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1. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?
Darsheel Safary
Bengali
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Jawaharlal Nehru
2. 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?
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
Amitabh Bachchan
8th March
Nayantara Sahgal
3. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
William Shakespeare151
Mumbai
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
4. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
Aravind Adiga
INS Vikrant55
35 degree
Alexander Graham Bell
5. Which metal is used in pencils?
1.34 millions
Graphite
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
6. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?
26th January
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
USA
Allauddin Khilji
7. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
Tamil Nadu
15th August167
1st May164
15th January
8. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
90 degrees
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
9. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Hockey
Jana Gana Mana
Third century B.C
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
10. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Dadabhai Naoroji
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Vasudeva
Trivandrum
11. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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12. What is proxy voting?
Leh
Myanmar
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Rabindranath Tagore147
13. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
23rd April
Mumbai
Vice President of India
14. Who invented radar?
Robert Watson Watt
Jai Samhita
4 minutes
Neil Armstrong
15. What is equal to latitude of a place?
30th January
India Museum at Kolkata
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Samar Guha
16. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Roentgen
Director General Anil Kaushik
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
17. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Methane
Indians
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
18. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
Due to radiation
Hunting
Neil Armstrong
12th January
19. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Mahatma Gandhi
20. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
26 years and 9 months
Darsheel Safary
Martin Luther King
21. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
Vande Mataram
Sidney Sheldon
Yamuna
Herodotus
22. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
24th February
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Rs 270
U.K
23. Which gas is called laughing gas?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Third century B.C
Nitrous oxide
Baby Nargis
24. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
Ujjain
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Rocky Marciano
Narendra Modi government
25. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
Karashapana
Su-Kam Power Systems
Mundak Upanishad
New Agra Fort
26. How is population density in India defined?
Mumbai
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
The number of persons per square kilometre.
27. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
Su-Kam Power Systems
Madhya Pradesh
1949
Harshavardhana
28. Why bubble of water shines?
Manipur54
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.
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Jama Masjid
29. Which is the India's largest public sector commercial bank at present?
15th January
India
State Bank of India
27th September
30. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died in 2008 were famous in which field?
Six months
Chandragupta
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.
Playwright
31. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Navtej Saran
8th September
24
32. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Prof. V.N Datta
Morarji Desai
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
33. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?
Nitrous oxide
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
11th May
34. When is the World Population Day observed?
Vocal Music
11th July
Thailand
Arthur Conan Doyle
35. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
28th February
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Demand deposits
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
36. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
10th December
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Herodotus
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
37. Which was the World's first surviving clone buffalo at NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute)?
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Karashapana
Jagannath
Vidya Balan
38. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Julang-2
Amir Khusrau
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Bhai Gurmej Singh
39. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Sitar
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Jan 26 - 1950134
Will pass through Equator
40. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?
Genetically Modified Crops.
Raja Ravi Varma
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
27th September
41. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Baby Nargis
Six months
Genetically Modified Crops.
42. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
Abul Kalam Azad
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
Genetically Modified Crops.
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
43. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Speaker
8th May
Paschim Banga1
44. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?
Governor
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Fatehpur Sikri
45. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Jane Austen
At the center of earth
John Keats
Mary Kom
46. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
Mussoorie
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Amir Khusru
47. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Kapil Dev
6-14 years
Leh
Due to radiation
48. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
India
Algernon Sidney
J.L.Baird
Mary Kom
49. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?
The Lok Sabha
Abhinav Bindra
Nitrogen
Aung San Suu Kyi
50. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
Gujarat
14th November
Nek Chand
Rajasthan