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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. Who invented the lift?






2. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?






3. In which century did Ashoka reign?






4. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?






5. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?






6. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?






7. What will be the new name of West Bengal?






8. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?






9. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?






10. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?






11. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?






12. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?






13. Which country is the second largest producer of sugar?






14. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?






15. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?






16. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?






17. Name one famous Sarod player?






18. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?






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






20. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?






21. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?






22. Which state of India has highest production of tea?






23. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?






24. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?






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






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






27. Which is our National song?






28. Where is Char Minar located?






29. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?






30. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?






31. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?






32. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?






33. Who invented the television?






34. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?






35. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?






36. How water in earthen pots remain cool?






37. Which village of Andhra Pradesh may be sitting over one of the world's largest uranium reserves?






38. Which is the largest delta in India?






39. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?






40. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?






41. Which is the largest river delta of India?






42. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?






43. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?






44. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?






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






46. When comes the World Environment Day?






47. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?






48. Who discovered insulin?






49. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?






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