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1. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?
Dadabhai Naoroji
1949
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
2. Who invented the petrol engine?
24
Nikolaus Otto
Lead
Narmada and Japti
3. What are the estimated premature deaths caused annually by air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried in Sept. - 2011 by World Health Organisation?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
1.34 millions
14th November
Sodium
4. 'A Voice of Freedom' is a book written by whom?
23rd December
Hampi
Methane - butane and propane
Nayantara Sahgal
5. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Vadodara
15th January
Hampi
Narmada and Japti
6. Which country is the second largest producer of sugar?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Ripon
7. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
1st December
Galileo
Infinite
8. Which gas is called laughing gas?
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Nitrous oxide
Herodotus
Later Vedic Age
9. Which game is associated with Agha Khan Cup?
Hockey
Strait of Gibraltar
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
H.P.S Ahluwalia
10. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?
Mary Kom
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
2:3161
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
11. Which musical instrument is said to be invented by Amir Khusro?
15th January
Only the first stanza
Sitar
29th August
12. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Narendra Modi government
Iodine
Prime Minister
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
13. On which date Chennai turned 372 years?
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Longitudinal position
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
14. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?
Tamil Nadu
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Sushil Kumar
Mumbai
15. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?
Aravind Adiga
Konark
23rd April
Renders electronic gadgets useless and effectively neutralises the adversary's command control and communication capability by producing a strong electromagnetic field generating powerful electricity surges that play havoc with electronic circuits wi
16. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?
17. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?
1949
When sun is above the equator
Jane Austen
Methane
18. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?
Das Kapital
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Amir Khusru
31st May
19. When is National Science Day celebrated in India?
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
28th February
Hamid Ansari
Kauravas and Pandavas51
20. Who is vice President of India?
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Khushwant Singh
26 years and 9 months
Palk Strait
21. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
At the center of earth
Perpendicular to each other
Shimla and Hamirpur
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
22. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
24th February
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Akhilesh Yadav
23. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?
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.)
Anna Hazare
Indians
Gujarat
24. Which is the largest auditorium in India?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Anita Desai
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Madhya Pradesh
25. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
The Reserve Bank of India
26th January
V.S Naipaul
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
26. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
14th November
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Khadakvasla
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
27. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Bromine
14th November
Hindukush
Yousuf Raza Gillani
28. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Mumbai
Graphite
Konark
Mohammad Iqbal
29. Who is the author of book 'Many Worlds'?
V.S Naipaul
Anita Desai
Anna Hazare
Cyrus Mistry
30. Vocalist Rahamat Khan belongs to which Gharana?
Gwalior Gharana
2:3161
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Lala Lajpat Rai
31. Which country has World's largest democracy?
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.
Mosley
India
Hockey
32. Where is the birth place of Guru Nanak Ji?
Abhinav Bindra
Rajasthan
Talwandi
Rabindra Nath Tagore
33. Champion Trophy is associated with which game?
Jama Masjid
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Hockey
Kerala
34. What is equal to latitude of a place?
Madhya Pradesh
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Das Kapital
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
35. Who elects the Vice President of India?
Palk Strait
India
Johann Gregor Mendel
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
36. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
26th January
Pune
24
37. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Abul Kalam Azad
S. Radhakrishnan
Third century B.C
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
38. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
The number of persons per square kilometre.
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.)
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
39. When is World Health Day celebrated?
Ujjain
Japan
7th April
Karashapana
40. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
24th May
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
31st May
Kushans
41. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
Rs 270
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Jane Austen
J.B.Say
42. Where is Buland Darwaza located?
Fatehpur Sikri
German
Mussoorie
Nek Chand
43. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
28th February
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Gwalior Gharana
New Agra Fort
44. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
USA
Odisha
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
45. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
Four lions
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Julang-2
Razia Sultana
46. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Kushans
Tamil Nadu
New Delhi
11th July
47. When comes National Postal Day in India?
Rahul Dravid
Roentgen
10th October
Mahatma Gandhi
48. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?
Mumbai
95th
The equator
Landsteiner
49. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Ladakh
Narendra Modi government
Rahul Dravid
50. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?
M.N Roy62
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Fatehpur Sikri
Arundhati Roy