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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Chandragupta Maurya
23rd April
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.)
M. Narasimhan
2. Which is the Garden City of India?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Narendra Modi government
Bangalore
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
3. In which year was the National Anthem first sung?
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Samuel Morse
1911133
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
4. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?
Kanishka
Mumbai
Vishnu Sharma
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
5. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Bromine
Amitabh Ghosh
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Speaker
6. Name the metal present in photo films?
Thailand
Silver
Mundak Upanishad
Palk Strait
7. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?
Jana Gana Mana
1949
Darsheel Safary
2:3161
8. What was the old name of Indonesia?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Dutch East Indies
Swarajya Party
Rs 270
9. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
Swarajya Party
Hunting
Saka era
The President
10. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
Sushil Kumar
Saeed Mirza
Madhya Pradesh
Jagannath
11. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
Vasudeva
God particle or Higgs Boson
Jan 26 - 1950134
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
12. When comes the Farmer's Day (Kisan Divas )in India ?
23rd December
2
Morarji Desai
Jaipur
13. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Mohammad Iqbal
11th May
At the center of earth
Maharaja Hari Singh
14. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
90 degrees
15th August167
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
250th anniversary
15. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Mumbai
Chandragupta
J.L.Baird
16. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
India
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Methane - butane and propane
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
17. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Heavy water
18. What is the latitude of South Pole?
G.V. Mavalankar
Yousuf Raza Gillani
90 degree
11th May
19. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
S. Radhakrishnan
Edison
The equator
Maharashtra
20. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Uttar Pradesh
Lobsang Sangay
Sodium
Johann Gregor Mendel
21. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Hockey
Aravallis
22. Who deciphered the genetic code?
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Vocal Music
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Galileo
23. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
Mumbai
In Samba
27th September
55th rank
24. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?
Madhya Pradesh
Abhinav Bindra
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Bobby Jindal
25. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
Rs 270
Galileo
Planning Commission
The number of persons per square kilometre.
26. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Mahatma Gandhi
India
German
27. How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?
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.
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
Kushinagar
Mary Kom
28. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Nek Chand
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Jan 26 - 1950134
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
29. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Valentina Tereshkova
Odisha
Yamuna
30. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Euclid
Three Decades in Parliament
31. Who was the first woman to go in space?
Myanmar
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Chandragupta
Valentina Tereshkova
32. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Dance
Madhya Pradesh
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
33. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?
Speaker
Vishnu Sharma
Indra Sinha64
Samuel Morse
34. Which city is known as 'Electronic City of India'?
Torricelli
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Bangalore
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
35. Who is the author of book 'Many Worlds'?
V.S Naipaul
London
5th September
New Agra Fort
36. Whose name is associated with the council of the 'Nine Gems'?
2nd April - 2011
Standard time of the country138
Silicon
Chandragupta-II
37. Which is largest state of India?
Myanmar
Mundak Upanishad
Rajasthan
Kalpakkam
38. Who wrote 'One Day Wonders'?
Sunil Gavaskar
5 hours 30 minutes
Finland
Washing soda
39. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?
Sachin Tendulkar
Swarajya Party
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
40. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Algernon Sidney
11th July
5
Nikolaus Otto
41. 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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42. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?
Kushans
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Infinite
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
43. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
24th February
Saka era
Pune
44. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
27th September
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.)
250th anniversary
Andhra Pradesh
45. Where is National School of Mines located?
Pune
July - 1947
Marie Curie
Kerala
46. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Shockley
Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka
47. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
Andhra Pradesh
Chandrayaan
Palk Strait
Kho-Kho
48. Name the Indian woman boxer who won bronze medal in Olympics?
July - 1947
Mary Kom
Ashoka
7th April
49. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?
N.E. Borlaug
Kushans
8th October
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
50. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?
10th October
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
23rd April
Forty-fourth Amendment