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1. Who is the World Player of Year?






2. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?






3. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?






4. Who wrote Panchatantra?






5. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?






6. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?






7. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?






8. Greenwich mean time (GMT) is the standard time of which country?






9. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?






10. Who is the first Indian male shuttler to reach Olympic quarters?






11. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?






12. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?






13. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?






14. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?






15. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?






16. World Aids Day falls on which date?






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






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






19. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?






20. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?






21. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?






22. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?






23. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?






24. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?






25. Watches of a country is set according to what time?






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






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






28. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?






29. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?






30. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?






31. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?






32. What is the estimated premature deaths caused annually by outdoor air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried out by World Health Organisation in Sept. - 2011?






33. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?






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






35. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?






36. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?






37. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?






38. Who is President of India?






39. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?






40. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?






41. Where is Elephant Pass located?






42. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?






43. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?






44. Name the gases used in different types of welding?






45. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?






46. Who invented the telegraphic code?






47. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?






48. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?






49. Which metal is kept under kerosine?






50. On which day International Women's Day observed?