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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
M.N Roy62
Raja Ravi Varma
26th January
2. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died in 2008 were famous in which field?
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Playwright
Darsheel Safary
Four lions
3. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?
New Agra Fort
India
Tamil Nadu
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
4. In which Amendment Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights?
Bobby Jindal
Palk Strait
Japan
Forty-fourth Amendment
5. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Contingency Fund of India
The Delhi Metro
Jonas Salk
22nd April
6. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Jana Gana Mana
1st December
Jayadeva
Japan
7. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Saka era
China
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
8. 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
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Mathura
9. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?
Sunil Gavaskar
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Washing soda
Sodium
10. Where is Sun Temple situated?
Mary Kom
M.N Roy62
Konark
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
11. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?
Martin Luther King
Shiv Prasad Singh
Standard time of the country138
2nd April - 2011
12. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?
The Delhi Metro
Martin Luther King
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.
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
13. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
55th rank
Rabindranath Tagore
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
14. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
Hyderabad
Oxygen and acetylene
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Curiosity
15. When is the World Population Day observed?
Gujarat
New Agra Fort
11th July
Dance
16. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
Kapil Dev
Alexander Fleming
Equator
Music
17. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Dr. F.G.Banting
4 minutes
Saka era
18. 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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19. Who is the man popularly kwown as Gurudev?
162
Marie Curie
Rabindranath Tagore147
30th January
20. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?
8th September
15th March
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
$46 - 00011
21. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
Mundak Upanishad
Nitrogen
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
22. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
8
Nitrogen
J.B.Say
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
23. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Mohammad Iqbal
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Mussoorie
Mary Kom
24. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
Madhya Pradesh
Razia Sultana
Samudragupta
15th August167
25. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?
28th February
Galileo
12th January
John Keats
26. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
Ashoka
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Sriharikota
New Agra Fort
27. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
Rocky Marciano
Speaker
Aravind Adiga
Gwalior Gharana
28. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?
Bangalore
Cavendish
Alexander Fleming
Shiv Prasad Singh
29. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
Lead
14th November
Milkha Singh
Governor
30. Who elects the Vice President of India?
Ashoka
1st May164
2
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
31. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Methane
INS Vikrant55
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
32. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
South Kolkata
Trivandrum
Arundhati Roy
Sarojini Naidu
33. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Yousuf Raza Gillani
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Jonathan Swift
34. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Kho-Kho
162
35. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
State Bank of India
USA
Jawaharlal Nehru
36. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?
Protecting Flora and Fauna
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.)
Sonepur (Bihar )
China
37. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
5 hours 30 minutes
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Tamil Nadu
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
38. Who invented the steam engine?
Vande Mataram
Indra Sinha64
Andhra Pradesh
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
39. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?
6-14 years
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Strait of Gibraltar
40. Which is the Garden City of India?
Andhra Pradesh
Bangalore
In Samba
Herodotus
41. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Genetically Modified Crops.
Akbar
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Tamil Nadu
42. Which is the largest populated state in India?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Rabindranath Tagore
Trivandrum
Uttar Pradesh
43. Who invented the mercury thermometer?
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
Sarojini Naidu
Hockey
Galileo
44. Name the gases used in different types of welding?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
J.B.Say
Oxygen and acetylene
Thailand
45. Which state has maximum density of canals?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Valentina Tereshkova
24th May
Uttar Pradesh
46. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?
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47. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
Marie Curie
Khushwant Singh
23rd April
Hamid Ansari
48. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
Speaker
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
H.P.S Ahluwalia
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
49. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
W.C Bannerjee
Mary Kom
Bromine
8th September
50. What is the maximum period of gap between any two sessions of the Indian Parliament?
6-14 years
11th May
John Ruskin
Six months