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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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






2. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?






3. Where is National School of Mines located?






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 What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?






5. Under which scam - the 43 year old daughter of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi was in Tihar jail in 2011?






6. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?






7. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






8. When comes National Postal Day in India?






9. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?






10. Which state has maximum density of canals?






11. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?






12. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?






13. What is our National Anthem?






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






15. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?






16. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?






17. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?






18. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?






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






20. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?






21. Which is the longest river of India?






22. Who invented barometer?






23. Who discovered the electric lamp?






24. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?






25. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?






26. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?






27. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?






28. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?

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29. Who is going to receive highest US award?






30. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?






31. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?






32. Which game is associated with Agha Khan Cup?






33. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?






34. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?






35. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?






36. Who invented the mercury thermometer?






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






38. What is the original name of Mahabharata?






39. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?






40. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?






41. Where is the World's largest ship canal?






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






43. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?






44. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?






45. Name the smallest neighbour of India?






46. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?






47. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?






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






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






50. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?