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1. How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?






2. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?






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






4. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?






5. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?






6. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?






7. Who is known as Father of Geometry?






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






9. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?






10. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?






11. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?






12. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?






13. Which is the largest populated state in India?






14. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?






15. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?






16. When comes National Postal Day in India?






17. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?






18. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?






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






20. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?






21. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?






22. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?






23. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?






24. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?






25. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?






26. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?






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






28. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?






29. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?






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






31. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?






32. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?






33. Who wrote Panchatantra?






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






35. Who discovered insulin?






36. 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?






37. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?






38. What is AERE?

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






40. What is the new name of Burma?






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






42. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?






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






44. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?






45. Who is known as Nightingale of India?






46. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?






47. Which is largest river without delta in India?






48. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died in 2008 were famous in which field?






49. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?






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