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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Which player is the author of the book 'Straight From The Heart'?
Kapil Dev
Allauddin Khilji
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Talwandi
2. Which is the Garden City of India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Japan
2G spectrum scam
Bangalore
3. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?
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4. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?
29th August
Milkha Singh
Carbon dioxide
Japan
5. Who discovered insulin?
Second Battle of Tarain
Jagannath
Rajasthan
Dr. F.G.Banting
6. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?
N.E. Borlaug
Jaya Dev
Chandragupta
Ganga
7. Who said 'Child is the father of Man'?
Jules Verne
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
William Wordsworth
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
8. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?
Oxygen and acetylene
Robert Watson Watt
Firozeshah Tughluq
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
9. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?
Johannes Kepler
2
1949
Mathura
10. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y.V. Reddy?
U.K
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
11. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Tamil Nadu
12. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
Methane
When sun is above the equator
27th September
Mahatma Gandhi
13. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?
Stupa
Kanishka
Jawaharlal Nehru
It loses one day
14. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Dance
Jonas Salk
China
15. Which is largest cave temple in India?
Eagle
Methane
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
16. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Abul Kalam Azad
Will pass through Equator
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
17. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
Amir Khusrau
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Standard time of the country138
18. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made?
Arundhati Roy
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
New Delhi
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
19. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
The Reserve Bank of India
Bengali
July - 1947
20. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
Valentina Tereshkova
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Maharashtra
21. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?
Chadwick
Later Vedic Age
Talwandi
Will pass through Equator
22. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Mahatma Gandhi
Nek Chand
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
23. Name the smallest neighbour of India?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
New Agra Fort
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Bromine
24. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Later Vedic Age
8
Su-Kam Power Systems
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
25. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Methane - butane and propane
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Torricelli
Sunita Williams
26. Which gas is called laughing gas?
Nitrous oxide
26th January
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
In front of New Delhi's High Court
27. Which is the language next to Hindi spoken by largest number of people in the Indian sub continent ?
Bengali
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Arundhati Roy
New Agra Fort
28. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?
Johann Gregor Mendel
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Das Kapital
In Samba
29. Who wrote 'One Day Wonders'?
Jane Austen
7th April
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Sunil Gavaskar
30. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?
M.N Roy62
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Infinite
Fatehpur Sikri
31. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
The President
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
32. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Planning Commission
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Kushinagar
German
33. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Narmada and Japti
Parupalli Kashyap
Mohammad Iqbal
Samar Guha
34. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Assam
Performax
Maharaja Hari Singh
July - 1947
35. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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36. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Saka era
15th August167
Journalism
37. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
Kerala
South Kolkata
Paschim Banga1
London
38. Name the metal used in storage batteries?
Marie Curie
God particle or Higgs Boson
Lead
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
39. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Washing soda
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Kapil Dev
40. What is AERE?
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41. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
William Shakespeare151
Pune
Das Kapital
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
42. When comes the World Disabled Day?
24th May
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
15th March
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
43. Which is the largest dome in India?
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Motion Picture
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
44. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
45. Vocalist Rahamat Khan belongs to which Gharana?
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Valentina Tereshkova
Gwalior Gharana
Madhya Pradesh
46. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Su-Kam Power Systems
Contingency Fund of India
Dilip Kumar
Zinc
47. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
1st December
Rahul Dravid
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Khushwant Singh
48. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?
Sitar
Journalism
In Samba
24
49. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?
24th May
Maharashtra
State Bank of India
Krishna
50. Whose name is associated with the council of the 'Nine Gems'?
Chandragupta-II
Jane Austen
Zinc
Jamaica