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1. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Planning Commission
Mumbai
China
New Delhi
2. When is India's Army Day celebrated ?
Gol Gumbaz
15th January
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
24
3. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
2nd April - 2011
Nayantara Sahgal
4. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?
J.B.Say
Methane
Will pass through Equator
Sunil Gavaskar
5. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore
USA
Amjad Ali Khan
Satyendra Nath Bose
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
6. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
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'.
Due to radiation
Golconda
India Museum at Kolkata
7. What was the old name of Indonesia?
Uttar Pradesh
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dutch East Indies
W.C Bannerjee
8. When comes the Farmer's Day (Kisan Divas )in India ?
Aung San Suu Kyi
23rd December
24th October
Mussoorie
9. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
Heavy water
Khushwant Singh
Journalism
Swarajya Party
10. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
Tamil Nadu
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Nek Chand
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
11. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Kho-Kho
Uttar Pradesh
31st May
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
12. Name the shooter of Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur) who won silver medal in Olympics 2012?
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13. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Sri Lanka
Second Battle of Tarain
Abul Kalam Azad
Bhai Gurmej Singh
14. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Rajasthan
$46 - 00011
Iodine
Rocky Marciano
15. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?
Sidney Sheldon
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
15th January
16. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
162
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Jane Austen
UK
17. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
The Bering Strait
5 hours 30 minutes
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
18. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
15th January
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
19. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
Jaipur
250th anniversary
5th April
Akhilesh Yadav
20. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
God particle or Higgs Boson
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Rocky Marciano
Ganga
21. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
35 degree
Martin Luther King
Akhilesh Yadav
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
22. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
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'.
1949
Reliance Group head Sh. Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $22.60 billion.
23. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
J.B.Say
24. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?
Narmada and Japti
Firozeshah Tughluq
Kerala
Mehbooba Mufti
25. At what price the menu of the first dinner served to the firstclass passengers of the ill fated liner Titanic on 10th April - 1912 sold?
Marie Curie
Manipur54
$46 - 00011
Morarji Desai
26. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Aung San Suu Kyi
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Contingency Fund of India
24
27. Who is the first Indian male shuttler to reach Olympic quarters?
Jayadeva
Herodotus
Cavendish
Parupalli Kashyap
28. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Hyderabad
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
9th August
29. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?
11th July
Shiv Prasad Singh
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Aravind Adiga
30. What amount is purposed as per capita allocation for health sector for 2011-2012 - according to the official review of National Rural Health Mission?
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jaipur
Rs 270
31. Which painting got the highest price ever paid for a work of art at any auction?
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32. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
8th September
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
The number of persons per square kilometre.
33. When was the foundation day of CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) observed?
6-14 years
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Kerala
Because the solids have high elasticity.
34. Who won Jnanpith Award in 2010?
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
1911133
Parupalli Kashyap
Cavendish
35. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?
Japan
Abul Kalam Azad
Jane Austen
Yousuf Raza Gillani
36. If in a mirror image of object appears to be larger then which type of mirror is used?
Maharashtra
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
Madhya Pradesh
Concave mirror
37. Who propounded the Market Law?
Methane - butane and propane
Leh
J.B.Say
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
38. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?
India
Sunita Williams
V.S Naipaul
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
39. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Kiran Bedi
Saeed Mirza
Gota in Sweden
Mohammad Iqbal
40. When comes National Sports Day of India?
Curiosity
Parupalli Kashyap
29th August
Roentgen
41. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?
Jaya Dev
Chandragupta Maurya
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
Zinc
42. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
The President
Maharashtra
Nayantara Sahgal
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
43. Where is the India's first largest bamboo museum?
6 months
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Strait of Gibraltar
55th rank
44. Who is crowned Miss Universe India 2011?
Ms. Vasuki Sunkavalli (of Hyderabad)
Johann Gregor Mendel
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
45. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?
India and Pakistan
Amir Khusru
Punjab
15th March
46. Which country has World's largest democracy?
India
Art and architecture
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Mohammad Iqbal
47. Who wrote 'One Day Wonders'?
Graphite
Ms. Benazir Bhutto
Sunil Gavaskar
Konark
48. How many total number of enclaves are to be exchanged between territories of two countries India and Bangladesh according to the treaty signed in Sept - 2011?
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
Contingency Fund of India
Odisha
162
49. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
Maharaja Hari Singh
India and China
Su-Kam Power Systems
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
50. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
The Bering Strait
UK
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
22nd April