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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?
9th August
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Madhya Pradesh
New Agra Fort

2. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Finland
Vocal Music
Saeed Mirza

3. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Torricelli
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
7th April

4. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
J.B.Say
Maharashtra
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Stainless steel

5. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Shobha De
Galileo
William Wordsworth

6. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Jane Austen
Swarajya Party
Mehbooba Mufti
Playwright

7. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
India Museum at Kolkata
Nayantara Sahgal
Johann Gregor Mendel
German

8. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
In Samba
Kanishka
U.K

9. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?
2nd April - 2011
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Four lions
H.P.S Ahluwalia

10. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Mumbai
Chaucer
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)

11. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?
Forty-fourth Amendment
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)

12. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Stupa
Madhya Pradesh
10th December
Chadwick

13. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?

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14. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
Mundak Upanishad
Director General Anil Kaushik
Mehbooba Mufti
S. Radhakrishnan

15. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Sitar
Hyderabad

16. Why sky appears to be blue?
July - 1947
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Anita Desai
Kalpakkam

17. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Dumping
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Kapil Dev
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

18. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
Kushinagar
Silver
Contingency Fund of India
12th January

19. Who is the World Player of Year?
Vadodara
India
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Bangalore

20. Where in Delhi a bomb hidden in briefcase exploded killing 11 persons and injuring 47 in the worst attack in India's capital in 3 years in 2011?

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21. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?
5
Allauddin Khilji
July - 1947
Mohammad Iqbal

22. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Michael Phelps
Mahatma Gandhi
Carbon dioxide

23. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
Cyrus Mistry
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
India Museum at Kolkata
UK

24. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?
M.N Roy62
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Golconda
Baby Nargis

25. Which is the largest dome in India?
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.)
Shobha De
28th February
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur

26. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
55th rank
Khushwant Singh
Kolkata
7th April

27. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Because the solids have high elasticity.
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.

28. Which is the largest lake in India?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Ripon
Palk Strait
Sri Lanka

29. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?
E.G.Otis
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Bombay

30. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Mussoorie
Uttarakhand
Sidney Sheldon
Concave lens

31. What is the new name of Burma?
Aravind Adiga
Vidya Balan
Myanmar
Cavendish

32. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
V.S Naipaul
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Mumbai
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana

33. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?
Madhya Pradesh
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
When sun is above the equator
10th December

34. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Hyderabad

35. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
1911133
24
Das Kapital

36. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Lobsang Sangay
The Rajya Sabha
24th February

37. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Sodium
Hyderabad
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas

38. Who discovered neutron?
Jyoti Amge
Galileo
The Bering Strait
Chadwick

39. Which is the largest populated state in India?
Rahul Banerjee (archery ) - Preeja Sreedharan (athletics) - Vikas Gowda (athletics) - Jwala Gutta(badminton) - M Suranjoy Singh(boxing) - Zaheer Khan (cricket) - Sunil Chhetri(football) - Ashish Kumar (gymnastics) - Rajpal Singh (hockey) - Ra
Edison
New Agra Fort
Uttar Pradesh

40. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Playwright
Sushil Kumar
Lobsang Sangay

41. Who discovered photoelectric effect?
Albert Einstein
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Chandragupta-II

42. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?
Maharashtra
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
2:4
11th May

43. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Art and architecture
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Zinc
Angle between the horizon and the equator

44. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Mumbai
Is a herbal formulation of 10 selected herbs known to have adaptogenic properties. It helps to improve the physical and mental performance by increasing blood oxygenation and reducing low density lipoproteins and cholesterol.
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.

45. Name the person who has set a new Guinness record of being the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon in Toronto?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
M. Narasimhan
The President
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.

46. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
Jane Austen
Arthur Conan Doyle
Painting
Param Vir Chakra

47. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Trivandrum
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.)

48. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?
90 degrees
1st December
The Lok Sabha
Due to radiation

49. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?
Arundhati Roy
24
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland

50. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Second Battle of Tarain
Three Decades in Parliament
Darsheel Safary