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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. Which river is related to Nagarjun Sagar Project?






2. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?






3. When is Earth Day observed?






4. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?






5. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?






6. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?






7. Which is the largest dome in India?






8. Name the smallest neighbour of India?






9. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?






10. Which country is the second largest producer of sugar?






11. When is International Labour Day observed?






12. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?






13. Where is Char Minar located?






14. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?






15. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?






16. Who discovered insulin?






17. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?






18. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?






19. When an open bottle of scent is kept at one corner due to which phenomenon its fragrance is found in whole room?






20. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?






21. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?






22. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?






23. Vocalist Rahamat Khan belongs to which Gharana?






24. How water in earthen pots remain cool?






25. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






26. Who invented transistor?






27. Who is going to receive highest US award?






28. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?






29. Who was the first recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding?






30. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?






31. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?






32. Which gas is called laughing gas?






33. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?






34. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?






35. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?






36. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?






37. Which is largest man made lake in India?






38. Which is the largest cave in India?






39. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?






40. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?






41. Who wrote 'One Day Wonders'?






42. Who wrote Panchatantra?






43. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?






44. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?






45. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?






46. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?






47. Where is National School of Mines located?






48. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?






49. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?






50. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?