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1. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?






2. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?






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






4. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?






5. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?






6. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?






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






8. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?






9. When is the UN Day observed?






10. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?






11. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?






12. On what occasion Bihar got its own state anthem and state prayer whose CD's were released by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?






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






14. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?






15. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?






16. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?






17. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?






18. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?






19. Which is the Garden City of India?






20. Who is the World Player of Year?






21. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?






22. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?






23. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?






24. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?






25. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?






26. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?






27. Name the metal present in photo films?






28. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?






29. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?






30. Who wrote our National Anthem?






31. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?






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






33. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?






34. Who invented the television?






35. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?






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






37. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?






38. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?






39. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?






40. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?






41. Where is the World's largest ship canal?






42. Which is the largest populated state in India?






43. Name the metal used in storage batteries?






44. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?






45. What is proxy voting?






46. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?






47. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?






48. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?






49. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?






50. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?