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1. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?






2. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?






3. On which part of earth days and nights are of equal length always?






4. Who is known as founder of Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental college at Aligarh?






5. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?






6. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?






7. Who got Dhyan Chand Award in 2011?






8. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?






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






10. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?






11. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?






12. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?






13. Who discovered neutron?






14. Who wrote our National Anthem?






15. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?






16. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?






17. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?






18. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?






19. What is equal to latitude of a place?






20. Vocalist Rahamat Khan belongs to which Gharana?






21. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?






22. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?






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






24. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?






25. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?






26. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?






27. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?






28. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?






29. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?






30. What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?






31. Name the Earth- like planet whose existence is confirmed by American astronomers?






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






33. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?






34. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?






35. 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?






36. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore






37. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?






38. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?






39. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?






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






41. Watches of a country is set according to what time?






42. Who is President of India?






43. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?






44. Whose name is associated with the council of the 'Nine Gems'?






45. What is the maximum period of gap between any two sessions of the Indian Parliament?






46. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?






47. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?






48. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?






49. What is the upper house of parliament known as?






50. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?