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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. What is the difference in time between two places 1 degree longitude apart?
4 minutes
Bhai Gurmej Singh
Haryana
27th September
2. Which day is celebrated as National Maritime Day in India?
Director General Anil Kaushik
Sitar
5th April
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
3. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?
Punjab
Hockey
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
William Shakespeare151
4. Who got Dhyan Chand Award in 2011?
Razia Sultana
Dr. Hargobind Khurana got nobel prize for it.
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
The Bering Strait
5. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?
Amitabh Bachchan
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
State Bank of India
Aravind Adiga
6. Why the International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180 degree meridian?
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'.
Dehradun
Samudragupta
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
7. Which is the largest Church in India?
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
Tungsten
8. What is the name of India's moon mission?
Chandrayaan
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
35 degree
9. While playing with which team Rahul Dravid completed his 10000 runs in the Test cricket?
South Africa
15th January
Jaya Dev
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
10. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Painting
Hampi
Ujjain
11. What is KG5 drug?
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12. Begum Akhtar is associated with which field?
28th February
Vocal Music
8th October
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
13. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Kerala
Chandragupta Maurya
Dumping
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
14. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?
In Samba
Rs 270
Vasudeva
11th May
15. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?
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16. When comes National Sports Day of India?
29th August
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Mohammad Iqbal
17. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?
Speaker
Guru Gobind Singh
Albert Einstein
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18. Who was the first woman to go in space?
Harshavardhana
11th May
Valentina Tereshkova
Kho-Kho
19. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Das Kapital
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
Bromine
Bhai Gurmej Singh
20. Name the alloy of iron - chromium and nickel?
Johannes Kepler
Sri Lanka
Stainless steel
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
21. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?
China
4G technology will offer many advancements to the wireless market including downlink data rates well over 100 Mbps - low latency - very efficient spectrum use and low cost implementation.
The Rajya Sabha
Four lions
22. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?
Saka era
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
23. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?
Michael Phelps
Maldives ( smallest in South Asia - its population is just 3 lakhs)
Silver
Nitrogen
24. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?
South Kolkata
Andhra Pradesh
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Param Vir Chakra
25. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?
Landsteiner
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
On the outskirts of Ludhiana
Ashoka
26. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?
31st May
The Rajya Sabha
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Mahatma Gandhi
27. Who wrote the first history book?
Odisha
Herodotus
5th June
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
28. Who discovered X-Ray?
Ganga
90 degree
Roentgen
$46 - 00011
29. Which is largest cave temple in India?
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Lala Lajpat Rai
Sunderbans delta
Kailash Temple - Ellora (Maharashtra)
30. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?
22nd April
Maharaja Hari Singh
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
31. Who invented the petrol engine?
Kanishka
Nikolaus Otto
5th April
Music
32. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?
Mahatma Gandhi
Equator
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
33. Who is the author of the book 'We Indians'?
Khushwant Singh
U.K
Demand deposits
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
34. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?
Shimla and Hamirpur
Sodium
The Lok Sabha
Allahabad Pillar inscription
35. Which day in India is observed as Minorities Rights Day?
India
18th December
The Reserve Bank of India
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
36. What is the latitude of South Pole?
90 degree
India
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Harshavardhana
37. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
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Saeed Mirza
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Paschim Banga1
38. Which is the place experiencing minimum and maximum temperatures -28.3 degree Celsius and 15 degree Celsius respectively?
8th September
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Leh
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
39. Which is the India's largest public sector commercial bank at present?
15th January
Golconda
Yamuna
State Bank of India
40. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Amitabh Ghosh
In Samba
India Museum at Kolkata
Shobha De
41. Who is sworn as the 14th Vice President of India?
Japan
Hamid Ansari
Marie Curie
When sun is above the equator
42. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
Kushans
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
31st May
Tamil Nadu
43. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?
Anita Desai
Torricelli
5th April
Shobha De
44. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Gota in Sweden
Chilka lake (Orissa )
Amjad Ali Khan
Chandragupta Maurya
45. Name the world's shortest living woman?
2
Jyoti Amge
1.34 millions
Sonepur (Bihar )
46. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?
Anita Desai
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
47. Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011?
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
New Delhi
State Bank of India
48. Who won bronze medal for India in men's 60 Kg freestyle wrestling?
Heavy water
Mr. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the 13th and current President of India.
Yogeshwar Dutt from Sonepat - Haryana
Methane - butane and propane
49. Which is the largest zoo in India?
M.N Roy62
Sukumar Sen
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
50. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?
Kanishka
Sunil Gavaskar
Jagannath
Aravind Adiga