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1. Name two other clones left with NDRI?
Rajasthan
Hunting
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).

2. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
USA
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Jonathan Swift
Kushinagar

3. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
24th February
Jai Samhita
Sonepur (Bihar )

4. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Amitabh Bachchan
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)

5. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
Kulandei Francis
Mundak Upanishad
Arthur Conan Doyle
Cavendish

6. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?
Kerala
G.V. Mavalankar
Robert Watson Watt
Chandragupta

7. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?
Rabindranath Tagore
Kathak
24th October
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).

8. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Dilip Kumar
1st May164
8th May

9. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
18th December
Mumbai
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Nek Chand

10. Who propounded the Market Law?
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
J.B.Say
William Wordsworth
Art and architecture

11. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Cyrus Mistry

12. Which is the largest Church in India?
Hyderabad
Jane Austen
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Cavendish

13. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Allahabad Pillar inscription

14. Name the metal present in photo films?
Silver
V.S Naipaul
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Rabindranath Tagore147

15. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
14th November
Chaucer
Parupalli Kashyap
20th June (3rd sunday of June)

16. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Su-Kam Power Systems
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Indra Sinha64
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas

17. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
N.E. Borlaug
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Bamiyan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

18. Which is the India's largest public sector commercial bank at present?
Lead
Bengali
State Bank of India
Planning Commission

19. What is the original name of Mahabharata?
Neil Armstrong
Jai Samhita
Madhya Pradesh
Su-Kam Power Systems

20. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?
July - 1947
Cavendish
Vocal Music
1953

21. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?

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22. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?

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23. Vocalist Rahamat Khan belongs to which Gharana?
Sunil Gavaskar
Saka era
In Samba
Gwalior Gharana

24. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
15th January
Contingency Fund of India
Mundak Upanishad

25. Who invented the mercury thermometer?
Galileo
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Hunting
5th September

26. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Euclid
Abul Kalam Azad
Sunita Williams
Jayadeva

27. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
Rs 270
Vice President of India
Sitar
Chandragupta Maurya

28. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?
11th May
Baby Nargis
Dehradun
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

29. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?
Vocal Music
Kanishka
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
11th May

30. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
24th February
Sodium
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Indians

31. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
250th anniversary
Ripon
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Sitar

32. Name the gases used in different types of welding?
Mehbooba Mufti
Methane - butane and propane
Oxygen and acetylene
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.

33. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?
Performax
Aung San Suu Kyi
8
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga

34. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Hyderabad
5 hours 30 minutes
24

35. Name the player of USA who created history by grabbing his 22nd Olympic medal ?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Parupalli Kashyap
Kathak

36. Which country is the second largest producer of sugar?
Rajasthan
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
8th March
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)

37. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
6 months
Kushinagar
W.C Bannerjee
22nd April

38. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Sunil Gavaskar
Khushwant Singh
Mahatma Gandhi
Kerala

39. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Kho-Kho
July - 1947
Sriharikota
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)

40. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?
Increases
Ganga
Sunil Gavaskar
Yousuf Raza Gillani

41. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?
Jonathan Swift
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Renders electronic gadgets useless and effectively neutralises the adversary's command control and communication capability by producing a strong electromagnetic field generating powerful electricity surges that play havoc with electronic circuits wi
Only the first stanza

42. When is World Health Day celebrated?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Saka era
7th April
Vidya Balan

43. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
Kathak
5th September
Maharashtra
Playwright

44. What will be the new name of West Bengal?
1st May164
Paschim Banga1
J.L.Baird
Lobsang Sangay

45. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
Samudragupta
South Kolkata
Art and architecture
Jhumpa Lahiri

46. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?
India and China
Football
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)

47. Which is the largest dome in India?
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Hyderabad
Kerala

48. Which is the largest port in India?
Mumbai
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Shockley
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.

49. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
15th August167
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Playwright

50. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?
When sun is above the equator
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
Mohammad bin Kasim