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1. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?






2. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?






3. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?






4. What are the estimated premature deaths caused annually by air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried in Sept. - 2011 by World Health Organisation?






5. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?






6. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?






7. Where is Buland Darwaza located?






8. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?






9. Who discovered the electric lamp?






10. Which is largest state of India?






11. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?






12. When comes National Sports Day of India?






13. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?






14. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?






15. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?






16. In how many time zones is the World divided?






17. What is Dry Ice?






18. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






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






20. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?






21. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?






22. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?






23. Which is the largest dome in India?






24. Kanchipuram is in which state?






25. Which is the Garden City of India?






26. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?






27. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?






28. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?






29. When is International Labour Day observed?






30. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?






31. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?






32. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?






33. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?






34. Which is the largest planetarium in India?






35. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?






36. What will be the new name of West Bengal?






37. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?






38. On which date Quit India Day comes?






39. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?






40. What is the latitude of South Pole?






41. Who founded the Saka Era?






42. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?






43. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?






44. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?






45. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?






46. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?






47. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?






48. Who discovered insulin?






49. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?






50. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?






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