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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Kulandei Francis
24th February
Navtej Saran
2. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
Tungsten
Jagannath
N.E. Borlaug
Heavy water
3. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
4 minutes
Tamil Nadu
Chandragupta Maurya
Su-Kam Power Systems
4. When comes the World Disabled Day?
9th August
Harshavardhana
Ladakh
15th March
5. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
Later Vedic Age
Marie Curie
1st December
J.L.Baird
6. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
8
5
Bleaching powder
William Shakespeare151
7. Name the 17th Karmapa against whom the Una police filed a chargesheet under section 120-B of the IPC in 2011?
Mahatma Gandhi
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.)
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Gagan Narang (shooter)
8. According to a poll conducted by global research company Ipsos - people of which country are happiest on this planet despite woes - conflicts?
Music
Indians
Morarji Desai
1911133
9. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?
Greeks
Mundak Upanishad
Mathura
Jan 26 - 1950134
10. What is e-bomb?
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11. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?
10th December
Bombay
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Rabindranath Tagore
12. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?
Roentgen
Hyderabad
Ludhiana
Sukumar Sen
13. Where did the World's costliest crash took place?
Algernon Sidney
Kerala
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
14. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Jai Samhita
Leh
Khushwant Singh
Assam
15. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?
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16. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
31st May
Jai Samhita
17. When comes the World Environment Day?
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
8
5th June
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
18. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
In front of New Delhi's High Court
26 years and 9 months
Nitrogen
19. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?
5 hours 30 minutes
Kushinagar
Michael Phelps
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
20. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?
Standard time of the country138
Jonas Salk
Johann Gregor Mendel
28th February
21. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?
The Bering Strait
Torricelli
Infinite
Kanishka
22. India is facing pressure from the US and other Western countries to break trade ties with which country?
Johannes Kepler
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Cavendish
24
23. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Leo Tolstoy
Kho-Kho
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Bamiyan
24. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?
Golconda
U.K
Sunil Gavaskar
Japan
25. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?
India
Amir Khusru
Churchill
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
26. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?
Amir Khusru
Andhra Pradesh
Roger Federer
Kalpakkam
27. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Robert Watson Watt
90 degrees
Kalpakkam
28. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
Yamuna
5
Shiv Prasad Singh
29. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
Amjad Ali Khan
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Akbar
Sitar
30. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Increases
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
31. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Jane Austen
India and Pakistan
Indians
Julang-2
32. Name two other clones left with NDRI?
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
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Param Vir Chakra
33. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
Rajasthan
When sun is above the equator
34. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
Lawn Tennis153
Bromine
Yamuna
Hyderabad
35. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
Amir Khusrau
Washing soda
Shobha De
Chandrayaan
36. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?
Akbar
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Anita Desai
37. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?
Bobby Jindal
Madhya Pradesh
Nitrous oxide
23rd April
38. Who wrote the book 'We Indians'?
Valentina Tereshkova
Khushwant Singh
Dilip Kumar
Genetically Modified Crops.
39. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Sachin Tendulkar
Vadodara
40. Which is largest man made lake in India?
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Mehbooba Mufti
Makes cancer cell 'commit suicide'. It helps in stoping multiplication of tumorous cells and shut themselves down. Will be available in approximately 5 years and will be in pill form.
Allauddin Khilji
41. Who invented radar?
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Madhya Pradesh
Robert Watson Watt
42. Where is Pushkar lake located?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Rajasthan
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
43. Who is the renowned flute player?
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kushinagar
44. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
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
India
Kushinagar
45. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?
Sri Lanka
Mohammad Iqbal
Param Vir Chakra
1.34 millions
46. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Bangalore
Standard time of the country138
Jane Austen
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
47. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Vice President of India
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Madhya Pradesh
48. Where is the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
Kapil Dev
Indra Sinha64
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
London
49. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Stupa
Rs 270
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
50. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Mundak Upanishad
31st May
Contingency Fund of India
INS Vikrant55