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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?
Silicon
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
Rahul Dravid
Strait of Gibraltar
2. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Strait of Gibraltar
Nikolaus Otto
Ripon
5th April
3. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
Marie Curie
Mahatma Gandhi
Das Kapital
Yamuna
4. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
S. Radhakrishnan
INS Vikrant55
Protecting Flora and Fauna
5. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?
Fatehpur Sikri
Carbon dioxide
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
M. Narasimhan
6. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?
29th August
Michael Phelps
Mathura
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
7. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
15th August167
Rocky Marciano
Amitabh Ghosh
8. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?
Khushwant Singh
Jhumpa Lahiri
Kathak
The Delhi Metro
9. When is the UN Day observed?
New Agra Fort
Krishna
Anita Desai
24th October
10. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?
Morarji Desai
Kalpakkam
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Kushans
11. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
Albert Einstein
10th December
India
18th December
12. On what occasion Bihar got its own state anthem and state prayer whose CD's were released by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?
Anita Desai
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Sidney Sheldon
Kushinagar
13. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?
10th December
2G spectrum scam
Nikolaus Otto
Rajasthan
14. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Sitar
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Akbar
15. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?
Dr. F.G.Banting
In front of New Delhi's High Court
G.V. Mavalankar
Sonepur (Bihar )
16. In which state is Ganesh Otsav celebrated?
Milkha Singh
Sidney Sheldon
Maharashtra
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
17. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
Infinite
UK
Shobha De
Prime Minister
18. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Chandragupta Maurya
INS Vikrant55
Later Vedic Age
6-14 years
19. Which is the Garden City of India?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Kho-Kho
Bangalore
Third century B.C
20. Who is the World Player of Year?
India Museum at Kolkata
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Myanmar
Tamil Nadu
21. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
Harshavardhana
G.V. Mavalankar
22. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Leo Tolstoy
Jama Masjid
Cavendish
Vocal Music
23. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?
11th July
Jonathan Swift
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Motion Picture
24. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
162
Sitar
25. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Carbon dioxide
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
26. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?
Golconda
Ludhiana
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
27. Name the metal present in photo films?
Carbon dioxide
Silver
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Raja Ravi Varma
28. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Demand deposits
Sri Lanka
Infinite
29. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Galileo
Stainless steel
2
30. Who wrote our National Anthem?
1.34 millions
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Valentina Tereshkova
55th rank
31. Our Indian Constitution closely follows the Constitutional system of which country?
Jan 26 - 1950134
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
U.K
Khushwant Singh
32. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Washing soda
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
26th January
Johann Gregor Mendel
33. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Football
Swarajya Party
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
34. Who invented the television?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Tamil Nadu
J.L.Baird
35. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Johannes Kepler
Chandragupta-II
Saka era
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
36. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?
Saka era
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
1953
Performax
37. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?
South Kolkata
Jawaharlal Nehru
Chaucer
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
38. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?
Roentgen
Concave mirror
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Konark
39. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
7th April
Palk Strait
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
40. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
Nitrogen
250th anniversary
INS Vikrant55
Speaker
41. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Infinite
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Gota in Sweden
Mahatma Gandhi
42. Which is the largest populated state in India?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Uttar Pradesh
Curiosity
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
43. Name the metal used in storage batteries?
Lead
Kalpakkam
1953
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
44. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Sriharikota
Art and architecture
45. What is proxy voting?
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
55th rank
Kho-Kho
46. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Michael Phelps
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Director General Anil Kaushik
Mosley
47. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
14th November
5th September
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.)
31st May
48. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?
In Samba
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
11th May
Mohammad Iqbal
49. Name the great Hindu king who combined in himself the qualities of Samudragupta and Ashoka?
11th May
Roentgen
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Harshavardhana
50. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
Greeks
Vasudeva
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.
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