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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Which is largest state of India?






2. When is Commonwealth Day observed?






3. Which country is the world's largest recipient of arms?






4. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?






5. Which village of Andhra Pradesh may be sitting over one of the world's largest uranium reserves?






6. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?






7. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?






8. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?






9. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?






10. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?






11. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?






12. Who is called the Flying Sikh of India?






13. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?






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






15. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?






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






17. Who was the first person to set foot on moon?






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






19. When is World Health Day celebrated?






20. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?






21. What is AERE?


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






23. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?






24. When is the UN Day observed?






25. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?






26. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?






27. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?






28. Who invented telephone?






29. Who won bronze medal for India in 10m pistol event (London Olympics - 2012)?






30. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?






31. How water in earthen pots remain cool?






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






33. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?






34. Who composed our National song?






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






36. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?






37. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?






38. Name the Indian state where the game of Polo is said to have originated?






39. Which is the largest planetarium in India?






40. Who is the author of the book 'Unto the Last' which influenced Gandhi ji?






41. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?






42. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?






43. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?






44. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?






45. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?






46. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?






47. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?






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


49. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?






50. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?