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1. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Haryana
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.
2. In which year was the National Anthem first sung?
Myanmar
Kiran Bedi
1911133
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
3. Who was the first recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
20th March
Aravind Adiga
Martin Luther King
4. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
Concave mirror
Lawn Tennis153
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Forty-fourth Amendment
5. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
7th April
Trivandrum
Ludhiana
6. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Concave mirror
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
7. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?
Mehbooba Mufti
Shobha De
Hyderabad
Indians
8. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Arthur Conan Doyle
New Delhi
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Jonathan Swift
9. Who is called 'Grand Old Man of India'?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Mahatma Gandhi
Bangalore
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
10. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
Aravind Adiga
Tamil Nadu
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
11. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Music
Mary Kom
24
State Bank of India
12. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
13. Which is the largest delta in India?
162
1st May164
Sunderbans delta
31st May
14. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
Governor
Speaker
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
India
15. Who said - 'God helps those who helps themselves'?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Krishna
Algernon Sidney
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
16. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Rs 270
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
17. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
Edison
Abul Kalam Azad
Art and architecture
Maharashtra
18. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?
Saka era
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
23rd April
Mosley
19. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Playwright
20. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Amir Khusru
Michael Phelps
Mundak Upanishad
Khushwant Singh
21. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Maharaja Hari Singh
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
5th June
22. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?
Morarji Desai
Rabindranath Tagore147
Dadabhai Naoroji
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
23. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?
Aung San Suu Kyi
Jayadeva
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Third century B.C
24. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Chilka lake (Orissa )
4 minutes
Hyderabad
25. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Hunting
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
It loses one day
26. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Michael Phelps
USA
Japan
27. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?
2:4
Prime Minister
M. Narasimhan
Hindukush
28. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?
Lead
20th March
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
29. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
Khadakvasla
Allauddin Khilji
Firozeshah Tughluq
UK
30. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Gol Gumbaz
Washing soda
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
31. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
INS Vikrant55
Johannes Kepler
Four lions
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
32. Name one famous Sarod player?
Ladakh
India and China
Amjad Ali Khan
Uttar Pradesh
33. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Kushans
Indra Sinha64
34. Who wrote Panchatantra?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Jaya Dev
Vishnu Sharma
35. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Jamaica
Jhumpa Lahiri
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
36. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
10th October
Alexander Fleming
37. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Ganga
10th October
Johann Gregor Mendel
38. Name the smallest neighbour of India?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Himachal Pradesh
Firozeshah Tughluq
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
39. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Japan
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
1953
40. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Mumbai
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Kho-Kho
41. When an open bottle of scent is kept at one corner due to which phenomenon its fragrance is found in whole room?
Diffusion
Abhinav Bindra
The Rajya Sabha
Konark
42. Name the book which has collection of speeches of N.G Ranga?
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
10th December
Three Decades in Parliament
Uttar Pradesh
43. Which is the largest Mosque in India?
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Haryana
Jama Masjid
250th anniversary
44. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
14th November
Uttar Pradesh
INS Vikrant55
Japan
45. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?
Mumbai
Art and architecture
Jane Austen
Samudragupta
46. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
Michael Phelps
24
Rabindranath Tagore147
Jagannath
47. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
Sidney Sheldon
Param Vir Chakra
Mosley
30th January
48. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
M. Narasimhan
John Keats
Jonathan Swift
Hunting
49. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Madhya Pradesh
50. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
2nd April - 2011
Uttarakhand
Abul Kalam Azad
Saeed Mirza