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1. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
4 minutes
Raja Ravi Varma
29th August
Gwalior Gharana
2. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?
Jules Verne
Marie Curie
Kerala
Football
3. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
5th April
Michael Phelps
Art and architecture
4. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
Narmada and Japti
Prime Minister
Hampi
28th February
5. Who is vice President of India?
Robert Watson Watt
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Chandragupta
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
6. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Harshavardhana
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Roentgen
7. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Rabindranath Tagore
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Sri Lanka
Kiran Bedi
8. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Khushwant Singh
Kushans
Angle between the horizon and the equator
9. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
8th May
Madhya Pradesh
Chadwick
10. What is AERE?
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11. On which date Quit India Day comes?
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
William Shakespeare151
Ashoka
9th August
12. When comes National Postal Day in India?
10th October
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Leh
Increases
13. 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?
18th December
162
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
Florence Nightingale
14. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
69 miles
German
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gol Gumbaz
15. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?
Amjad Ali Khan
31st May
India and Pakistan
The Lok Sabha
16. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
8th September
Nitrogen
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
17. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Karashapana
Protecting Flora and Fauna
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
18. Who discovered neutron?
Chandragupta Maurya
Chadwick
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
19. When is World Food Day observed?
Iodine
J.L.Baird
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
16th October
20. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Motion Picture
Palk Strait
U.K
21. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
Washing soda
Hockey
11th May
Demand deposits
22. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
Rocky Marciano
Mussoorie
Zinc
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
23. Kanchipuram is in which state?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Bangalore
Tamil Nadu
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
24. Who discovered X-Ray?
Curiosity
Silver
Chandragupta
Roentgen
25. Where is Sun Temple situated?
Odisha
Konark
Genetically Modified Crops.
Maharaja Hari Singh
26. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
8th October
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Das Kapital
27. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
South Kolkata
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Kanishka
28. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Mumbai
Kapil Dev
Jagannath
29. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Director General Anil Kaushik
Jayadeva
Maharashtra
30. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
90 degrees
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Rs 270
31. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
William Wordsworth
Thailand
Infinite
H.P.S Ahluwalia
32. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?
Later Vedic Age
Nitrogen
The Lok Sabha
Silver
33. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Torricelli
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Jules Verne
Forty-fourth Amendment
34. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?
Samudragupta
Kerala
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
35. Which is the largest auditorium in India?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Jawaharlal Nehru
2nd April - 2011
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
36. Who introduced the market regulations in India in ancient period?
Mohammad bin Kasim
Thailand
Sidney Sheldon
Allauddin Khilji
37. Which state has maximum density of canals?
Allauddin Khilji
9th August
Uttar Pradesh
Hyderabad
38. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Mundak Upanishad
Sodium
Prime Minister
Three Decades in Parliament
39. Which is largest man made lake in India?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Prime Minister
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Bobby Jindal
40. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?
2:4
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
New Agra Fort
41. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
Sonepur (Bihar )
29th August
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Mary Kom
42. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
Chaucer
Sunil Gavaskar
Sushil Kumar
Roger Federer
43. Who composed our National song?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Myanmar
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
$46 - 00011
44. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Tamil Nadu
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
The Delhi Metro
45. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?
Equator
Ganga
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
46. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Kho-Kho
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ludhiana
47. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?
Sodium
V. Anand
South Africa
Six months
48. What is proxy voting?
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Infinite
Due to radiation
49. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Baby Nargis
Jonathan Swift
50. When is International Labour Day observed?
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Palk Strait
Hyderabad
1st May164