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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?
Dumping
Nayantara Sahgal
1.34 millions
Mussoorie
2. 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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3. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
11th May
Lawn Tennis153
Lobsang Sangay
Albert Einstein
4. In which year was the National Anthem first sung?
1911133
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Amitabh Bachchan
5. Who deciphered the genetic code?
Chandrayaan
When sun is above the equator
Sriharikota
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
6. On globe - the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?
90 degrees
20th March
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
7. Kanchipuram is in which state?
Bamiyan
Narmada and Japti
Tamil Nadu
Rocky Marciano
8. Which metal is used in pencils?
Amjad Ali Khan
Euclid
Graphite
7th April
9. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?
U.K
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
30th January
Su-Kam Power Systems
10. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Amitabh Ghosh
Hyderabad
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Chandragupta Maurya
11. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
Cavendish
U.K
J.L.Baird
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
12. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
7th April
Uttar Pradesh
Vidya Balan
13. When is the UN Day observed?
Jagannath
24th October
5 hours 30 minutes
1949
14. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?
Eagle
V. Anand
V.S Naipaul
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
15. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Sitar
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
N.E. Borlaug
Motion Picture
16. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?
India
Saka era
Landsteiner
India and China
17. Name the Indian woman boxer who won bronze medal in Olympics?
Anita Desai
Mary Kom
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
35 degree
18. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
Hindukush
The Delhi Metro
5th September
The equator
19. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
27th September
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
5th September
20. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
The Lok Sabha
35 degree
Hampi
Kiran Bedi
21. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Jules Verne
Maharaja Hari Singh
Sriharikota
22. Who discovered the noble gases?
India
Hockey
Ripon
Cavendish
23. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
Firozeshah Tughluq
Allauddin Khilji
USA
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
24. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
Mundak Upanishad
12th January
South Kolkata
Bangalore
25. Name the state of India having longest coastline?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
35 degree
Andhra Pradesh
Albert Einstein
26. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?
2:3161
Lobsang Sangay
Motion Picture
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
27. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Art and architecture
Bleaching powder
Kerala
28. On which date Quit India Day comes?
Rajasthan
9th August
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
95th
29. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Sunita Williams
Japan
55th rank
Khadakvasla
30. Who founded the Saka Era?
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Shobha De
Lala Lajpat Rai
Kanishka
31. What was the old name of Indonesia?
Ripon
Dutch East Indies
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
China
32. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
W.C Bannerjee
Nek Chand
New Agra Fort
Maharashtra
33. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?
Bangalore
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Nitrogen
Mosley
34. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Mathura
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Mary Kom
Algernon Sidney
35. Who is called Father of English Poetry?
Amitabh Ghosh
Hockey
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Chaucer
36. Who was the first woman to go in space?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Speaker
Valentina Tereshkova
Roentgen
37. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Hampi
Shockley
Contingency Fund of India
Prof. V.N Datta
38. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?
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39. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
India
40. Who discovered blood grouping?
8th September
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
G.V. Mavalankar
Landsteiner
41. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Director General Anil Kaushik
Gujarat
Eagle
Rabindra Nath Tagore
42. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
8th October
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Concave mirror
69 miles
43. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Abul Kalam Azad
Karashapana
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Governor
44. Who is the author of novel 'The White Tiger'?
Aravind Adiga
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Rs 270
Planning Commission
45. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Samudragupta
Motion Picture
Kerala
Golconda
46. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Rajasthan
Hockey
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
47. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
1st December
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
4 minutes
48. Who is the author of 'Tarikh-i-Alai' containing the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Rs 270
Amir Khusrau
49. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?
4 minutes
God particle or Higgs Boson
Churchill
Aung San Suu Kyi
50. Which is the largest desert in India?
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
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
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Maharaja Hari Singh