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1. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
Vande Mataram
John Keats
Konark
Maharashtra
2. Who introduced the market regulations in India in ancient period?
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Kulandei Francis
Hockey
Allauddin Khilji
3. Where is Elephant Pass located?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Football
Sri Lanka
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
4. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?
Jules Verne
Jaya Dev
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
5. Who is crowned Miss Universe India 2011?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
July - 1947
Hampi
Baby Nargis
6. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Mary Kom
India and Pakistan
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
7. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Palk Strait
18th December
Jamaica
Khadakvasla
8. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Assam
India
9. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?
Sachin Tendulkar
Dutch East Indies
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
1st May164
10. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?
Dehradun
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
When sun is above the equator
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
11. Name the leader under whom India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed?
Morarji Desai
Rajasthan
2nd April - 2011
U.K
12. From where are the words 'Satyameva Jayate' taken?
J.L.Baird
Mundak Upanishad
Motion Picture
Paschim Banga1
13. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?
Kulandei Francis
Dr. F.G.Banting
Swarajya Party
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
14. Who propounded the Market Law?
Rabindranath Tagore147
J.B.Say
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
31st May
15. Name the metal used in storage batteries?
Washing soda
Lead
Edison
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
16. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?
Strait of Gibraltar
W.C Bannerjee
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Bobby Jindal
17. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
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.
Kerala
Finland
Silicon
18. Which is the largest river delta of India?
Washing soda
Ganga
J.L.Baird
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
19. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Rabindranath Tagore147
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Abul Kalam Azad
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
20. Where is Pushkar lake located?
Rajasthan
55th rank
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Gol Gumbaz
21. Who said 'I have nothing to offer except blood - sweat and tears'?
Arthur Conan Doyle
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
10th December
Churchill
22. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district.
Yamuna
Madhya Pradesh
Bangalore
23. Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?
Kulandei Francis
Navtej Saran
Nikolaus Otto
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
24. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Sriharikota
Rahul Dravid
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
25. Which is the largest dome in India?
10th October
Andhra Pradesh
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
State Bank of India
26. Which is the largest Church in India?
India and Pakistan
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Saka era
Bengali
27. Who painted the masterpiece 'Hamsa Damayanti'?
Ashoka
Raja Ravi Varma
5th September
Allauddin Khilji
28. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Swarajya Party
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Due to radiation
29. Who invented radar?
Mundak Upanishad
Robert Watson Watt
Parupalli Kashyap
U.K
30. Which is the largest delta in India?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Sunderbans delta
New Delhi
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
31. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
M.N Roy62
Nek Chand
Jhumpa Lahiri
Because the solids have high elasticity.
32. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
At the center of earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
15th March
33. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
5th September
Concave lens
J.B.Say
34. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?
Narendra Modi government
30th January
Saka era
India
35. Which is the largest museum in India?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
India Museum at Kolkata
36. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?
6 months
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
Madhya Pradesh
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
37. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?
Mahatma Gandhi
6-14 years
Later Vedic Age
Martin Luther King
38. Which is the Garden City of India?
Standard time of the country138
Bangalore
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.
Khadakvasla
39. Why sky appears to be blue?
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Firozeshah Tughluq
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
40. Watches of a country is set according to what time?
2:4
Andhra Pradesh
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Standard time of the country138
41. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?
2nd April - 2011
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Vice President of India
Himachal Pradesh
42. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
Third century B.C
Das Kapital
Jan 26 - 1950134
Kanishka
43. Which is largest state of India?
23rd April
William Shakespeare151
State Bank of India
Rajasthan
44. Which is our National song?
Fatehpur Sikri
Vande Mataram
Concave mirror
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
45. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Aung San Suu Kyi
Narmada and Japti
Sunil Gavaskar
Shiv Prasad Singh
46. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
8th September
Only the first stanza
USA
July - 1947
47. Who discovered X-Ray?
Saeed Mirza
Roentgen
Nek Chand
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
48. Which city is called 'White City' of Rajasthan?
Ripon
Bangalore
Genetically Modified Crops.
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
49. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
Three Decades in Parliament
Euclid
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Jawaharlal Nehru
50. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
New Delhi
Speaker
Khadakvasla