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1. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?






2. Where is largest animal fair held in India?






3. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?






4. What is e-bomb?

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5. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?






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






7. Who discovered the noble gases?






8. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?






9. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?






10. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?






11. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?






12. Who founded the Saka Era?






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






14. When is Commonwealth Day observed?






15. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?






16. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?






17. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?






18. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?






19. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?






20. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?






21. Name the state of India having longest coastline?






22. Who is the author of novel 'The White Tiger'?






23. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?






24. Under which scam - the 43 year old daughter of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi was in Tihar jail in 2011?






25. Which is the largest delta in India?






26. Where is National School of Mines located?






27. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?






28. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?






29. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?






30. Which metal is used in pencils?






31. Which is the India's largest public sector commercial bank at present?






32. For what is Bijapur known?






33. Which is the largest populated state in India?






34. Who is known as Nightingale of India?






35. On which date Quit India Day comes?






36. Who is the second 100 percent visually impaired person to be accepted into the IAS?






37. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?






38. Which is the Garden City of India?






39. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?






40. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?






41. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?






42. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?






43. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?






44. What is KG5 drug?

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45. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?






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






47. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?






48. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?






49. Which is the largest auditorium in India?






50. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?