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1. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?
Sriharikota
U.K
Odisha
Jan 26 - 1950134
2. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?
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3. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Hyderabad
26th January
Sriharikota
4. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Baby Nargis
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Kerala
5. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
Herodotus
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
Nikolaus Otto
Andhra Pradesh
6. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Bangalore
Mumbai
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Lobsang Sangay
7. Who discovered Penicillin?
Albert Einstein
Alexander Fleming
Navtej Saran
Leo Tolstoy
8. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?
Ashoka
Methane - butane and propane
Leh
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
9. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?
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.
Speaker
Kerala
Ujjain
10. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Kanishka
Rajasthan
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
11. For what is Bijapur known?
Director General Anil Kaushik
The Lok Sabha
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Gol Gumbaz
12. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Genetically Modified Crops.
Rocky Marciano
Samuel Morse
13. 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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14. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Yamuna
Gagan Narang
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
New Delhi
15. Which hockey team won the Asian Championship Trophy at Ordos(China) in 2011?
Jules Verne
Rabindranath Tagore147
5th September
India
16. Name one famous Sarod player?
Shobha De
Jai Samhita
The Bering Strait
Amjad Ali Khan
17. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
Sachin Tendulkar
Perpendicular to each other
24
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
18. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?
1953
Shimla and Hamirpur
Das Kapital
Akhilesh Yadav
19. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Parupalli Kashyap
Madhya Pradesh
Mumbai
20. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?
Washing soda
1911133
Saeed Mirza
Prof. V.N Datta
21. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Motion Picture
12th January
Thailand
22. Which country has World's largest democracy?
India
Chaucer
The Bering Strait
Kushans
23. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?
Swarajya Party
Indians
Carbon dioxide
5th September
24. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Assam
Nikolaus Otto
Khadakvasla
25. When comes the World Environment Day?
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
5th June
6-14 years
Oxygen and acetylene
26. Name the state where bio-fuel outlet - first of its kind in the country will be opened?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Genetically Modified Crops.
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
27. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?
5
Yamuna
Mumbai
Mehbooba Mufti
28. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Bangalore
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
It loses one day
29. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Nek Chand
Chandragupta Maurya
30. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
The President
Oxygen and acetylene
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
Razia Sultana
31. How many total number of enclaves are to be exchanged between territories of two countries India and Bangladesh according to the treaty signed in Sept - 2011?
162
Aravallis
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Second Battle of Tarain
32. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
1949
Oxygen and acetylene
Dumping
Hockey
33. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?
New Delhi
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
10th October
India and China
34. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Washing soda
26 years and 9 months
35. While playing with which team Rahul Dravid completed his 10000 runs in the Test cricket?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
8th May
South Africa
36. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
95th
Jan 26 - 1950134
Greeks
37. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
Shobha De
Silver
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
1.34 millions
38. Which is the largest Church in India?
16th October
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Kerala
India
39. Where is Char Minar located?
Hyderabad
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Music
Abhinav Bindra
40. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Nitrous oxide
Rabindranath Tagore147
Martin Luther King
Amitabh Ghosh
41. Which is the Garden City of India?
Bangalore
Shiv Prasad Singh
Nikolaus Otto
Himachal Pradesh
42. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?
U.K
Myanmar
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
10th October
43. Name the smallest neighbour of India?
Bangalore
New Agra Fort
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
It loses one day
44. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Raja Ravi Varma
China
Hunting
Chandragupta
45. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
18th December
Firozeshah Tughluq
Methane - butane and propane
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
46. 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?
Amir Khusrau
India and Pakistan
Hockey
1.34 millions
47. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
15th August167
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Arthur Conan Doyle
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
48. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
24th October
Chandragupta Maurya
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
24th May
49. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Mundak Upanishad
Nitrous oxide
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
50. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?
The Delhi Metro
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Narendra Modi government
Paschim Banga1