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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?






2. Which is the Garden City of India?






3. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?






4. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?






5. Which hockey team won the Asian Championship Trophy at Ordos(China) in 2011?






6. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?






7. Who discovered insulin?






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






9. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?






10. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?






11. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?






12. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?






13. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?






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






15. Name the person who has set a new Guinness record of being the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon in Toronto?






16. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?






17. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?






18. What is the estimated premature deaths caused annually by outdoor air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried out by World Health Organisation in Sept. - 2011?






19. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?






20. Name the mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the West to Delhi in the North?






21. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?






22. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?






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






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






25. Who got Dhyan Chand Award in 2011?






26. On which day International Women's Day observed?






27. When comes the World Disabled Day?






28. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?






29. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?






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






31. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?






32. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?






33. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?






34. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?






35. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?






36. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?






37. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?






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






39. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?






40. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?






41. Which is the largest auditorium in India?






42. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?






43. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?






44. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?






45. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?






46. When is World Health Day celebrated?






47. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?






48. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?






49. Name two other clones left with NDRI?






50. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?