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1. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?






2. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?






3. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?






4. Which gas is used for preparation of soda water?






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






6. Kanchipuram is in which state?






7. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?






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






9. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?






10. What was the old name of Indonesia?






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






12. Where is the World's largest ship canal?






13. Who was the only Muslim woman to sit on the throne of Delhi?






14. Who will be the new Director General of Police (DGP) after the retirement of P.S. Gill?






15. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






16. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?






17. Who wrote our National Anthem?






18. When is Sadbhavna Diwas (Goodwill Day ) observed in India?

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19. Who is the richest Indian in the World according to the 2011 Forbes India annual rich list?






20. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?






21. Name the element required for conversion of solar energy?






22. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?






23. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?






24. Who wrote the book 'A Passage To India'?






25. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?






26. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?






27. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?






28. Which is the largest Mosque in India?






29. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?






30. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?






31. When in India National Technology Day celebrated?






32. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?






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






34. For what was Ashoka famous?






35. Who invented the telegraphic code?






36. Name the China's first woman astronaut into orbit?






37. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?






38. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?






39. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?






40. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?






41. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?






42. Name the first Indian women shuttler to enter semifinal at the Olympics?






43. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?






44. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?






45. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?






46. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?






47. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?






48. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?






49. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?






50. Which is largest populated city in India?