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1. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Kolkata
2. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
Planning Commission
Baby Nargis
30th January
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
3. Name the metal used in storage batteries?
Lead
12th January
8
UK
4. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
Graphite
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Only the first stanza
Nitrogen
5. What is the estimated premature deaths caused annually by outdoor air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried out by World Health Organisation in Sept. - 2011?
Kerala
Shiv Prasad Singh
1.34 millions
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.
6. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
Late YS Rajasekhar Reddy
Khushwant Singh
Jonathan Swift
5th September
7. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?
Mosley
95th
Punjab
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
8. What is added to remove permanent hardness of water?
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Washing soda
Cavendish
9. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?
8
Madhya Pradesh
Valentina Tereshkova
Mary Kom
10. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?
Bangalore
Washing soda
Razia Sultana
Anita Desai
11. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
Stainless steel
Arundhati Roy
Planning Commission
South Africa
12. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
12th January
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Jan 26 - 1950134
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
13. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?
6 months
8th September
Param Vir Chakra
Indra Sinha64
14. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Sri Lanka
Greeks
24th February
Allahabad Pillar inscription
15. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?
Thailand
Torricelli
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Tamil Nadu
16. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
W.C Bannerjee
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
17. Which is the largest area wise state in India?
Thailand
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.
15th March
Rajasthan
18. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?
Bromine
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Aung San Suu Kyi
19. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Vande Mataram
U.K
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Kho-Kho
20. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?
Six months
Greeks
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
27th September
21. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
Kalpakkam
Methane - butane and propane
Michael Phelps
22. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
Maharashtra
Roger Federer
Four lions
Jonathan Swift
23. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Landsteiner
State Bank of India
Amitabh Ghosh
24. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
Mundak Upanishad
Perpendicular to each other
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Angle between the horizon and the equator
25. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Gota in Sweden
Washing soda
Painting
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
26. When is International Labour Day observed?
INS Vikrant55
Later Vedic Age
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
1st May164
27. Who discovered the electric lamp?
Edison
Alexander Fleming
Jayadeva
Amir Khusru
28. World Aids Day falls on which date?
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
18th April
1st December
Himachal Pradesh
29. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Six months
Tamil Nadu
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
30. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
William Shakespeare151
18th December
Bleaching powder
It loses one day
31. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?
Director General Anil Kaushik
2G spectrum scam
Tamil Nadu
Carbon dioxide
32. Who propounded the Market Law?
J.B.Say
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Pakistan and Afghanistan
33. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
The Delhi Metro
Bobby Jindal
34. Which is the largest Church in India?
Andhra Pradesh
Washing soda
Florence Nightingale
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
35. Who is called Father of English Poetry?
Oxygen and acetylene
Chaucer
Mahatma Gandhi
Andhra Pradesh
36. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Dehradun
Jhumpa Lahiri
Kanishka
37. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
Himachal Pradesh
Rajasthan
Vadodara
18th April
38. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
Mundak Upanishad
J.B.Say
Jyoti Amge
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
39. What is KG5 drug?
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40. Who said - 'God helps those who helps themselves'?
Cavendish
Algernon Sidney
Samar Guha
Mary Kom
41. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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42. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?
Guru Gobind Singh
31st May
Michael Phelps
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
43. Name the baby of Uttar Pardesh who is the symbolic seven billionth baby ?
Samar Guha
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Baby Nargis
Hyderabad
44. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?
Journalism
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
2
45. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
Jan 26 - 1950134
Will pass through Equator
Saeed Mirza
250th anniversary
46. Who wrote our National Anthem?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
26th January
Rabindra Nath Tagore
1949
47. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?
Vasudeva
11th May
Johannes Kepler
Vadodara
48. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?
Odisha
Bangalore
Carbon dioxide
2
49. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?
Samudragupta
Washing soda
Myanmar
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
50. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
Golconda
Stupa
Mussoorie
W.C Bannerjee