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1. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?
Indra Sinha64
German
Concave mirror
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
2. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?
Param Vir Chakra
23rd April
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Jhumpa Lahiri
3. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
Increases
Jan 26 - 1950134
Hindukush
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
4. When comes National Sports Day of India?
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Maharashtra
29th August
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
5. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
INS Vikrant55
Maharashtra
Trivandrum
6. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?
Only the first stanza
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
7. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?
E.G.Otis
2:4
Samudragupta
Jawaharlal Nehru
8. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?
Jawaharlal Nehru
8th May
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
India
9. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Playwright
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Increases
Leo Tolstoy
10. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
Uttarakhand
Thailand
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
16th October
11. Which is the largest zoo in India?
Forty-fourth Amendment
Silicon
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Param Vir Chakra
12. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Hyderabad
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Samar Guha
Ashoka
13. What is e-bomb?
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14. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?
Carbon dioxide
Raja Ravi Varma
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Kanishka
15. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
1953
Landsteiner
15th August167
Torricelli
16. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Standard time of the country138
23rd April
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
17. What will be the new name of West Bengal?
Sushil Kumar
27th September
Paschim Banga1
Diffusion
18. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Madhya Pradesh
Chandragupta Maurya
5
Bangalore
19. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Maharashtra
W.C Bannerjee
35 degree
20. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Abhinav Bindra
Rajasthan
New Delhi
Forty-fourth Amendment
21. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Gota in Sweden
Andhra Pradesh
Six months
Forty-fourth Amendment
22. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
30th January
The President
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Dadabhai Naoroji
23. Who is the author of the book 'Unto the Last' which influenced Gandhi ji?
Concave mirror
Sukumar Sen
John Ruskin
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
24. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Johann Gregor Mendel
Dumping
Shiv Prasad Singh
25. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Sukumar Sen
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
1949
Hyderabad
26. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?
Mahatma Gandhi
Chandragupta Maurya
Sodium
1953
27. Who discovered X-Ray?
Hindukush
South Kolkata
Roentgen
Gagan Narang (shooter)
28. Which is largest man made lake in India?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Bangalore
Chandrayaan
Kiran Bedi
29. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Karashapana
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Gujarat
69 miles
30. What is Dry Ice?
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
The equator
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
31. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?
Vidya Balan
Karashapana
Andhra Pradesh
Art and architecture
32. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Rajasthan
Rocky Marciano
27th September
33. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?
V. Anand
Hockey
30th January
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
34. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?
Satyendra Nath Bose
7th April
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Ujjain
35. Which is the largest planetarium in India?
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
At the center of earth
Kolkata
Kathak
36. Which is largest river without delta in India?
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Narmada and Japti
Chandragupta Maurya
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
37. What was the old name of Indonesia?
16th October
Rs 270
Dutch East Indies
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
38. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Increases
39. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
Madhya Pradesh
Dutch East Indies
Heavy water
10th October
40. What is the name of India's moon mission?
Chandrayaan
162
Vande Mataram
Tamil Nadu
41. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Iodine
Satyendra Nath Bose
Saka era
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
42. Which is the largest museum in India?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
India Museum at Kolkata
24th October
E.G.Otis
43. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Kalpakkam
Finland
Stupa
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
44. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
Allauddin Khilji
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.
Harshavardhana
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
45. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Hockey
Shobha De
Sachin Tendulkar
46. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?
Bangalore
Longitudinal position
24
Ashoka
47. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Lead
Julang-2
Kushans
48. Who invented the steam engine?
Lawn Tennis153
Rajasthan
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
49. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
Shiv Prasad Singh
In Samba
Washing soda
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
50. Who is known as Father of Geometry?
Dr. F.G.Banting
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Euclid
Hindukush