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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?
Dance
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Gujarat
2. Who discovered X-Ray?
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Roentgen
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
3. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
15th January
H.P.S Ahluwalia
4. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
Sitar
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Mussoorie
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
5. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
India and Pakistan
W.C Bannerjee
Journalism
At the center of earth
6. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Jan 26 - 1950134
Sitar
Uttar Pradesh
7. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
Gwalior Gharana
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Shobha De
1.34 millions
8. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?
Indra Sinha64
Graphite
Painting
Fatehpur Sikri
9. What is the new name of Burma?
Myanmar
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Shockley
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
10. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Chandrayaan
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Mary Kom
Tamil Nadu
11. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Saka era
24th October
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
1.34 millions
12. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?
Jonathan Swift
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Johannes Kepler
13. Which is the largest delta in India?
Only the first stanza
Sunderbans delta
India and China
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
14. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?
Chadwick
Narendra Modi government
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Abul Kalam Azad
15. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?
M. Narasimhan
Mumbai
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
16. When comes the World Disabled Day?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Jai Samhita
Nitrous oxide
15th March
17. Who founded the Saka Era?
Jonathan Swift
Kanishka
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
18. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?
Dutch East Indies
Allauddin Khilji
Khadakvasla
Maharashtra
19. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
Hyderabad
Bengali
Only the first stanza
Sitar
20. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Mahatma Gandhi
1953
Yamuna
21. What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?
Four lions
15th January
Sriharikota
Rabindranath Tagore
22. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?
Krishna
Ganga
Dadabhai Naoroji
Year of Disabled Soldiers
23. What are GM Crops?
Speaker
Genetically Modified Crops.
Sachin Tendulkar
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
24. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
Hindukush
Sodium
Kolkata
35 degree
25. How 4G services will hit the country in 2012?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
18th December
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.
Cyrus Mistry
26. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Saeed Mirza
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
27. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?
Alexander Graham Bell
Kerala
5th September
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
28. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?
Firozeshah Tughluq
Mahatma Gandhi
Amitabh Ghosh
Ashoka
29. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
Khadakvasla
Perpendicular to each other
Heavy water
UK
30. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?
2nd April - 2011
Maharashtra
Nayantara Sahgal
Michael Phelps
31. Who invented the television?
Hyderabad
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
J.L.Baird
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
32. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Khushwant Singh
Madhya Pradesh
11th May
33. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?
Hindukush
Nitrous oxide
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
34. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?
Swarajya Party
Mathura
Hyderabad
Ludhiana
35. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Odisha
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Khushwant Singh
Amitabh Ghosh
36. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?
Navtej Saran
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The Reserve Bank of India
Kapil Dev
37. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Mundak Upanishad
38. For what was Ashoka famous?
Oxygen and acetylene
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Valentina Tereshkova
Playwright
39. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Arundhati Roy
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Sachin Tendulkar
Contingency Fund of India
40. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Sachin Tendulkar
22nd April
Sunil Gavaskar
41. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
God particle or Higgs Boson
Albert Einstein
Sitar
27th September
42. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Shiv Prasad Singh
Finland
INS Vikrant55
Lobsang Sangay
43. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
24th May
18th April
44. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
The Reserve Bank of India
2:4
W.C Bannerjee
Dehradun
45. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
Vasudeva
South Kolkata
Eagle
Diffusion
46. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Mahatma Gandhi
Narmada and Japti
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
Landsteiner
47. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
18th December
Nitrous oxide
Sidney Sheldon
Saka era
48. Who is known as Nightingale of India?
Chandrayaan
Governor
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Sarojini Naidu
49. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?
Kanishka
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Hyderabad
Anita Desai
50. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Lobsang Sangay
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Guru Gobind Singh
M.N Roy62