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1. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
India and China
In Samba
Saeed Mirza
Shimla and Hamirpur

2. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
Later Vedic Age
5th September
Sodium
Sachin Tendulkar

3. Which is the largest river delta of India?
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Ganga
India Museum at Kolkata

4. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Stainless steel
1st May164
8

5. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?
Churchill
Kulandei Francis
29th August
Jules Verne

6. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
6-14 years
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Eagle
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)

7. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Alexander Fleming
Sidney Sheldon
Kalpakkam

8. 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)
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
Cavendish
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)

9. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?
Curiosity
Gagan Narang (shooter)
U.K
Dr. Rajendra Prasad

10. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?
Performax
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Madhya Pradesh
24

11. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?

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12. What is Dry Ice?
Uttar Pradesh
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Mohammad bin Kasim

13. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Guru Gobind Singh
Dumping
Japan
Six months

14. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
India
Nek Chand
Albert Einstein
Music

15. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
Madhya Pradesh
USA
2G spectrum scam
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)

16. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Jhumpa Lahiri
Third century B.C
Jules Verne
W.C Bannerjee

17. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
Harshavardhana
Increases
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland

18. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Florence Nightingale
Punjab

19. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
W.C Bannerjee
Nek Chand
11th May

20. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Zinc
Motion Picture
Speaker

21. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
In front of New Delhi's High Court
26th January
Motion Picture

22. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
12th January
Playwright
Longitudinal position
1949

23. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
John Keats
Kauravas and Pandavas51
24

24. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
1.34 millions
New Delhi
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.)
Mahatma Gandhi

25. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?
Vice President of India
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Vocal Music
India and China

26. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Contingency Fund of India
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Samuel Morse
Heavy water

27. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?
N.E. Borlaug
Johannes Kepler
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Speaker

28. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
2
Mundak Upanishad
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
INS Vikrant55

29. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
Sodium
Navtej Saran
E.M Forster
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.

30. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Ganga
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Four lions
Uttarakhand

31. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
Madhya Pradesh
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.)
Param Vir Chakra
The Reserve Bank of India

32. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Sukumar Sen
4 minutes
Sri Lanka
8th September

33. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
Finland
Arundhati Roy
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush

34. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?
31st May
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Hyderabad
5 hours 30 minutes

35. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
4 minutes
Ganga
Sukumar Sen

36. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Longitudinal position
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Bhai Gurmej Singh

37. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Dr. F.G.Banting
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)

38. On which day International Women's Day observed?
8th March
Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)

39. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
29th August
Madhya 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

40. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
5
24th February
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Football

41. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Roger Federer
Sodium
Lawn Tennis153

42. Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India?
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Demand deposits
11th May
Lead

43. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Mundak Upanishad
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Guru Gobind Singh

44. Who discovered photoelectric effect?
Cavendish
Albert Einstein
Pune
Jules Verne

45. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?
5th April
South Kolkata
8th May
Andhra Pradesh

46. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
Amir Khusru
Churchill
9th August
Washing soda

47. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?
V. Anand
Ripon
Khushwant Singh
Journalism

48. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Performax
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Hunting

49. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
26th January
Mohammad bin Kasim
India
4 minutes

50. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?
Tamil Nadu
Vice President of India
Sitar
Diffusion