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1. Who invented the television?
J.L.Baird
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Ludhiana
Mary Kom
2. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?
Ganga
Silicon
Ludhiana
Saka era
3. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Journalism
Chandragupta
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
4. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Kushinagar
The Lok Sabha
Lala Lajpat Rai
Trivandrum
5. With which cells scientists for the first time have developed bone?
Valentina Tereshkova
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.)
Bengali
Lead
6. Name the book which has collection of speeches of N.G Ranga?
16th October
162
Three Decades in Parliament
Four lions
7. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
5th April
Chandragupta Maurya
14th November
Navtej Saran
8. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?
Anna Hazare
Oxygen and acetylene
Himachal Pradesh
Palk Strait
9. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?
Konark
Raja Ravi Varma
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
10. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Music
Hyderabad
Vasudeva
11. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?
Aravind Adiga
Tamil Nadu
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Satyendra Nath Bose
12. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?
13. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
Anita Desai
5
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Dance
14. Who won the silver medal in 66 Kg wrestling and is the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals?
It loses one day
Amir Khusrau
Sushil Kumar
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
15. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?
G.V. Mavalankar
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Sukumar Sen
Chandragupta Maurya
16. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Bamiyan
Nek Chand
Sri Lanka
Hockey
17. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Samar Guha
18. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Sarojini Naidu
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Cyrus Mistry
Leo Tolstoy
19. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Abhinav Bindra
20. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?
Playwright
The Bering Strait
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.
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
21. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
India and Pakistan
Jan 26 - 1950134
Fatehpur Sikri
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
22. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Sriharikota
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Art and architecture
Leh
23. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
S. Radhakrishnan
Mehbooba Mufti
Sukumar Sen
Kalpakkam
24. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
6 months
Heavy water
Maharashtra
Gagan Narang (shooter)
25. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?
Chandragupta-II
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Painting
Diffusion
26. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Kanishka
Finland
27. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
Parupalli Kashyap
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
God particle or Higgs Boson
Maharashtra
28. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Amitabh Bachchan
Navtej Saran
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Diffusion
29. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?
Methane - butane and propane
11th May
Albert Einstein
8th March
30. Which country is the world's largest recipient of arms?
Krishna
Chandragupta Maurya
India
Allauddin Khilji
31. What is the upper house of parliament known as?
31st May
Concave lens
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
The Rajya Sabha
32. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?
Johannes Kepler
Amitabh Bachchan
Washing soda
30th January
33. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
Sitar
Perpendicular to each other
Lawn Tennis153
Graphite
34. Who wrote the first history book?
Churchill
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Playwright
Herodotus
35. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Dilip Kumar
Dumping
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Uttar Pradesh
36. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?
Eagle
Himachal Pradesh
Performax
5th September
37. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?
Punjab
7th April
Indians
New Delhi
38. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Sodium
6-14 years
N.E. Borlaug
39. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?
German
Concave mirror
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sukumar Sen
40. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
Chandragupta Maurya
Palk Strait
Infinite
State Bank of India
41. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Sriharikota
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Himachal Pradesh
24th May
42. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
When sun is above the equator
Baby Nargis
Planning Commission
Director General Anil Kaushik
43. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Japan
Madhya Pradesh
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
44. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?
Kathak
5th September
Sitar
Su-Kam Power Systems
45. On globe - the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?
Jawaharlal Nehru
90 degrees
Mohammad bin Kasim
London
46. On which day International Women's Day observed?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
8th March
UK
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
47. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
24th May
Maharashtra
Gujarat
48. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?
250th anniversary
Gol Gumbaz
Mehbooba Mufti
Oxygen and acetylene
49. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Madhya Pradesh
Because the solids have high elasticity.
The President
Razia Sultana
50. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Dadabhai Naoroji
Navtej Saran
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.