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1. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?






2. Which is largest populated city in India?






3. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?






4. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?






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






6. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?






7. What is the name of India's moon mission?






8. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?






9. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?






10. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?






11. When comes the World Disabled Day?






12. Which state of India has highest production of tea?






13. At what price the menu of the first dinner served to the firstclass passengers of the ill fated liner Titanic on 10th April - 1912 sold?






14. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?






15. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?






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






17. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?






18. Who is the renowned flute player?






19. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






20. Which is the largest dome in India?






21. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?






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






23. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?






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






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






26. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?






27. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?






28. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?






29. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?






30. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?






31. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?






32. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?






33. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?






34. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?






35. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?






36. Who is the author of the book 'Unto the Last' which influenced Gandhi ji?






37. Who is crowned Miss Universe India 2011?






38. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?






39. Who wrote the first history book?






40. What is proxy voting?






41. Who invented transistor?






42. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?






43. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?






44. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?






45. Who composed our National song?






46. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?






47. Who won the silver medal in 66 Kg wrestling and is the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals?






48. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?






49. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?






50. Which village of Andhra Pradesh may be sitting over one of the world's largest uranium reserves?