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1. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Kalpakkam
Razia Sultana
Kho-Kho
German
2. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?
26th January
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Mumbai
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
3. Which game is associated with Agha Khan Cup?
Hockey
Chandrayaan
Hampi
Anna Hazare
4. Who is the author of the book 'Unto the Last' which influenced Gandhi ji?
Hyderabad
John Ruskin
Rajasthan
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
5. On which date Quit India Day comes?
Sunderbans delta
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
9th August
Albert Einstein
6. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?
Methane - butane and propane
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
24th October
Sunderbans delta
7. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
William Shakespeare151
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Kho-Kho
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
8. Which state is going to be first carbon-neutral state in the country by 2020?
Himachal Pradesh
8th October
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Jawaharlal Nehru
9. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
The equator
Japan
10. Which is our National song?
8th March
Vande Mataram
15th August167
Vadodara
11. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Chandragupta Maurya
Silicon
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
12. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
26th January
Cyrus Mistry
Mahatma Gandhi
13. Which is the largest river island in India?
22nd April
Wular lake (Kashmir)
31st May
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
14. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?
Mumbai
20th March
95th
Jonathan Swift
15. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Mahatma Gandhi
Amir Khusru
Samar Guha
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
16. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Amir Khusru
Heavy water
William Wordsworth
17. Which is the largest district in India?
Ladakh
Roentgen
Shockley
15th August167
18. On which part of earth days and nights are of equal length always?
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Mary Kom
Rahul Dravid
Equator
19. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?
Longitudinal position
Later Vedic Age
Nayantara Sahgal
Increases
20. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
Kauravas and Pandavas51
India
Due to radiation
21. When comes National Postal Day in India?
10th October
Demand deposits
Shimla and Hamirpur
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
22. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?
Trivandrum
Ujjain
24
Protecting Flora and Fauna
23. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?
Gagan Narang (shooter)
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Dutch East Indies
24. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?
Jan 26 - 1950134
Planning Commission
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.
Bleaching powder
25. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?
5
G.V. Mavalankar
Vasudeva
John Keats
26. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
6 months
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
S. Radhakrishnan
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.
27. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?
Konark
Jamaica
28th February
Talwandi
28. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Michael Phelps
29. Who got Arjuna Award in 2011?
8th May
Stainless steel
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
Uttar Pradesh
30. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Gota in Sweden
U.K
Guru Gobind Singh
Greeks
31. Which was the most commonly used coin in Mauryan period?
Karashapana
Aravind Adiga
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Konark
32. Who was the First Election Commissioner of India?
Kalpakkam
Sukumar Sen
Sarojini Naidu
V. Anand
33. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?
INS Vikrant55
Nek Chand
20th March
Sunderbans delta
34. In which year was the National Anthem first sung?
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
1911133
10th December
90 degree
35. Who wrote the novel 'Neela Chand'?
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Shiv Prasad Singh
Sidney Sheldon
8
36. When was the design of our National Flag adopted by the Constituent of India?
Gwalior Gharana
July - 1947
Landsteiner
Churchill
37. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Mahatma Gandhi
Thailand
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
38. Who is vice President of India?
Firozeshah Tughluq
Mohammed Hamid Ansari
M. Narasimhan
Mosley
39. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?
Ujjain
Herodotus
6 months
11th May
40. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Ripon
Chandragupta
Arundhati Roy
41. Which is the largest river delta of India?
E.G.Otis
Ganga
Amitabh Ghosh
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
42. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
In Samba
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Dutch East Indies
43. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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44. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?
Year of Disabled Soldiers
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Algernon Sidney
10th October
45. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Prime Minister
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
28th February
46. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ganga
Allauddin Khilji
S. Radhakrishnan
47. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
Jules Verne
Amitabh Bachchan
30th January
Concave lens
48. Who inspired Green Revolution in India?
N.E. Borlaug
Hockey
Florence Nightingale
Maharashtra
49. In how many time zones is U.S.A divided?
5
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Narmada and Japti
Kanishka
50. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?
90 degree
Gwalior Gharana
UK
Kathak