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1. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Jonathan Swift
Maharashtra
Amjad Ali Khan
2. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?
Vasudeva
Performax
W.C Bannerjee
Speaker
3. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
The number of persons per square kilometre.
U.K
55th rank
Iodine
4. Which place is famous for gigantic rock-cut statue of Budha?
Bamiyan
Ashoka
Governor
Three Decades in Parliament
5. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?
Shimla and Hamirpur
Washing soda
The Bering Strait
Allahabad Pillar inscription
6. Which is the largest river island in India?
5th September
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Gagan Narang
7. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Ganga
Guru Gobind Singh
Amjad Ali Khan
Methane - butane and propane
8. Who is the new youngest Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
UK
Akhilesh Yadav
Vande Mataram
Art and architecture
9. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Punjab
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Bhai Gurmej Singh
10. Why sky appears to be blue?
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Cyrus Mistry
Will pass through Equator
Bamiyan
11. Which hockey team won the Asian Championship Trophy at Ordos(China) in 2011?
India
8th May
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
William Shakespeare151
12. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?
Kushinagar
Parupalli Kashyap
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
13. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Navtej Saran
Martin Luther King
Madhya Pradesh
14. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
5th April
Khushwant Singh
Aravind Adiga
Jagannath
15. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?
Tamil Nadu
Sunil Gavaskar
Strait of Gibraltar
29th August
16. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
Rs 270
State Bank of India
Hampi
Su-Kam Power Systems
17. For which dance Birju Maharaj is well known?
Hyderabad
John Keats
Hyderabad
Kathak
18. Who deciphered the genetic code?
India Museum at Kolkata
18th April
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
19. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Maharashtra
Mosley
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
20. Who was the first person to set foot on moon?
Director General Anil Kaushik
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Neil Armstrong
1949
21. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?
7th April
Prof. V.N Datta
Golconda
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
22. How many stanza's of Jana Gana Mana song were adopted as National Anthem?
Rabindranath Tagore
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Only the first stanza
Swarajya Party
23. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?
Strait of Gibraltar
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Uttarakhand
Tamil Nadu
24. Which country is the world's largest recipient of arms?
Nitrogen
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Mundak Upanishad
India
25. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
15th March
Tamil Nadu
2
Dumping
26. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
India
Mussoorie
15th March
Dehradun
27. For what was Gupta dynasty famous?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Kho-Kho
Art and architecture
28. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?
Shockley
Bengali
Madhya Pradesh
8
29. How water in earthen pots remain cool?
Silicon
Diffusion
Paschim Banga1
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
30. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?
Bengali
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Mosley
31. What is the maximum duration for which the Vice President can officiate as the President of India?
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
6 months
Johann Gregor Mendel
32. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?
8th October
35 year old Sapper Shanti Tigga
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
33. From which mines was the famous Kohinoor diamond produced?
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Golconda
Herodotus
Morarji Desai
34. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
E.G.Otis
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
35. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?
Bombay
Eagle
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.
2G spectrum scam
36. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?
Sunil Gavaskar
1.34 millions
Tamil Nadu
Johann Gregor Mendel
37. Which sportsperson won the maximum number of Olympic Gold Medals?
28th February
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Herodotus
Michael Phelps
38. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
2:3161
Jules Verne
8th March
Sunil Gavaskar
39. 'A Voice of Freedom' is a book written by whom?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
At the center of earth
Darsheel Safary
Nayantara Sahgal
40. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?
Jamaica
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Chandragupta Maurya
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
41. Name two other clones left with NDRI?
Vadodara
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
42. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Mohammad Iqbal
UK
43. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
William Shakespeare151
Rabindranath Tagore
Sukumar Sen
Torricelli
44. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
11th May
Saka era
Assam
14th November
45. What is e-bomb?
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46. Who composed the famous song 'Sare Jahan Se Accha'?
Mohammad Iqbal
July - 1947
Hyderabad
Vasudeva
47. What is made from the mixture of lime and chlorine?
Six months
Bleaching powder
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.
William Shakespeare151
48. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
New Delhi
Samudragupta
New Agra Fort
Ludhiana
49. When is World Food Day observed?
Jules Verne
Udaipur (Remember Jaipur is called Pink city). Udaipur is also known as city of lakes.
16th October
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
50. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
Dehradun
Kulandei Francis
Leh
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.