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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Dumping
Maharashtra
2. Who composed our National song?
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
3. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Genetically Modified Crops.
Carbon dioxide
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
24
4. What is KG5 drug?
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5. Who appoints the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission?
31st May
Pune
Governor
Dehradun
6. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
5
U.K
Karashapana
William Wordsworth
7. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
2:4
Assam
Sunil Gavaskar
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.)
8. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Shiv Prasad Singh
Uttarakhand
Concave lens
Su-Kam Power Systems
9. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?
Mumbai
Carbon dioxide
Diffusion
Michael Phelps
10. Which day is chosen to be celebrated as Father's Day?
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
At the center of earth
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
11. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?
29th August
Later Vedic Age
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Michael Phelps
12. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
18th April
Equator
J.B.Say
13. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Narmada and Japti
Param Vir Chakra
14. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
Vocal Music
24th May
Forty-fourth Amendment
Angle between the horizon and the equator
15. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
German
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Will pass through Equator
6-14 years
16. In how many time zones is the World divided?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Kerala
24
1st December
17. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?
Bangalore
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Florence Nightingale
India and Pakistan
18. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
Sitar
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Methane
Jaipur
19. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
Bromine
Jawaharlal Nehru
Hampi
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
20. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
1st December
8th May
Sachin Tendulkar
21. Who is the author of book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?
Kiran Bedi
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
10th October
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
22. While playing with which team Rahul Dravid completed his 10000 runs in the Test cricket?
In front of New Delhi's High Court
South Africa
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
India and China
23. On what occasion Bihar got its own state anthem and state prayer whose CD's were released by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Aravallis
Perpendicular to each other
The Rajya Sabha
24. Why bubble of water shines?
Sriharikota
Kho-Kho
Leo Tolstoy
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
25. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?
USA
Palk Strait
India and China
Allauddin Khilji
26. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?
11th May
INS Vikrant55
Anna Hazare
18th April
27. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?
Hamid Ansari
India
Anita Desai
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
28. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?
Mehbooba Mufti
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Stainless steel
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
29. For what is Bijapur known?
Jaipur
Gol Gumbaz
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
30. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Saka era
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.
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31. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?
Nikolaus Otto
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Amir Khusrau
Kanishka
32. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
Shiv Prasad Singh
The Reserve Bank of India
Hampi
Dutch East Indies
33. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?
Jhumpa Lahiri
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
New Agra Fort
2:3161
34. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?
5th June
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Algernon Sidney
35. Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India?
Edison
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
28th February
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
36. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Kerala
Playwright
G.V. Mavalankar
37. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Ganga
Demand deposits
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
38. Who won bronze medal for India in 10m pistol event (London Olympics - 2012)?
1st May164
Gagan Narang
Sitar
E.M Forster
39. Who was the first person to set foot on moon?
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Hamid Ansari
Neil Armstrong
Churchill
40. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
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
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Kapil Dev
Hyderabad
41. Name two other clones left with NDRI?
Galileo
Prime Minister
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
W.C Bannerjee
42. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
Third century B.C
Concave lens
Playwright
Marie Curie
43. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Herodotus
W.C Bannerjee
44. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
Jonathan Swift
Alexander Fleming
Mahatma Gandhi
Ashoka
45. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
Swarajya Party
Samudragupta
Haryana
1.34 millions
46. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?
Marie Curie
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Samar Guha
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
47. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
The equator
Mahatma Gandhi
Dehradun
Bhai Gurmej Singh
48. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Odisha
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
India Museum at Kolkata
Akhilesh Yadav
49. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?
Equator
Jawaharlal Nehru
31st May
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.
50. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Amjad Ali Khan
Maharashtra
Iodine
Akbar