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1. Which is the largest lake in India?
Navtej Saran
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Rahul Dravid
Wular lake (Kashmir)
2. Who won the silver medal in 66 Kg wrestling and is the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals?
Sushil Kumar
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Concave mirror
27th September
3. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Yamuna
Ripon
Manipur54
4. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
23rd December
India and Pakistan
The Reserve Bank of India
Bobby Jindal
5. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?
V. Anand
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Roger Federer
Dance
6. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?
Ujjain
Fatehpur Sikri
Milkha Singh
Sriharikota
7. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
Dr. F.G.Banting
24th February
Euclid
India and China
8. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Rajasthan
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Saka era
Konark
9. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Saka era
27th September
Nitrogen
12th January
10. What is equal to latitude of a place?
24
2:3161
Angle between the horizon and the equator
W.C Bannerjee
11. Name the Indian state where the game of Polo is said to have originated?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Manipur54
30th January
12. Name the player of USA who created history by grabbing his 22nd Olympic medal ?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Uttar Pradesh
Greeks
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
13. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Sriharikota
Galileo
Painting
14. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Carbon dioxide
Valentina Tereshkova
Governor
Dr. F.G.Banting
15. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
15th January
Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
Andhra Pradesh
16. What is the original name of Mahabharata?
Ganga
Jai Samhita
15th March
Sunita Williams
17. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
Sukumar Sen
Sonepur (Bihar )
Andhra Pradesh
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
18. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?
7th April
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Silver
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
19. Name the largest oil refinery of India?
55th rank
Neil Armstrong
Vadodara
Mary Kom
20. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Mundak Upanishad
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
1911133
21. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Sunil Gavaskar
22. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
Yamuna
1911133
Mahatma Gandhi
Hockey
23. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Chadwick
Jonas Salk
Yousuf Raza Gillani
24. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?
5th September
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Chandragupta Maurya
Year of Disabled Soldiers
25. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Graphite
6-14 years
26. Which is the largest populated state in India?
23rd December
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Uttar Pradesh
Because the solids have high elasticity.
27. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
Dehradun
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
6-14 years
Mary Kom
28. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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29. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Saeed Mirza
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
30. Who appoints the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission?
Governor
Mohammad bin Kasim
Kho-Kho
V. Anand
31. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Uttar Pradesh
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
32. Who discovered blood grouping?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Landsteiner
Roger Federer
Amir Khusrau
33. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Tamil Nadu
Allauddin Khilji
New Delhi
Gota in Sweden
34. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?
15th January
Gagan Narang
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Carbon dioxide
35. When is International Labour Day observed?
Jhumpa Lahiri
1st May164
Washing soda
Roger Federer
36. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?
90 degrees
Mahatma Gandhi
South Kolkata
Abhinav Bindra
37. Where in Delhi a bomb hidden in briefcase exploded killing 11 persons and injuring 47 in the worst attack in India's capital in 3 years in 2011?
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38. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Bromine
Samar Guha
Alexander Fleming
Diffusion
39. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?
The Delhi Metro
Talwandi
U.K
Mundak Upanishad
40. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
5th April
Leo Tolstoy
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Trivandrum
41. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?
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42. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Lobsang Sangay
26 years and 9 months
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Due to radiation
43. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
Thailand
Performax
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
China
44. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?
Carbon dioxide
Roger Federer
5th April
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
45. Who has been selected as the new head of Tata empire in 2011?
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Tamil Nadu
N.E. Borlaug
Cyrus Mistry
46. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Third century B.C
S. Radhakrishnan
Bamiyan
Bleaching powder
47. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?
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.
Lala Lajpat Rai
Hyderabad
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
48. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Three Decades in Parliament
162
Kerala
Dr. F.G.Banting
49. Who is known as Father of Geometry?
Euclid
Lawn Tennis153
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
6-14 years
50. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Navtej Saran
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
6-14 years
Dr. Rajendra Prasad