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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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






2. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?






3. Where in Delhi a bomb hidden in briefcase exploded killing 11 persons and injuring 47 in the worst attack in India's capital in 3 years in 2011?


4. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?






5. Who invented the petrol engine?






6. Who got the greatest Olympic athlete of all time Trophy?






7. Name the mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the West to Delhi in the North?






8. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?






9. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?






10. The World famous 'Peacock Throne' was kept in which Mughal building?






11. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?






12. What are GM Crops?






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






14. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?






15. Which is the largest Church in India?






16. Name the Indian scientist from whose surname the word 'boson' is derived?






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






18. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?


19. Who is crowned Miss Universe India 2011?






20. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?






21. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?






22. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?






23. Why bubble of water shines?






24. When is Earth Day observed?






25. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?


26. Who is called 'Grand Old Man of India'?






27. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?






28. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?






29. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?






30. Name the gases used in different types of welding?






31. Name one famous Sarod player?






32. Which country was under the grip of a severe earthquake followed by tsunami recently?






33. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?






34. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?






35. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?






36. Whose name is associated with the council of the 'Nine Gems'?






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






38. Which is the largest planetarium in India?






39. Who was called the 'Napoleon of India'?






40. What is proxy voting?






41. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore






42. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?






43. Which is our National song?






44. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?






45. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?






46. When an open bottle of scent is kept at one corner due to which phenomenon its fragrance is found in whole room?






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






48. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?






49. What is the ratio of width of our National Flag to its length?






50. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?