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1. Name the Earth- like planet whose existence is confirmed by American astronomers?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Mahatma Gandhi
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Mary Kom
2. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
The equator
Madhya Pradesh
Mohammad bin Kasim
The Bering Strait
3. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
Ganga
Equator
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
6-14 years
4. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?
Silicon
Rabindranath Tagore147
Planning Commission
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
5. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
15th March
5th September
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Galileo
6. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
18th December
Rs 270
Mundak Upanishad
Amitabh Ghosh
7. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
Samudragupta
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Palk Strait
8. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?
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.
11th May
Saka era
1st May164
9. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
8th September
Julang-2
Gagan Narang
Paschim Banga1
10. Who elects the Vice President of India?
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
26 years and 9 months
Longitudinal position
In front of New Delhi's High Court
11. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Vice President of India
12. Who is called Father of English Poetry?
5th June
Chaucer
Carbon dioxide
E.G.Otis
13. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?
Michael Phelps
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Kulandei Francis
14. Which country is the second largest producer of sugar?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Albert Einstein
2:3161
Sushil Kumar
15. Whom did Dalai Lama announced to be his successor in March - 2011?
Lobsang Sangay
Dumping
Odisha
M.N Roy62
16. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
250th anniversary
UK
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
17. Who wrote Panchatantra?
Dr. F.G.Banting
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Maharashtra
Vishnu Sharma
18. What is e-bomb?
19. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Sunita Williams
Khadakvasla
Baby Nargis
Equator
20. Who invented transistor?
Shockley
Tamil Nadu
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Nikolaus Otto
21. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
Mohammad bin Kasim
Mahatma Gandhi
Anita Desai
Football
22. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?
Thailand
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Indians
Mathura
23. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?
Shimla and Hamirpur
G.V. Mavalankar
2G spectrum scam
Mary Kom
24. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?
Strait of Gibraltar
Kathak
Jane Austen
Satyendra Nath Bose
25. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
15th January
18th December
Sarojini Naidu
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
26. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?
2G spectrum scam
Satyendra Nath Bose
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
6 months
27. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Tamil Nadu
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.
Kolkata
28. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?
Fatehpur Sikri
Sunita Williams
Chadwick
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
29. Who invented the lift?
E.G.Otis
Maharashtra
Algernon Sidney
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
30. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
Bangalore
Due to radiation
Rajasthan
Hampi
31. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
15th January
Contingency Fund of India
Raja Ravi Varma
32. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?
Hamid Ansari
Sriharikota
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Hindukush
33. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
34. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?
Mundak Upanishad
Vidya Balan
Sunil Gavaskar
Anita Desai
35. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
N.E. Borlaug
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Bamiyan
27th September
36. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?
Mosley
Jamaica
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Chilka lake (Orissa )
37. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?
Aravind Adiga
Vasudeva
Hockey
Eagle
38. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Anna Hazare
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Four lions
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
39. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
U.K
Four lions
Torricelli
6 months
40. Name the smallest neighbour of India?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Vishnu Sharma
Zinc
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
41. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?
Satyendra Nath Bose
6 months
Ashoka
India and Pakistan
42. When is the World Population Day observed?
UK
Three Decades in Parliament
11th July
Oxygen and acetylene
43. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?
Infinite
Art and architecture
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
44. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died in 2008 were famous in which field?
Jonathan Swift
Playwright
London
Sukumar Sen
45. Which is our National song?
Vande Mataram
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Standard time of the country138
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
46. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
Punjab
Speaker
Lawn Tennis153
Abhinav Bindra
47. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
69 miles
Mehbooba Mufti
Aravallis
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
48. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
Assam
Sitar
49. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Anita Desai
Cyrus Mistry
J.B.Say
Himachal Pradesh
50. Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India?
6 months
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Mumbai