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1. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
5th September
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Cavendish
London

2. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?
Concave lens
Iran ( India has to take decision carefully as Iran is not just an important crude oil supplier but also a prospective large export market.)
H.P.S Ahluwalia
India Museum at Kolkata

3. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?
Members of both the Houses of Parliament.
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
27th September
Saka era

4. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?
It loses one day
Churchill
Washing soda
15th August167

5. What will be the new name of West Bengal?
Paschim Banga1
1st May164
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Aravallis

6. Who is the first Indian male shuttler to reach Olympic quarters?
Ashoka
Parupalli Kashyap
69 miles
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.

7. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?
Abhinav Bindra
Sitar
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)

8. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?
INS Satpura (ship which is 143m long can tactically fire weapons even before enemy detects it).
Bangalore
Infinite
Jan 26 - 1950134

9. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?
Khadakvasla
Kolleru lake (Andhra Pradesh )
Myanmar
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156

10. Which is the largest delta in India?
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
Sunderbans delta
Maharashtra
Arthur Conan Doyle

11. The Rath Yatra at Puri is celebrated in honour of which Hindu deity?
Jagannath
India
1949
Assam

12. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?
Tungsten
Su-Kam Power Systems
Edison
Hockey

13. Who got Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar in 2011 ?
27th September
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Ogyen Trinley Dorjee - the third most important Tibetian religious head after Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. (as police recovered currencies of 26 countries including 1 - 20 - 197 chinese yuan and around Rs 5.3 million in Indian currency.)
Anita Desai

14. Where is Sun Temple situated?
Edison
Konark
Rajasthan
15th August167

15. Name the person who presided over the first session of Indian National Congress in 1885?
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Michael Phelps
Diffusion
W.C Bannerjee

16. Who is the author of book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?
24
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Rahul Dravid
Kiran Bedi

17. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?
South Kolkata
Mundak Upanishad
Firozeshah Tughluq
30th January

18. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?
Nikolaus Otto
2:4
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
26th January

19. What is e-bomb?

20. With which sports is Sushma Saroelker associated?
Kho-Kho
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Shimla and Hamirpur
Saint Cathadral (Goa )

21. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?
Dilip Kumar
Jayadeva
Strait of Gibraltar
Playwright

22. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?
Abhinav Bindra
Bangalore
24th February
Satyendra Nath Bose

23. What is the upper house of parliament known as?
The Rajya Sabha
Kerala
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.

24. Who is crowned Miss World 2011?
Fr his vast empire - for his preaching of ahimsa and for following path of Buddha.
Churchill
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
11th May

25. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
Strait of Gibraltar
Hyderabad
Methane - butane and propane
Chandragupta Maurya

26. What is the name of India's moon mission?
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
Anusha Tyagi ( Her feat has been recognised by the Limca Book of Records)
Aravallis
Chandrayaan

27. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?
Mahatma Gandhi
Samuel Morse
Football
Curiosity

28. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?
E.G.Otis
24th February
Jan 26 - 1950134
Ms. Benazir Bhutto

29. Who is the renowned flute player?
Herodotus
Prof. V.N Datta
28th February
Hari Prasad Chaurasia

30. On which part of earth days and nights are of equal length always?
15th August167
Casting of vote through a proxy that the voter nominates.
Equator
Ganga

31. Who got Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award in 2011?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
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.
Lead
India Museum at Kolkata

32. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?
11th May
Liu Yang ( landed on earth safely after 13 days)
Concave mirror
Narendra Modi government

33. Name the two living members of first Lok Sabha to be honored by President on 13th May - 2012 - 60th anniversary of our Parliament?
Jaipur
Su-Kam Power Systems
Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jhangde
Michael Phelps

34. Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
' Why This Kolaveri Di' the song released on 16th Nov. written and sung by Dhanush
Anita Desai
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Jonathan Swift

35. Name the world's shortest living woman?
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
24
Jyoti Amge

36. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?
Protecting Flora and Fauna
250th anniversary
Narmada and Japti
Jawaharlal Nehru

37. Name the Indian scientist who was a part of NASA team which has identified the landing site of the 'Curiosity'?
Madhya Pradesh
15th August167
M.N Roy62
Amitabh Ghosh

38. What is Ayush treatment?
M. Narasimhan
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Methane
Demand deposits

39. In how many time zones is the World divided?
24
USA
Bengali
Khadakvasla

40. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Nitrous oxide
South Kolkata
Valentina Tereshkova

41. Which day is known as World Book and Copyright Day?
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
23rd April
Indra Sinha64
Jane Austen

42. 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?
26th September (49th foundation day was observed on 26th Sept. - 2011)
Rs 270
Maharashtra
162

43. What is our National Anthem?
Jhumpa Lahiri
Maharashtra
Mumbai
Jana Gana Mana

44. With which field M.F. Hussian were associated?
Painting
Abul Kalam Azad
China
8

45. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?
Mosley
26th January
Jonas Salk
Bombay

46. Name the temple where majority of pilgrims visiting tonsure their heads and offer their hair to Lord Venkateswara?
Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh
Saeed Mirza
Three Decades in Parliament
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

47. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
Roger Federer
69 miles
Amir Khusrau
Dadabhai Naoroji

48. Who has been re-elected PDP President for the fourth time in Srinagar in 2011?
Mehbooba Mufti
15th January
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
2nd April - 2011

49. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
24
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit

50. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?
Gujarat
Johann Gregor Mendel
26th January
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.