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1. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?






2. What is the time difference between IST and GMT?






3. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?






4. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?






5. Who wrote our National Anthem?






6. Who presented the first Union Budget of Independent India?






7. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?






8. Who is the author of book 'The Tribune 130 Years: A Witness to History'?






9. What is difference between mass of body and its weight?






10. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?






11. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?






12. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?






13. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?






14. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?






15. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?






16. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?






17. Where is largest animal fair held in India?






18. Which is our National song?






19. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?






20. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?






21. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?






22. What was the main occupation of Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) people?






23. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?






24. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?






25. Where is Char Minar located?






26. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?






27. 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?






28. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?






29. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?






30. Where is Union Budget presented firstly?






31. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?






32. Who invented the petrol engine?






33. Name the smallest neighbour of India?






34. Which country has World's largest democracy?






35. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?






36. Who is known as founder of Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental college at Aligarh?






37. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?






38. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?






39. What was the old name of Indonesia?






40. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?






41. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?






42. Which is the largest cave in India?






43. Watches of a country is set according to what time?






44. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?






45. What is proxy voting?






46. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?






47. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?






48. Where is Buland Darwaza located?






49. Who invented the telegraphic code?






50. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?