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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
14th November
Jai Samhita
Hampi
Navtej Saran
2. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Sidney Sheldon
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
3. When is Earth Day observed?
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
55th rank
22nd April
4. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?
1953
23rd April
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
Due to radiation
5. Which metal is used in pencils?
Anna Hazare
Vande Mataram
Graphite
1949
6. Which country is the world's largest recipient of arms?
Swarajya Party
India
John Ruskin
11th July
7. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?
Chandragupta Maurya
Haryana
Arthur Conan Doyle
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
8. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
5
29th August
Prime Minister
Art and architecture
9. Who discovered Penicillin?
Later Vedic Age
Heavy water
Alexander Fleming
Chandragupta Maurya
10. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Ganga
Jama Masjid
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
11. Who won the silver medal in 66 Kg wrestling and is the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals?
Only the first stanza
Jonathan Swift
8th September
Sushil Kumar
12. Which day is observed as Sanskrit Day in India?
Jamaica
5th September
Concave lens
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
13. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?
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14. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Satyendra Nath Bose
Param Vir Chakra
Punjab
15. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Andhra Pradesh
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
Ripon
M.N Roy62
16. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
Second Battle of Tarain
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Akhilesh Yadav
17. Which metal is kept under kerosine?
Greeks
Sodium
Hockey
Tamil Nadu
18. Who is known as Father of Geometry?
Herodotus
Narmada and Japti
Vice President of India
Euclid
19. Which game is associated with Agha Khan Cup?
Hockey
Marie Curie
Mary Kom
Prof. V.N Datta
20. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
Graphite
7th April
6-14 years
Jama Masjid
21. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?
27th September
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
22. Name the Indian chess player who broke the World Record by finishing the game in twelve moves?
V. Anand
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Akbar
Mathura
23. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Narmada and Japti
24. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Prof. V.N Datta
Dumping
Vishnu Sharma
Leo Tolstoy
25. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Khadakvasla
India
Cyrus Mistry
Dadabhai Naoroji
26. In which Amendment Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights?
1.34 millions
26th January
Michael Phelps
Forty-fourth Amendment
27. Who led the first Muslim invasion of India?
2:4
Mohammad bin Kasim
V.S Naipaul
J.L.Baird
28. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
23rd April
29. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
State Bank of India
Julang-2
30. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
Su-Kam Power Systems
5
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
31. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
INS Vikrant55
Ujjain
Mahatma Gandhi
32. How many medals are won by India in Olympics 2012?
Mahatma Gandhi
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
250th anniversary
Sitar
33. Who discovered photoelectric effect?
Hindukush
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Albert Einstein
34. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?
U.K
Chandragupta Maurya
Firozeshah Tughluq
In front of New Delhi's High Court
35. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?
State Bank of India
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.
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Dilip Kumar
36. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Iodine
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.
Samar Guha
Jules Verne
37. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?
Vadodara
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Bobby Jindal
London
38. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Vocal Music
Hyderabad
The Bering Strait
39. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?
Finland
26th January
Gwalior Gharana
Raja Ravi Varma
40. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?
Kulandei Francis
Prime Minister
Chandragupta
Akbar
41. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
Lawn Tennis153
The Rajya Sabha
Saeed Mirza
Rahul Dravid
42. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?
Martin Luther King
Florence Nightingale
Sarojini Naidu
William Wordsworth
43. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
44. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Chandragupta Maurya
Shimla and Hamirpur
INS Vikrant55
Mahatma Gandhi
45. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Sunita Williams
Mary Kom
London
46. Who invented the television?
Bombay
J.L.Baird
8th March
South Africa
47. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Madhya Pradesh
8th March
Three Decades in Parliament
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
48. In which century did Ashoka reign?
Third century B.C
Jagannath
J.B.Say
London
49. 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?
26th January
Amitabh Bachchan
The President
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
50. Name the person who has set a new Guinness record of being the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon in Toronto?
Jaipur
V.S Naipaul
India Museum at Kolkata
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)