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1. In how many time zones is the World divided?
24
Dumping
Mundak Upanishad
M.N Roy62
2. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?
Sachin Tendulkar
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Jane Austen
250th anniversary
3. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Jai Samhita
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.
E.G.Otis
4. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
July - 1947
69 miles
Michael Phelps
Sarojini Naidu
5. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?
Jaya Dev
Equator
Gujarat
In Samba
6. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
India and China
Michael Phelps
Vocal Music
7. Which is the largest district in India?
Mathura
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Ladakh
Akbar
8. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Kolkata
Harshavardhana
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
9. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?
Football
South Kolkata
Rabindranath Tagore
8th March
10. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?
Rabindranath Tagore147
Bamiyan
Sitar
Satyendra Nath Bose
11. Name two other clones left with NDRI?
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
23rd December
Carbon dioxide
12. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Harshavardhana
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
2
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
13. Who deciphered the genetic code?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
South Kolkata
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Kapil Dev
14. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Alexander Fleming
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Yamuna
15. For what is Bijapur known?
Manipur54
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Saka era
Gol Gumbaz
16. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?
M. Narasimhan
Palk Strait
Rajasthan
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
17. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Speaker
Dance
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
18. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Jane Austen
Gol Gumbaz
Football
19. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Thailand
Saka era
Mundak Upanishad
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
20. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Art and architecture
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
21. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
Yamuna
The equator
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Due to radiation
22. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
At the center of earth
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Iodine
Alexander Graham Bell
23. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?
Amitabh Ghosh
69 miles
Madhya Pradesh
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
24. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
U.K
Contingency Fund of India
Raja Ravi Varma
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
25. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Concave mirror
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Motion Picture
26. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
USA
U.K
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Maharashtra
27. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?
Jhumpa Lahiri
William Shakespeare151
Jaya Dev
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
28. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
Torricelli
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
July - 1947
15th August167
29. Who has been selected as the new head of Tata empire in 2011?
Rocky Marciano
Four lions
Cyrus Mistry
30th January
30. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Guru Gobind Singh
John Keats
Thailand
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
31. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Navtej Saran
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Mary Kom
32. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Hockey
33. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?
Nitrogen
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
G.V. Mavalankar
30th January
34. Who said - 'God helps those who helps themselves'?
Haryana
Su-Kam Power Systems
Algernon Sidney
Longitudinal position
35. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
Greeks
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Paschim Banga1
Su-Kam Power Systems
36. Where is National School of Mines located?
Abhinav Bindra
Swarajya Party
Pune
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
37. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Sitar
Jagannath
38. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
Dutch East Indies
Neil Armstrong
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
39. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
12th January
Churchill
Uttarakhand
40. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
Heavy water
Washing soda
Equator
16th October
41. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?
Jaipur
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
India
Zinc
42. Name the largest oil refinery of India?
Kulandei Francis
Due to radiation
Vadodara
Rajasthan
43. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Karashapana
Playwright
In front of New Delhi's High Court
8th September
44. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Jyoti Amge
Kushinagar
Gol Gumbaz
Will pass through Equator
45. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Jan 26 - 1950134
46. When is International Labour Day observed?
Greeks
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Yamuna
1st May164
47. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Chandragupta Maurya
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
USA
Journalism
48. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Lobsang Sangay
Jawaharlal Nehru
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Stupa
49. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?
Rocky Marciano
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Chandragupta-II
Greeks
50. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Perpendicular to each other
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
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.