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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?






2. World Aids Day falls on which date?






3. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?






4. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?






5. What reference is taken to know the local time of a place?






6. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?






7. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?






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






9. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?






10. Who discovered Penicillin?






11. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?






12. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?






13. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?






14. On which date Quit India Day comes?






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






16. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?






17. How many total number of enclaves are to be exchanged between territories of two countries India and Bangladesh according to the treaty signed in Sept - 2011?






18. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?






19. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?






20. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?






21. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?






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






23. What is AERE?

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24. Which is the largest desert in India?






25. Where is Buland Darwaza located?






26. Which is our National song?






27. Which is largest river without delta in India?






28. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?






29. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?






30. Which is the largest auditorium in India?






31. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?






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






33. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?






34. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?






35. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?






36. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?






37. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?






38. What is the original name of Mahabharata?






39. What is KG5 drug?

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40. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?






41. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?






42. Who discovered photoelectric effect?






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






44. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?






45. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?






46. Who is the author of book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?






47. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?






48. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?






49. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?






50. Who propounded the Market Law?