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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who invented the lift?
E.G.Otis
Dutch East Indies
Amir Khusru
Chilka lake (Orissa )
2. Which metro has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail based system in the World to get carbon credits for contributing to the fight against climate changes?
Bengali
The Delhi Metro
China
Dance
3. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Third century B.C
Rahul Banerjee (archery ) - Preeja Sreedharan (athletics) - Vikas Gowda (athletics) - Jwala Gutta(badminton) - M Suranjoy Singh(boxing) - Zaheer Khan (cricket) - Sunil Chhetri(football) - Ashish Kumar (gymnastics) - Rajpal Singh (hockey) - Ra
4. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?
Dilip Kumar
24
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
5. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Dance
Khadakvasla
Madhya Pradesh
6. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
Jaipur
Vande Mataram
Jana Gana Mana
Only the first stanza
7. What will be the new name of West Bengal?
Paschim Banga1
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
The Reserve Bank of India
India and China
8. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
Lawn Tennis153
Kalpakkam
30th January
Thailand
9. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Kushinagar
Bangalore
2:3161
10. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
24th May
Vasudeva
5th September
18th April
11. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?
Aravind Adiga
Jonathan Swift
Abul Kalam Azad
Sukumar Sen
12. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Nayantara Sahgal
London
Jyoti Amge
13. Which country is the second largest producer of sugar?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Herodotus
Increases
Michael Phelps
14. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Nitrogen
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Sitar
Cyrus Mistry
15. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?
Jonas Salk
Dumping
Ludhiana
1st December
16. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
29th August
Iodine
17. Name one famous Sarod player?
Speaker
Prime Minister
At the center of earth
Amjad Ali Khan
18. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
Carbon dioxide
South Kolkata
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
19. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Gota in Sweden
Algernon Sidney
90 degree
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
20. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
20th March
Hockey
Mary Kom
India
21. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?
Vadodara
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Indra Sinha64
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
22. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Assam
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Later Vedic Age
Iodine
23. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?
Sushil Kumar
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jamaica
Guru Gobind Singh
24. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Stupa
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Akbar
25. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
U.K
Sonepur (Bihar )
Director General Anil Kaushik
Palk Strait
26. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Vande Mataram
Six months
Bombay
27. Which is our National song?
Vande Mataram
The Lok Sabha
Jamaica
Curiosity
28. Where is Char Minar located?
Stupa
Hindukush
Trivandrum
Hyderabad
29. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Edison
Khadakvasla
Kalpakkam
30. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?
Jan 26 - 1950134
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Second Battle of Tarain
Motion Picture
31. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July - 2012 - a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle?
Amitabh Bachchan
Vishnu Sharma
Chandragupta-II
Kiran Bedi
32. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?
Nikolaus Otto
Prof. V.N Datta
Su-Kam Power Systems
Strait of Gibraltar
33. Who invented the television?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Sarojini Naidu
J.L.Baird
Washing soda
34. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
The Lok Sabha
Dehradun
Jayadeva
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
35. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
23rd December
Methane - butane and propane
Trivandrum
36. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
Trivandrum
J.B.Say
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
India and Pakistan
37. Which village of Andhra Pradesh may be sitting over one of the world's largest uranium reserves?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Trivandrum
38. Which is the largest delta in India?
Sunderbans delta
Chilka lake (Orissa )
35 degree
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
39. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Equator
162
W.C Bannerjee
40. Who has become the first lady jawan in Indian army?
24
Kulandei Francis
Lead
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
41. Which is the largest river delta of India?
E.G.Otis
Ganga
Galileo
Madhya Pradesh
42. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
Strait of Gibraltar
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.)
Rabindranath Tagore
Tamil Nadu
43. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
24th February
Due to radiation
Herodotus
44. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?
Vande Mataram
William Shakespeare151
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
45. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Rahul Dravid
18th December
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
46. When comes the World Environment Day?
Dumping
24th May
Michael Phelps
5th June
47. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Palk Strait
INS Vikrant55
48. Who discovered insulin?
Jonas Salk
Dadabhai Naoroji
Carbon dioxide
Dr. F.G.Banting
49. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
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.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
50. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?
Michael Phelps
Dance
Aravind Adiga
10th December