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1. Who discovered blood grouping?
Due to radiation
William Wordsworth
Florence Nightingale
Landsteiner
2. Who invented the mercury thermometer?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Galileo
Ujjain
3. Why sky appears to be blue?
Ganga
30th January
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Maharashtra
4. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Palk Strait
Japan
1st May164
5. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
Mundak Upanishad
J.B.Say
2:4
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
6. 'A Voice of Freedom' is a book written by whom?
Nayantara Sahgal
1st May164
Rabindra Nath Tagore
9th August
7. Name the smallest neighbour of India?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
20th March
Landsteiner
Eagle
8. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
Johann Gregor Mendel
Jules Verne
Saeed Mirza
14th November
9. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Punjab
Julang-2
15th January
Mehbooba Mufti
10. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?
Sachin Tendulkar
Palk Strait
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
The President
11. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
E.G.Otis
Shimla and Hamirpur
12. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
Due to radiation
11th May
Jules Verne
Greeks
13. How many lines are there in latitude and longitude?
Rahul Dravid
Vasudeva
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
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.
14. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
Kerala
E.G.Otis
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Shiv Prasad Singh
15. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
Dumping
Shiv Prasad Singh
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
The President
16. Who is the author of the book 'Unto the Last' which influenced Gandhi ji?
John Ruskin
Maharashtra
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Second Battle of Tarain
17. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Rs 270
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Sri Lanka
18. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
24th February
U.K
Manipur54
Nek Chand
19. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
India and Pakistan
The President
V.S Naipaul
20. Who discovered insulin?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Dr. F.G.Banting
Chandragupta
Finland
21. Who is called Father of English Poetry?
Rabindranath Tagore
Aravind Adiga
Chaucer
Edison
22. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?
26 years and 9 months
Longitudinal position
26th January
8
23. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
London
At the center of earth
Ripon
24. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Abhinav Bindra
Mumbai
UK
Will pass through Equator
25. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?
Kathak
Mohammad bin Kasim
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Rabindranath Tagore
26. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Amjad Ali Khan
Mohammad Iqbal
Landsteiner
8th October
27. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
German
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Akhilesh Yadav
Palk Strait
28. Which is the largest desert in India?
Lead
Anita Desai
Uttar Pradesh
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
29. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?
India Museum at Kolkata
Bombay
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Music
30. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
INS Vikrant55
15th August167
Heavy water
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
31. Which is largest state of India?
Oxygen and acetylene
Assam
Rajasthan
Amjad Ali Khan
32. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
Samuel Morse
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Jonathan Swift
In Samba
33. When comes the World Disabled Day?
15th March
Vocal Music
Longitudinal position
Vidya Balan
34. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Sitar
Kho-Kho
Mohammad Iqbal
Abul Kalam Azad
35. Name the largest oil refinery of India?
95th
Vadodara
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Jai Samhita
36. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?
India and Pakistan
Prof. V.N Datta
Razia Sultana
Gwalior Gharana
37. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?
Saka era
23rd April
8th September
Prime Minister
38. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?
Palk Strait
Konark
Razia Sultana
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
39. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?
1953
Samar Guha
Torricelli
Krishna
40. Who discovered the electric lamp?
Jan 26 - 1950134
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Karashapana
Edison
41. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?
Tamil Nadu
26th January
Vishnu Sharma
G.V. Mavalankar
42. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?
Chilka lake (Orissa )
8
Stainless steel
Year of Disabled Soldiers
43. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?
Finland
Silver
Graphite
Samuel Morse
44. What was the old name of Indonesia?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Dutch East Indies
Sushil Kumar
Samuel Morse
45. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?
Bobby Jindal
10th October
USA
Sarojini Naidu
46. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?
Anita Desai
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Ashoka
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
47. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Euclid
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Robert Watson Watt
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
48. Watches of a country is set according to what time?
Nikolaus Otto
Journalism
Standard time of the country138
Razia Sultana
49. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?
50. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?
Infinite
Concave lens
E.M Forster
Maharaja Hari Singh