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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. With whom the Income Tax Department decides to share its PAN card database?
German
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Football
2. Who invented barometer?
Aravallis
God particle or Higgs Boson
Torricelli
Ganga
3. Who invented transistor?
Journalism
Kepler 22-b - Its located 600 light years away. A year at Kepler 22 lasts 290 days
Ladakh
Shockley
4. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Cavendish
Pune
Euclid
5. At which point of earth weight of object will be minimum?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Robert Watson Watt
Sunderbans delta
At the center of earth
6. Our Indian National Calender is based on which era?
Bengali
Saka era
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Because water keeps on passing out from pores and evaporating.
7. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Vadodara
Mumbai
8. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?
Shockley
Hyderabad
5th June
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
9. Who wrote the book 'Ammi! Letter to a Democratic Mother'?
Aung San Suu Kyi
Khushwant Singh
Saeed Mirza
Lobsang Sangay
10. What is the new name of Burma?
Myanmar
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Gota in Sweden
R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (1947)
11. Where is head office of the State Bank of India located?
Mumbai
Kho-Kho
Edvard Munch's iconic painting 'The Scream' was sold for nearly $ 120 million.
Tamil Nadu
12. Which song became the most searched You tube video in India in 2011?
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13. Why speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids?
Kanishka
Sunita Williams
Because the solids have high elasticity.
Hockey
14. Who is the author of novel 'The White Tiger'?
Will pass through Equator
Jaipur
Aravind Adiga
U.K
15. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Sriharikota
Increases
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda (he succeeds Mr. B.S.Yeddyurappa).
16. Which is the largest public sector bank in India?
Jonas Salk
State Bank of India
Finland
The new elements numbered 110 - 111 - 112 are called darmstadtium (Ds) - roentgenium (Rg) - and copernicium (Cn).
17. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
Rajasthan
Dehradun
Latitude includes 180 lines and longitude has 360 lines because longitude connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west.
Tamil Nadu
18. Which is the world's second cheapest city according to global survey?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Ripon
Will pass through Equator
19. Which is the largest populated state in India?
Lawn Tennis153
Uttar Pradesh
Chandragupta
Zinc
20. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Jane Austen
Jayadeva
Akhilesh Yadav
Hamid Ansari
21. How is population density in India defined?
Sitar
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
The number of persons per square kilometre.
Dumping
22. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Kolkata
E.G.Otis
Motion Picture
23. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?
Greeks
Dilip Kumar
India Museum at Kolkata
Ashoka
24. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja'?
Kanishka
18th April
Pakistan and Afghanistan
26 years and 9 months
25. What are the benefits of medicine Performax?
Is a herbal formulation of 10 selected herbs known to have adaptogenic properties. It helps to improve the physical and mental performance by increasing blood oxygenation and reducing low density lipoproteins and cholesterol.
U.K
2G spectrum scam
Martin Luther King
26. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?
Mosley
Algernon Sidney
Bangalore
Nek Chand
27. Who is the author of book 'Many Worlds'?
Saint Cathadral (Goa )
2
V.S Naipaul
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
28. Which day is observed as World Heritage Day?
Jana Gana Mana
The Bering Strait
18th April
Marie Curie
29. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
Pune
Pir Panjal railway tunnel ( 11.17 Km long tunnel underneath the rugged Pir Panjal mountain)
Lobsang Sangay
30. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Kanishka
Mehbooba Mufti
Iodine
2nd April - 2011
31. Name the Apple co-founder who changed the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing - music and mobile phones?
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Ladakh
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
Vidya Balan
32. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Diffusion
Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad
Kalpakkam
33. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?
Sri Lanka
2:3161
Chandragupta
16th October
34. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
Jane Austen
Alexander Fleming
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Haryana
35. When is the UN Day observed?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
24th October
Shobha De
36. Why sky appears to be blue?
11th May
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.
Mary Kom
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
37. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?
1.34 millions
250th anniversary
Pakistan and Afghanistan
Concave mirror
38. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?
24th February
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Art and architecture
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
39. Who wrote the immortal song 'Vande Mataram'?
Mumbai
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Kushinagar
Cavendish
40. Who invented radar?
Mundak Upanishad
V. Anand
Robert Watson Watt
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
41. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?
Hockey
South Africa
95th
The Bering Strait
42. Whose contemporary was Tulsidas?
Sitar
Mosley
Akbar
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
43. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
18th April
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
INS Vikrant55
44. Name the metal present in photo films?
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Silver
Hindukush
Chandragupta-II
45. Who is the author of book 'Gita Govinda'?
Methane
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.
Jayadeva
11th July
46. Who is the person of Indian origin nominated as the Governor of Louisiana - an American state?
Mumbai
Leo Tolstoy
South Africa
Bobby Jindal
47. Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay ofBengal?
Palk Strait
Saeed Mirza
Samar Guha
Bleaching powder
48. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
Baby Nargis
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Hyderabad
49. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?
Rajasthan
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
1949
Kushinagar
50. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?
Dilip Kumar
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Vidya Balan
Contingency Fund of India