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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Dr. F.G.Banting
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Jhumpa Lahiri
Saka era
2. From which mines was the famous Kohinoor diamond produced?
2G spectrum scam
Golconda
Dance
Gol Gumbaz
3. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
South Africa
Lobsang Sangay
Torricelli
4. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
Harshavardhana
Genetically Modified Crops.
27th September
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
5. Which is largest state of India?
Amitabh Ghosh
Rajasthan
Motion Picture
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
6. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
G.V. Mavalankar
Performax
Mahatma Gandhi
Jan 26 - 1950134
7. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Johannes Kepler
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
8. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
Dr. F.G.Banting
Neil Armstrong
2G spectrum scam
South Kolkata
9. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?
E.G.Otis
Darsheel Safary
Michael Phelps
Nitrous oxide
10. For what is Bijapur known?
1949
14th November
Gol Gumbaz
Allahabad Pillar inscription
11. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
New Agra Fort
12. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Golconda
Sodium
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Himachal Pradesh
13. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?
Maharashtra
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Hyderabad
Hampi
14. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Param Vir Chakra
India and China
Japan
15. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?
Kulandei Francis
Edison
The Delhi Metro
Carbon dioxide
16. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Tamil Nadu
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
17. Which is the longest river of India?
Will pass through Equator
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
Ganga
18. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?
E.G.Otis
Genetically Modified Crops.
Jawaharlal Nehru
8th October
19. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
In front of New Delhi's High Court
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
5 hours 30 minutes
20. Which is the largest river island in India?
The Lok Sabha
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
26th January
Vidya Balan
21. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
In front of New Delhi's High Court
5th June
Motion Picture
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
22. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Sitar
J.L.Baird
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
23. Who is the renowned flute player?
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Lobsang Sangay
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
24. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?
Rahul Dravid
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
V. Anand
Cyrus Mistry
25. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Carbon dioxide
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Bromine
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
26. What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?
Japan
Later Vedic Age
Four lions
Jama Masjid
27. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Samudragupta
Chandrayaan
Silicon
28. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?
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29. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Leo Tolstoy
Jamaica
Sushil Kumar
Iodine
30. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?
Edison
Bangalore
Aravind Adiga
M.N Roy62
31. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
Nitrogen
India
Stupa
Jules Verne
32. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Methane - butane and propane
30th January
New Delhi
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
33. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
Lead
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Jonathan Swift
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
34. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Music
Indra Sinha64
22nd April
35. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Indra Sinha64
Mathura
Sonepur (Bihar )
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
36. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Due to radiation
Dumping
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
37. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?
Journalism
5th September
Mahatma Gandhi
India
38. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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39. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Mosley
Uttar Pradesh
Jonathan Swift
40. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?
Aravind Adiga
Chandragupta Maurya
Milkha Singh
162
41. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?
Leh
Narendra Modi government
China
Vocal Music
42. Who won the silver medal in 66 Kg wrestling and is the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals?
Forty-fourth Amendment
Stainless steel
Journalism
Sushil Kumar
43. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?
Shobha De
8th October
24th May
2:4
44. Who was the first recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding?
The Lok Sabha
Martin Luther King
Dadabhai Naoroji
7th April
45. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?
Sunil Gavaskar
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
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2nd April - 2011
46. Name the largest oil refinery of India?
Six months
Vadodara
Jonas Salk
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
47. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?
10th October
Julang-2
Painting
London
48. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
Ripon
5th September
18th April
27th September
49. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Madhya Pradesh
Sodium
Nitrogen
Gujarat
50. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Sukumar Sen
Karashapana
Mundak Upanishad
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan