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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Which country is the world's largest recipient of arms?
India
24
Hamid Ansari
Samuel Morse
2. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
11th May
Methane
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
3. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Sukumar Sen
Concave mirror
2
4. What is equal to latitude of a place?
Zinc
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Iodine
Amir Khusrau
5. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Japan
1953
8
Herodotus
6. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Jane Austen
7. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?
Fatehpur Sikri
Parupalli Kashyap
Prime Minister
German
8. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Jane Austen
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
9. When an open bottle of scent is kept at one corner due to which phenomenon its fragrance is found in whole room?
Shobha De
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Diffusion
24
10. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?
The Lok Sabha
Morarji Desai
Edison
Vocal Music
11. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
95th
Sunderbans delta
William Shakespeare151
Mundak Upanishad
12. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?
Methane - butane and propane
Protecting Flora and Fauna
10th December
2
13. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
Jagannath
Rabindranath Tagore
Playwright
China
14. Who was the first woman to go in space?
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.
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Abhinav Bindra
Valentina Tereshkova
15. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Shobha De
30th January
German
16. Name the person who has set a new Guinness record of being the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon in Toronto?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Saka era
Su-Kam Power Systems
The Rajya Sabha
17. Who wrote Panchatantra?
Third century B.C
Dumping
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Vishnu Sharma
18. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?
Robert Watson Watt
Andhra Pradesh
Dr. F.G.Banting
The Rajya Sabha
19. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Hamid Ansari
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Julang-2
Carbon dioxide
20. Kanchipuram is in which state?
Tamil Nadu
Heavy water
Methane
Lala Lajpat Rai
21. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
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
Kushinagar
Lead
Bamiyan
22. Name the gases used in different types of welding?
Oxygen and acetylene
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Mary Kom
23. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?
Saka era
Mahatma Gandhi
V. Anand
Hunting
24. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Mohammad Iqbal
Stupa
New Delhi
Jane Austen
25. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
Jana Gana Mana
Sriharikota
Uttar Pradesh
Sodium
26. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Robert Watson Watt
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Herodotus
27. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Julang-2
28. Which metal is used in pencils?
Graphite
London
Jonathan Swift
Mohammad Iqbal
29. Who said - 'God helps those who helps themselves'?
Sachin Tendulkar
Jagannath
Sodium
Algernon Sidney
30. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?
Swarajya Party
Michael Phelps
USA
When sun is above the equator
31. On what occasion Bihar got its own state anthem and state prayer whose CD's were released by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
South Africa
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Gagan Narang (shooter)
32. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?
Maharashtra
Johann Gregor Mendel
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
India and Pakistan
33. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Param Vir Chakra
It loses one day
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
34. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
New Delhi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Chandragupta Maurya
State Bank of India
35. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Bangalore
Speaker
Assam
Arundhati Roy
36. Who is President of India?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Mosley
Narendra Modi government
37. Which game is associated with Agha Khan Cup?
Sriharikota
Nayantara Sahgal
Amitabh Ghosh
Hockey
38. What is our National Anthem?
35 degree
Indra Sinha64
Jana Gana Mana
Roentgen
39. Which is largest state of India?
Rajasthan
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Assam
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
40. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
23rd April
Landsteiner
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Marie Curie
41. Which is the largest lake in India?
Vande Mataram
22nd April
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Angle between the horizon and the equator
42. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Leo Tolstoy
Trivandrum
Samuel Morse
43. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Later Vedic Age
1.34 millions
Jules Verne
44. Why sky appears to be blue?
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
20th March
Bangalore
Rajasthan
45. Who is the author of the book 'Unto the Last' which influenced Gandhi ji?
Curiosity
John Ruskin
Jamaica
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
46. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kanishka
London
1949
47. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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48. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Amjad Ali Khan
Aravind Adiga
Dance
49. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
2
Silver
Amitabh Ghosh
N.E. Borlaug
50. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?
15th March
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Konark
Rahul Dravid