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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
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.
Sonepur (Bihar )
India
5
2. What is the name of World's cheapest tablet PC?
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.
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Dutch East Indies
Shiv Prasad Singh
3. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
23rd December
When sun is above the equator
Amjad Ali Khan
Mohammad bin Kasim
4. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Kiran Bedi
Shiv Prasad Singh
Kho-Kho
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
5. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Albert Einstein
Anna Hazare
Mehbooba Mufti
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
6. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
UK
Khushwant Singh
Rabindranath Tagore147
New Agra Fort
7. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Mehbooba Mufti
Neil Armstrong
Gagan Narang (shooter)
8. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Cavendish
Mumbai
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
9. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
15th August167
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
S. Radhakrishnan
10. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Stupa
Prime Minister
Baby Nargis
11. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
Shobha De
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
12. Which day is celebrated as Independence Day of India?
Akhilesh Yadav
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Golconda
15th August167
13. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Edison
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Kalpakkam
69 miles
14. Who discovered Penicillin?
Bromine
8th March
Alexander Fleming
Assam
15. Term Double Fault is associated with which game?
6 months
Lawn Tennis153
Jama Masjid
Amitabh Bachchan
16. Who wrote Panchatantra?
Chandragupta Maurya
Second Battle of Tarain
Vishnu Sharma
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
17. Who invented the steam engine?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
The Reserve Bank of India
Das Kapital
Karashapana
18. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
7th April
UK
Graphite
18th December
19. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Sitar
24th February
India
20. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
U.K
5th September
Raja Ravi Varma
Prof. V.N Datta
21. Name the Indian woman boxer who won bronze medal in Olympics?
Madhya Pradesh
Khushwant Singh
Neil Armstrong
Mary Kom
22. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
35 degree
18th April
Dumping
Shiv Prasad Singh
23. Where is National School of Mines located?
Vishnu Sharma
Kalpakkam
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Pune
24. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Kushinagar
Jules Verne
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
25. What will be the new name of West Bengal?
Kalpakkam
Sunil Gavaskar
Aung San Suu Kyi
Paschim Banga1
26. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?
Sitar
Talwandi
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
27. Name the state of India having longest coastline?
2G spectrum scam
Andhra Pradesh
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Galileo
28. Where is Elephant Pass located?
95th
24th May
Sri Lanka
Six months
29. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Alexander Graham Bell
Methane - butane and propane
Washing soda
30. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
Cavendish
Speaker
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
31. Name the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career?
Standard time of the country138
Rocky Marciano
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.
South Africa
32. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
India and China
Leh
Myanmar
33. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Leh
Akhilesh Yadav
Uttar Pradesh
Assam
34. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Param Vir Chakra
Diffusion
Bamiyan
Euclid
35. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
God particle or Higgs Boson
23rd April
Strait of Gibraltar
36. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Prime Minister
India
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
37. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Vidya Balan
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
38. Which country is the second largest producer of sugar?
Talwandi
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Football
39. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Abhinav Bindra
10th October
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
40. For what is Bijapur known?
Maharashtra
Sunil Gavaskar
Vadodara
Gol Gumbaz
41. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?
E.M Forster
10th December
Sachin Tendulkar
Kanishka
42. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' (inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India) taken?
31st May
Mundak Upanishad
Darsheel Safary
Chandragupta Maurya
43. How many cities can be protected by the missile defence shield developed by India?
Music
2
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Galileo
44. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died in 2008 were famous in which field?
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Bangalore
Playwright
45. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
Su-Kam Power Systems
Washing soda
Jane Austen
Palk Strait
46. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?
Mary Kom
Infinite
Chaucer
July - 1947
47. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
12th January
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Will pass through Equator
48. Who is vice President of India?
Jane Austen
Florence Nightingale
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
49. When comes the World Environment Day?
Talwandi
Akhilesh Yadav
8th March
5th June
50. When is Commonwealth Day observed?
Roentgen
Bromine
24th May
Lobsang Sangay