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1. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?






2. Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America?






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






4. Name the state where bio-fuel outlet - first of its kind in the country will be opened?






5. Which is largest river without delta in India?






6. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?






7. Who wrote 'Gita Govinda'?






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






9. Who invented the petrol engine?






10. How many images will be formed when an object is placed between two mirrors placed parellel to each other?






11. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?






12. Which king brought the valleys of Indus - Ganga and Jamuna together for the first time under one political authority?






13. Who was the first Indian elected to the leadership of Communist International?






14. At which place the largest industrial solar plant of the country became operational on 29th July - 2012?






15. Who wrote the book 'We Indians'?






16. Name the metal used in storage batteries?






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






18. Which is largest fresh water lake in India?






19. Who invented telephone?






20. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?






21. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?






22. Which is the largest Church in India?






23. Name the cities of Himachal to be developed as the solar cities?






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






25. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?






26. Who was the author of 'Bharat Bharati'?






27. How is population density in India defined?






28. Who invented barometer?






29. Whose autobiography is 'India Wins Freedom'?






30. In how many time zones is the World divided?






31. For what was Ashoka famous?






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






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






34. Usain Bolt adjudged as the fastest man on the earth in Olympics 2008 belongs to which country?






35. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?






36. Who is known as 'Lady with the Lamp'?






37. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?






38. Who discovered blood grouping?






39. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?






40. Who was the first woman to go in space?






41. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?






42. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?






43. Name the NASA's most modern spacecraft successfully landed on Mars on 6th August - 2012 to begin a pioneering two year search to find out if the red planet is suitable for life and whether it can be inhabitable in the future?






44. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?






45. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?






46. Which is the longest river of India?






47. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?






48. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?






49. Who is the senior most Army officer to have faced a court martial and dismissed from service by an Indian Army Court?






50. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?