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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When is Earth Day observed?






2. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






3. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?






4. Greenwich mean time (GMT) is the standard time of which country?






5. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?






6. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?






7. Who deciphered the genetic code?






8. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?






9. Who discovered the noble gases?






10. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?






11. Who wrote the book 'A Passage To India'?






12. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?






13. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?






14. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?






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






16. Who invented the television?






17. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?






18. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?






19. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?






20. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?






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






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






23. What is equal to latitude of a place?






24. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?






25. Vocalist Rahamat Khan belongs to which Gharana?






26. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?






27. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?






28. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?






29. What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?






30. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?






31. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?






32. Who is known as Father of Geometry?






33. Which is the largest populated state in India?






34. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?






35. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?






36. Which was the musical instrument used by Amir Khusro?






37. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?

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38. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?






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






40. Who has been selected as the new head of Tata empire in 2011?






41. Why sky appears to be blue?






42. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?






43. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?






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






45. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?






46. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?






47. When comes the Farmer's Day (Kisan Divas )in India ?






48. What is AERE?

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49. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?






50. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?