Cyrus Mistry
12. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Only the first stanza
Mundak Upanishad
Michael Phelps
Arthur Conan Doyle
13. Where is Pushkar lake located?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
India Museum at Kolkata
Jhumpa Lahiri
Rajasthan
14. Name the book which has collection of speeches of N.G Ranga?
29th August
Three Decades in Parliament
Krishna
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
15. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
Methane
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
16. What is proxy voting?
Saka era
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Governor
Director General Anil Kaushik
17. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
Navtej Saran
16th October
Jane Austen
8th October
18. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Manipur54
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Carbon dioxide
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
19. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?
Sarojini Naidu
Assam
22nd April
2nd April - 2011
20. Name the metal present in photo films?
Amir Khusru
24th October
Chaucer
Silver
21. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?
Amitabh Bachchan
Samuel Morse
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Nitrous oxide
22. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Palk Strait
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Ladakh
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
23. Greenwich mean time (GMT) is the standard time of which country?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
India
U.K
Kushinagar
24. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
God particle or Higgs Boson
Indians
Music
Carbon dioxide
25. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
12th January
Concave lens
Yamuna
5th September
26. How is population density in India defined?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Sriharikota
Amitabh Ghosh
27. Which country has World's largest democracy?
India
Because the solids have high elasticity.
2G spectrum scam
Contingency Fund of India
28. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Only the first stanza
Mussoorie
Mahatma Gandhi
Roger Federer
29. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Governor
Jagannath
William Shakespeare151
30. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?
Maharaja Hari Singh
Amitabh Bachchan
Strait of Gibraltar
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
31. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?
Ujjain
Jayadeva
Razia Sultana
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
32. 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?
Sukumar Sen
Kiran Bedi
India
1.34 millions
33. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Bamiyan
Vice President of India
Hindukush
34. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Kho-Kho
Amjad Ali Khan
The Bering Strait
Khadakvasla
35. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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36. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
W.C Bannerjee
Increases
18th April
Cyrus Mistry
37. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Ludhiana
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Later Vedic Age
38. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?
Madhya Pradesh
Gol Gumbaz
Iodine
35 degree
39. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?
Param Vir Chakra
Hampi
Vande Mataram
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
40. Which is largest state of India?
Rajasthan
At the center of earth
Bamiyan
Amir Khusru
41. Which is the largest Church in India?
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Kushans
Madhya Pradesh
Amitabh Bachchan
42. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
Das Kapital
Planning Commission
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
W.C Bannerjee
43. Who discovered Penicillin?
Trivandrum
Sunil Gavaskar
Karashapana
Alexander Fleming
44. Who is vice President of India?
The Bering Strait
Sodium
Roentgen
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
45. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?
Perpendicular to each other
Aung San Suu Kyi
William Shakespeare151
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
46. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Saeed Mirza
1.34 millions
47. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
6-14 years
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
48. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
Mumbai
15th August167
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Julang-2
49. Who elects the Vice President of India?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Six months
Fatehpur Sikri
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
50. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Valentina Tereshkova
Dehradun
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)