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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Which is the longest river of India?
Ganga
Second Battle of Tarain
30th January
Gagan Narang
2. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
China
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Bromine
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
3. Who published the 'Red Data Book' containing information on the wild animals and plants in danger of extinction?
Later Vedic Age
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Sitar
Jane Austen
4. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Vasudeva
J.B.Say
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
5. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?
Contingency Fund of India
Kerala
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Hindukush
6. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?
At the center of earth
1st May164
1953
Planning Commission
7. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
5th September
15th March
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Neil Armstrong
8. Which will be the new subject added to the curriculum of Kendriya Vidyalayas?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
German
Curiosity
India
9. Which child artist got Critics Best Actor Award for his acting in a film Taare Zameen Par?
Darsheel Safary
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
22nd April
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
10. For what is Bijapur known?
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Gol Gumbaz
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
11. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal?
July - 1947
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
India
Johannes Kepler
12. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Rajasthan
Ganga
Julang-2
China
13. Where is the Indian Institute of Science located?
Bangalore
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Ganga
Vocal Music
14. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?
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15. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Amitabh Ghosh
Bobby Jindal
24th February
Mumbai
16. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
15th January
Johann Gregor Mendel
Assam
2:3161
17. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?
Greeks
Jonathan Swift
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Chandragupta
18. Who was the founder of the Khalsa?
Guru Gobind Singh
Gagan Narang
11th May
Alexander Fleming
19. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?
Assam
Manipur54
29th August
Demand deposits
20. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?
Tamil Nadu
Governor
2nd April - 2011
Amir Khusru
21. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession?
Mary Kom
Jana Gana Mana
Sachin Tendulkar
Third century B.C
22. Greenwich mean time (GMT) is the standard time of which country?
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.)
Eagle
U.K
6 months
23. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?
Hyderabad
Mahatma Gandhi
Neil Armstrong
In front of New Delhi's High Court
24. Who is known as Father of Geometry?
When sun is above the equator
Euclid
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Razia Sultana
25. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Manipur54
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Shobha De
Nek Chand
26. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
God particle or Higgs Boson
G.V. Mavalankar
Contingency Fund of India
27. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Ganga
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
In Samba
Jamaica
28. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
Gwalior Gharana
Aravind Adiga
In Samba
Trivandrum
29. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?
250th anniversary
Zinc
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Florence Nightingale
30. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?
E.G.Otis
Sachin Tendulkar
Journalism
Diffusion
31. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?
Football
Trivandrum
Abul Kalam Azad
Concave lens
32. Who invented the television?
2G spectrum scam
Dadabhai Naoroji
J.L.Baird
Gota in Sweden
33. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?
Abul Kalam Azad
Kathak
M.N Roy62
Equator
34. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
6 months
Gagan Narang
Playwright
Amir Khusru
35. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Andhra Pradesh
Dadabhai Naoroji
Motion Picture
V.S Naipaul
36. What is the common name of sodium carbonate?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
State Bank of India
Washing soda
Jonathan Swift
37. Which is largest cave temple in India?
Rs 270
Saka era
18th April
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
38. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
Vande Mataram
Mumbai
Tamil Nadu
Leh
39. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?
Jonathan Swift
Ashoka
Rabindranath Tagore147
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
40. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Jane Austen
Razia Sultana
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
41. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Jaya Dev
Washing soda
Contingency Fund of India
42. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
The Reserve Bank of India
Maharashtra
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
14th November
43. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?
Samuel Morse
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
55th rank
44. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?
Kulandei Francis
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Hampi
Bobby Jindal
45. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
7th April
6-14 years
23rd April
46. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?
90 degrees
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Sitar
47. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?
Navtej Saran
July - 1947
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
$46 - 00011
48. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Gujarat
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Oxygen and acetylene
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
49. What is AERE?
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50. On which era is the Indian National Calender based?
5th September
Sunil Gavaskar
Saka era
Aravallis