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1. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
Michael Phelps
Sitar
Silicon
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
2. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Vasudeva
When sun is above the equator
Amitabh Bachchan
8th October
3. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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4. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
95th
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Shimla and Hamirpur
5. Who is vice President of India?
Rs 270
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Equator
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
6. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?
Maharaja Hari Singh
Forty-fourth Amendment
5 hours 30 minutes
15th January
7. Which is the largest Mosque in India?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Jama Masjid
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.
Manipur54
8. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
Oxygen and acetylene
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
9. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Rajasthan
Methane - butane and propane
5th June
Is a herbal formulation of 10 selected herbs known to have adaptogenic properties. It helps to improve the physical and mental performance by increasing blood oxygenation and reducing low density lipoproteins and cholesterol.
10. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Robert Watson Watt
Maharashtra
German
Himachal Pradesh
11. Which is the largest delta in India?
Tamil Nadu
India and China
South Africa
Sunderbans delta
12. What is our National Anthem?
Sitar
Tamil Nadu
Jana Gana Mana
Methane - butane and propane
13. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?
Concave lens
24th February
Chandrayaan
Bengali
14. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Second Battle of Tarain
Shobha De
South Africa
15. Where is Char Minar located?
Ujjain
Hyderabad
2
2:3161
16. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Music
1st May164
8th October
Art and architecture
17. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?
Chandragupta-II
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Vishnu Sharma
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
18. Who is the author of book 'Many Worlds'?
Because the solids have high elasticity.
V.S Naipaul
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
5th June
19. Which was the musical instrument used by Amir Khusro?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Sitar
20. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?
Michael Phelps
Rajasthan
Bromine
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
21. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?
26 years and 9 months
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Abul Kalam Azad
22. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?
Anita Desai
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
India
Samar Guha
23. Where is largest animal fair held in India?
Ganga
Sonepur (Bihar )
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Director General Anil Kaushik
24. Who discovered insulin?
Dr. F.G.Banting
Cavendish
Konark
Jai Samhita
25. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
Samudragupta
Nitrogen
Kerala
Gagan Narang
26. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?
Stupa
Aravallis
Second Battle of Tarain
New Delhi
27. Name the Indian woman boxer who won bronze medal in Olympics?
Chaucer
Mary Kom
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Curiosity
28. Who discovered Penicillin?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Jai Samhita
Lead
Alexander Fleming
29. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?
30th January
G.V. Mavalankar
Greeks
New Agra Fort
30. What will be the new name of West Bengal?
Paschim Banga1
Mussoorie
Golconda
Sidney Sheldon
31. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?
Journalism
Jonathan Swift
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
M.N Roy62
32. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Narmada and Japti
Four lions
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
33. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Aravind Adiga
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
34. Which is the India's largest public sector commercial bank at present?
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
State Bank of India
Motion Picture
Tungsten
35. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?
Sidney Sheldon
Zinc
The Lok Sabha
Aravind Adiga
36. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?
15th January
Michael Phelps
Amitabh Bachchan
Madhya Pradesh
37. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
Amjad Ali Khan
July - 1947
Kalpakkam
Shiv Prasad Singh
38. Name the book which has collection of speeches of N.G Ranga?
Three Decades in Parliament
Mohammad bin Kasim
India
Kerala
39. What is the latitude of South Pole?
Myanmar
90 degree
Rabindranath Tagore147
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
40. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Sushil Kumar
Renders electronic gadgets useless and effectively neutralises the adversary's command control and communication capability by producing a strong electromagnetic field generating powerful electricity surges that play havoc with electronic circuits wi
Martin Luther King
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
41. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Kolkata
J.L.Baird
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
42. When is World Food Day observed?
16th October
Dadabhai Naoroji
Four lions
Neil Armstrong
43. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?
Rajasthan
22nd April
Morarji Desai
Three Decades in Parliament
44. Who made the highest score in an ODI against West Indiies in Indora in 2011?
Amir Khusrau
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
45. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?
Renders electronic gadgets useless and effectively neutralises the adversary's command control and communication capability by producing a strong electromagnetic field generating powerful electricity surges that play havoc with electronic circuits wi
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
The Reserve Bank of India
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
46. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
Lawn Tennis153
William Shakespeare151
Punjab
Sushil Kumar
47. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?
Vidya Balan
Maharaja Hari Singh
Guru Gobind Singh
Bobby Jindal
48. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Sunil Gavaskar
Saeed Mirza
India and Pakistan
49. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?
Yamuna
Das Kapital
Amir Khusru
Oxygen and acetylene
50. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?
11th May
Maharashtra
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.
Johann Gregor Mendel