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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
35 degree
Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
India and Pakistan
Mundak Upanishad
India
6 months
3. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?
26th January
Kauravas and Pandavas51
The President
Hunting
4. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
18th April
Jan 26 - 1950134
Methane - butane and propane
Pune
5. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Satyendra Nath Bose
29th August
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.)
Increases
6. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?
Amitabh Ghosh
Talwandi
M.N Roy62
Demand deposits
7. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?
Jaya Dev
Chandragupta-II
Kushans
Konark
8. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Akbar
Shiv Prasad Singh
90 degree
9. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?
Shimla and Hamirpur
Governor
Narmada and Japti
Algernon Sidney
10. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
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
Rocky Marciano
Japan
Dehradun
11. Who deciphered the genetic code?
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Vishnu Sharma
12. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Six months
Motion Picture
Vasudeva
Stainless steel
13. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?
Silicon
Ganga
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Abhinav Bindra
14. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?
Ashoka
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Uttarakhand
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
15. Who invented radar?
Bobby Jindal
Alexander Fleming
Robert Watson Watt
Indians
16. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
Odisha
Washing soda
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Saeed Mirza
17. Which is largest man made lake in India?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
India and Pakistan
Lala Lajpat Rai
18. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?
Gujarat
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
German
1st May164
19. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?
At the center of earth
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Dance
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
20. Which is the Garden City of India?
Gwalior Gharana
The Bering Strait
23rd April
Bangalore
21. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?
Nek Chand
Amitabh Ghosh
M.N Roy62
Mary Kom
22. Who was the first woman to go in space?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Madhya Pradesh
26 years and 9 months
Valentina Tereshkova
23. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
95th
Chandrayaan
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
24. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?
Chandragupta Maurya
Hyderabad
Mussoorie
Dance
25. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Gol Gumbaz
Palk Strait
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
26. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?
N.E. Borlaug
11th May
9th August
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
27. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Jonathan Swift
V.S Naipaul
28. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Equator
Chadwick
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Amitabh Ghosh
29. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?
35 degree
Kolkata
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
30. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
Haryana
Rabindranath Tagore
Sonepur (Bihar )
Music
31. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Mary Kom
Dehradun
Kolkata
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
32. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?
Algernon Sidney
Shiv Prasad Singh
2
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
33. Name the NASA's most modern spacecraft successfully landed on Mars on 6th August - 2012 to begin a pioneering two year search to find out if the red planet is suitable for life and whether it can be inhabitable in the future?
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Curiosity
Ganga
E.G.Otis
34. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?
India
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Harshavardhana
35. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?
Rs 270
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Maharashtra
The President
36. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Sonepur (Bihar )
Rahul Dravid
Ujjain
37. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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38. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Kerala
Milkha Singh
Kapil Dev
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
39. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?
Hindukush
Karashapana
China
Concave lens
40. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
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.
Vidya Balan
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
41. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
Samuel Morse
Andhra Pradesh
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
At Magdalla port near Surat.
42. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?
Hamid Ansari
Martin Luther King
Shobha De
5 hours 30 minutes
43. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
Rocky Marciano
Mumbai
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
69 miles
44. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Nitrous oxide
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Concave mirror
Sitar
45. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
Jaipur
Prof. V.N Datta
$46 - 00011
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
46. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
Kerala
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Mohammad bin Kasim
47. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Akbar
Michael Phelps
Curiosity
Bobby Jindal
48. What is KG5 drug?
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49. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
Ashoka
Marie Curie
28th February
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
50. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Jayadeva
Jules Verne
Prime Minister
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)