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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?






2. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?






3. Vijayghat ( Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri) is situated on the bank of which river?






4. Who is known as founder of Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental college at Aligarh?






5. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?






6. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?






7. Who invented the petrol engine?






8. When is the World Population Day observed?






9. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?






10. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?






11. Which hockey team won the Asian Championship Trophy at Ordos(China) in 2011?






12. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?






13. From which mines was the famous Kohinoor diamond produced?






14. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?






15. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?






16. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?

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17. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?






18. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?






19. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?






20. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?






21. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?






22. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?






23. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?






24. 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?






25. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?






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






27. Name the world's shortest living woman?






28. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?






29. Who invented the steam engine?






30. Who discovered photoelectric effect?






31. Where is Buland Darwaza located?






32. Who invented the television?






33. Where in Delhi a bomb hidden in briefcase exploded killing 11 persons and injuring 47 in the worst attack in India's capital in 3 years in 2011?

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34. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?






35. Which is largest river without delta in India?






36. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?






37. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?






38. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?






39. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?






40. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?






41. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?






42. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?






43. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?






44. What is the original name of Mahabharata?






45. Name the Earth- like planet whose existence is confirmed by American astronomers?






46. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?






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






48. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?






49. Who composed our National song?






50. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?