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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Concave mirror
Arthur Conan Doyle
2. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
At Magdalla port near Surat.
V. Anand
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
3. How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?
Thailand
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Six months
55th rank
4. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Hampi
Forty-fourth Amendment
Methane
5. 'A Voice of Freedom' is a book written by whom?
Kulandei Francis
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Nayantara Sahgal
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
6. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Michael Phelps
250th anniversary
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Sriharikota
7. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?
Talwandi
1.34 millions
Demand deposits
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
8. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
Chadwick
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
UK
18th December
9. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?
Amir Khusru
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Gota in Sweden
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
10. Vocalist Rahamat Khan belongs to which Gharana?
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Gwalior Gharana
Mumbai
Mohammad bin Kasim
11. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
USA
When sun is above the equator
Kerala
12. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
162
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
13. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?
Edison
5 hours 30 minutes
Mary Kom
Amitabh Bachchan
14. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
N.E. Borlaug
Morarji Desai
Kerala
Chandragupta Maurya
15. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
The Rajya Sabha
24
Increases
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
16. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
Maharashtra
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Algernon Sidney
17. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?
2nd April - 2011
55th rank
35 degree
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
18. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
Curiosity
Kathak
Tamil Nadu
Darsheel Safary
19. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
8
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Forty-fourth Amendment
20. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
Alexander Graham Bell
Sriharikota
Mehbooba Mufti
Jan 26 - 1950134
21. Who won bronze medal for India in 10m pistol event (London Olympics - 2012)?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Gagan Narang
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
22. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
1.34 millions
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Gagan Narang
23. Who was the author of 'Bharat Bharati'?
Su-Kam Power Systems
Governor
Robert Watson Watt
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
24. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
7th April
Amitabh Bachchan
Vasudeva
Navtej Saran
25. Kanchipuram is in which state?
At the center of earth
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
Jan 26 - 1950134
26. What is the upper house of parliament known as?
The Rajya Sabha
Madhya Pradesh
John Keats
Konark
27. When is the UN Day observed?
INS Vikrant55
24th October
Narmada and Japti
Dilip Kumar
28. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?
24th October
Alexander Fleming
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Sachin Tendulkar
29. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?
Baby Nargis
Roger Federer
Satyendra Nath Bose
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
30. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Only the first stanza
Chandragupta Maurya
Edison
31. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Krishna
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Julang-2
Uttarakhand
32. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?
Mohammad bin Kasim
Shimla and Hamirpur
Jonathan Swift
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
33. In how many time zones is the World divided?
15th March
24
9th August
Satyendra Nath Bose
34. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?
Punjab
The Lok Sabha
8th October
Gagan Narang
35. What is KG5 drug?
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36. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Rocky Marciano
69 miles
Chandragupta Maurya
37. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
8th October
Journalism
Das Kapital
38. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
1949
Baby Nargis
German
Tungsten
39. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
Maharashtra
18th April
Param Vir Chakra
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
40. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Shockley
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Bangalore
41. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?
Karashapana
Fatehpur Sikri
Bangalore
Oxygen and acetylene
42. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
Jan 26 - 1950134
Yousuf Raza Gillani
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
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
43. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?
1953
State Bank of India
Rajasthan
Vidya Balan
44. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Chandragupta Maurya
Diffusion
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Lobsang Sangay
45. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Madhya Pradesh
24th February
Shobha De
46. On which day International Women's Day observed?
Su-Kam Power Systems
Silicon
8th March
Kanishka
47. Which is the largest lake in India?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Japan
Madhya Pradesh
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
48. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Carbon dioxide
Mundak Upanishad
Rajasthan
Chadwick
49. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?
Madhya Pradesh
Rocky Marciano
Aung San Suu Kyi
Kushans
50. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Dilip Kumar
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Khushwant Singh