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1. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
Bengali
23rd December
The Reserve Bank of India
Raja Ravi Varma

2. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
Mahatma Gandhi
Maharashtra
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Gagan Narang

3. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
26 years and 9 months
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Sri Lanka
Only the first stanza

4. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Edison
2nd April - 2011
Methane - butane and propane

5. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
Mussoorie
Infinite
New Delhi
2:4

6. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?

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7. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Hamid Ansari
69 miles
New Agra Fort

8. When is World Food Day observed?
16th October
Karashapana
Mohammad bin Kasim
Nek Chand

9. Who is called 'Grand Old Man of India'?
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.)
Dadabhai Naoroji
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

10. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Sidney Sheldon
Chandragupta-II
Bobby Jindal

11. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?
Football
15th January
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.

12. Who is called Father of English Poetry?
Julang-2
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Chaucer
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush

13. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Jane Austen
5th April
24

14. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Hunting
V. Anand
Dumping
State Bank of India

15. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Mathura
Sitar

16. 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?
24
Ashoka
Uttar Pradesh
The Delhi Metro

17. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
State Bank of India
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)

18. Which is the largest cave in India?
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
J.L.Baird

19. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
M. Narasimhan
1st December
Third century B.C

20. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?
The Lok Sabha
1.34 millions
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Stainless steel

21. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Swarajya Party
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Protecting Flora and Fauna

22. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?
Ujjain
Mundak Upanishad
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Maharashtra

23. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Arthur Conan Doyle
14th November
Baby Nargis

24. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Prof. V.N Datta
Japan

25. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Second Battle of Tarain
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Saint Cathadral (Goa )

26. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Marie Curie
Michael Phelps
Edison
Nek Chand

27. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Mundak Upanishad
Assam
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush

28. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Hyderabad
Sarojini Naidu
Gujarat

29. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?
Zinc
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
South Kolkata
Jama Masjid

30. Who discovered Penicillin?
Tamil Nadu
Alexander Fleming
6 months
Director General Anil Kaushik

31. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?
Palk Strait
Infinite
Madhya Pradesh
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)

32. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
5
Hampi

33. Who said 'Child is the father of Man'?
Stupa
Maharashtra
William Wordsworth
Arthur Conan Doyle

34. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
The President
Chandragupta Maurya
Sitar
Jane Austen

35. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Bromine
Three Decades in Parliament
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Leo Tolstoy

36. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Abhinav Bindra
Thailand
India and Pakistan
Kathak

37. Vocalist Rahamat Khan belongs to which Gharana?
J.L.Baird
Gwalior Gharana
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)

38. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?
Roger Federer
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Perpendicular to each other
J.L.Baird

39. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?
Madhya Pradesh
Infinite
Kulandei Francis
Kerala

40. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
Landsteiner
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Jonathan Swift
5th September

41. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Roger Federer
Jonathan Swift
Methane - butane and propane
Tamil Nadu

42. World Aids Day falls on which date?
1st December
5th September
Director General Anil Kaushik
Chandragupta

43. Which is the largest museum in India?
E.M Forster
Contingency Fund of India
India Museum at Kolkata
Samuel Morse

44. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made?
Mary Kom
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Michael Phelps
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.

45. Kanchipuram is in which state?
6 months
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister

46. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Jama Masjid
China
8th September

47. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
Samuel Morse
Washing soda
5th April
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139

48. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Saeed Mirza
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
The Delhi Metro

49. The Prime Minister is chairman of this
Planning Commission
Thailand
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)

50. Who is the renowned flute player?
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
UK
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Rajasthan