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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When is Commonwealth Day observed?






2. Name the metal used in storage batteries?






3. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?






4. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?






5. Who is known as Father of Geometry?






6. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?






7. Who is vice President of India?






8. What is the upper house of parliament known as?






9. Name the latest hi-tech weapon invented in 2011 to prevent obesity?

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10. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?






11. Who was the first person to set foot on moon?






12. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?






13. What are GM Crops?






14. Which state has become the second highest power purchaser in the country after Punjab?






15. Kathakali a folk dance is prevalent in which state?






16. Who was the first woman to go in space?






17. Which child artist got Critics Best Actor Award for his acting in a film Taare Zameen Par?






18. To whom President of India can write if he wants to resign from office?






19. Which game is associated with Agha Khan Cup?






20. Who discovered the oral polio vaccine?






21. Mainly which gas is present in gobar gas?






22. Which village of Andhra Pradesh may be sitting over one of the world's largest uranium reserves?






23. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?






24. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?






25. World Aids Day falls on which date?






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






27. Where is Char Minar located?






28. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?






29. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?






30. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?






31. Who wrote the first history book?






32. Who appoints the Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission?






33. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?






34. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?






35. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?






36. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?






37. Whose influence is reflected in the sculptures of the Gandhara school?






38. Who propounded the Market Law?






39. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?






40. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?






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






42. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?






43. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?






44. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?






45. Which was the World's first surviving clone buffalo at NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute)?






46. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?






47. Name two other clones left with NDRI?






48. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






49. Who wrote 'Netaji - Dead or Alive'?






50. Which is the largest museum in India?