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1. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Jamaica
Chaucer
The President
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
2. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Param Vir Chakra
Carbon dioxide
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
3. Which is the largest cave in India?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Jane Austen
Washing soda
4. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?
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.
24
Mahatma Gandhi
Parupalli Kashyap
5. Who invented the telegraphic code?
Maharashtra
Strait of Gibraltar
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Samuel Morse
6. Which is largest cave temple in India?
Mahatma Gandhi
11th May
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Chandragupta Maurya
7. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?
Motion Picture
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Jhumpa Lahiri
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
8. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
Mahatma Gandhi
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Tamil Nadu
Silver
9. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?
Zinc
Governor
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
10. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?
1st May164
69 miles
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
35 degree
11. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Tamil Nadu
Shiv Prasad Singh
10th October
12. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
INS Vikrant55
Perpendicular to each other
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Konark
13. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Shimla and Hamirpur
E.G.Otis
Guru Gobind Singh
Dance
14. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Indians
The Bering Strait
15. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
Samuel Morse
Vidya Balan
1953
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
16. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?
12th January
162
Hamid Ansari
Saeed Mirza
17. Who invented the lift?
E.G.Otis
Mussoorie
Vasudeva
Uttar Pradesh
18. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
18th April
Ganga
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
19. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?
8th May
Sarojini Naidu
2
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
20. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
8th October
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Jhumpa Lahiri
Mohammad Iqbal
21. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Gagan Narang
2:3161
Mehbooba Mufti
22. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
Sonepur (Bihar )
Madhya Pradesh
At the center of earth
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
23. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Concave lens
Shobha De
24. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
Motion Picture
William Shakespeare151
5th June
Kanishka
25. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
U.K
Genetically Modified Crops.
Wular lake (Kashmir)
26. In how many time zones is the World divided?
5th September
Cyrus Mistry
24
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
27. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Sidney Sheldon
28. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Painting
Madhya Pradesh
Stupa
29. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?
Methane - butane and propane
Zinc
Hyderabad
Football
30. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Himachal Pradesh
2:4
Kerala
31. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Mathura
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
24th May
32. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
London
Longitudinal position
New Agra Fort
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
33. Who is known as Father of Geometry?
Vande Mataram
Jyoti Amge
Golconda
Euclid
34. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made?
Dehradun
8th October
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Hunting
35. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Leo Tolstoy
Kerala
8th September
36. What is the name of India's moon mission?
New Delhi
Chandrayaan
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
5th September
37. Who wrote the book 'We Indians'?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Khushwant Singh
Bengali
162
38. How 4G services will hit the country in 2012?
Rabindranath Tagore
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
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.
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
39. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
Manipur54
Mussoorie
Methane - butane and propane
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
40. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
Hamid Ansari
South Kolkata
Vice President of India
6 months
41. Who appoints the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission?
Stainless steel
Governor
Jan 26 - 1950134
Kushinagar
42. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Hockey
Jamaica
Kushinagar
Chandragupta Maurya
43. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Mumbai
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Vice President of India
Rabindra Nath Tagore
44. Who said 'Child is the father of Man'?
William Wordsworth
German
Jyoti Amge
20th March
45. What is KG5 drug?
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46. What is Dry Ice?
Cavendish
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
16th October
Uttar Pradesh
47. While playing with which team Rahul Dravid completed his 10000 runs in the Test cricket?
Roger Federer
India
South Africa
John Ruskin
48. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
Maharashtra
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
5th September
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
49. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
1.34 millions
The Rajya Sabha
6-14 years
Galileo
50. Name the NASA's most modern spacecraft successfully landed on Mars on 6th August - 2012 to begin a pioneering two year search to find out if the red planet is suitable for life and whether it can be inhabitable in the future?
Vasudeva
Graphite
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Curiosity
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