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1. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
Kerala
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Hyderabad
Jagannath
2. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?
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3. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Kushinagar
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
6 months
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
4. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Bleaching powder
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
2:3161
5. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Director General Anil Kaushik
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Due to radiation
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
6. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
Shobha De
31st May
Samuel Morse
Konark
7. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
Martin Luther King
Rajasthan
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
8. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
24
Later Vedic Age
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Churchill
9. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
Mumbai
New Agra Fort
W.C Bannerjee
29th August
10. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?
Amir Khusru
Concave mirror
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Mohammad bin Kasim
11. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Saka era
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
12. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
Mehbooba Mufti
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Because the solids have high elasticity.
16th October
13. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Gwalior Gharana
Vasudeva
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Year of Disabled Soldiers
14. Who invented the mercury thermometer?
In front of New Delhi's High Court
24
26th January
Galileo
15. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Andhra Pradesh
Jhumpa Lahiri
16. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
1st May164
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Will pass through Equator
Kerala
17. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
U.K
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Krishna
18. What was the old name of Indonesia?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Dutch East Indies
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Valentina Tereshkova
19. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Mundak Upanishad
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
20. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
Landsteiner
Uttar Pradesh
Art and architecture
Pakistan and Afghanistan
21. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Alexander Graham Bell
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
22. Who wrote the book 'A Passage To India'?
Kanishka
State Bank of India
E.M Forster
Nikolaus Otto
23. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
Tamil Nadu
Concave lens
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
5th April
24. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
The Reserve Bank of India
4 minutes
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
The number of persons per square kilometre.
25. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?
Jamaica
Hunting
Uttarakhand
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
26. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?
Dehradun
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Su-Kam Power Systems
Gujarat
27. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?
Nek Chand
Vice President of India
The number of persons per square kilometre.
23rd December
28. How is population density in India defined?
Only the first stanza
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Param Vir Chakra
26th January
29. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
Landsteiner
S. Radhakrishnan
Heavy water
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
30. What is Ayush treatment?
Rahul Dravid
29th August
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Gota in Sweden
31. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?
Roger Federer
In front of New Delhi's High Court
90 degree
Yousuf Raza Gillani
32. Who is the author of novel 'The White Tiger'?
Due to radiation
Aravind Adiga
Mary Kom
Carbon dioxide
33. Which is largest man made lake in India?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Jaipur
USA
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
34. Whose name is associated with the council of the 'Nine Gems'?
Allauddin Khilji
Chandragupta-II
Playwright
Roger Federer
35. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?
Anita Desai
Raja Ravi Varma
Vishnu Sharma
J.L.Baird
36. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?
China
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
24
37. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Uttarakhand
Dr. F.G.Banting
Heavy water
Vasudeva
38. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
Lawn Tennis153
India and Pakistan
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.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
39. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
Das Kapital
5th September
Shimla and Hamirpur
Rocky Marciano
40. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?
USA
Jawaharlal Nehru
8
2
41. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?
Andhra Pradesh
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
42. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Rajasthan
Leo Tolstoy
Stupa
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
43. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?
Mosley
Karashapana
Carbon dioxide
Performax
44. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?
Hamid Ansari
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Gol Gumbaz
Mundak Upanishad
45. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
It loses one day
90 degree
Anna Hazare
2nd April - 2011
46. 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?
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
The Bering Strait
162
Silicon
47. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
24th May
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Sri Lanka
7th April
48. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?
German
Khushwant Singh
Madhya Pradesh
Anita Desai
49. Who is the renowned flute player?
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Rajasthan
50. Which is the largest planetarium in India?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
2:4
Kolkata
24th October