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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?






2. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?






3. Name two other clones left with NDRI?






4. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y.V. Reddy?






5. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?






6. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?






7. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?






8. Who is known as Father of Geometry?






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






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






11. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






12. What is equal to latitude of a place?






13. Which is the largest dome in India?






14. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?






15. Who is the World Player of Year?






16. World Aids Day falls on which date?






17. Which gas is called laughing gas?






18. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?






19. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?






20. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?






21. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?






22. Which was the World's first surviving clone buffalo at NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute)?






23. How many spokes are there in our national emblem 'Ashoka Chakra'?






24. When is Earth Day observed?






25. Why sky appears to be blue?






26. Which is the longest river of India?






27. Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India?






28. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?






29. Who wrote the first history book?






30. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?






31. What is AERE?

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32. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?






33. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?






34. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?






35. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?






36. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?






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






38. Who wrote 'One Day Wonders'?






39. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?






40. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?






41. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?






42. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?






43. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?






44. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?






45. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?






46. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?






47. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?






48. Name the largest oil refinery of India?






49. Name the player of USA who created history by grabbing his 22nd Olympic medal ?






50. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?