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1. What is the latitude of South Pole?
Music
Hyderabad
90 degree
5th September
2. Where were remains of Vijayanagar Empire found?
1949
Hampi
August 22 - 2011. (founded on August 22 - 1639 and was known as Chennappanaikan )
Maharashtra
3. When is India's Republic Day celebrated?
Torricelli
N.E. Borlaug
Gwalior Gharana
26th January
4. Who is going to receive highest US award?
Aung San Suu Kyi
Vishnu Sharma
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
8th March
5. Who invented the lift?
Jane Austen
Playwright
E.G.Otis
Hockey
6. What is our National Anthem?
Jana Gana Mana
Ajit Kumar from Haryana
Jonas Salk
State Bank of India
7. In which state are the World famous Ajanta Caves situated?
Cyrus Mistry
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Maharashtra
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
8. Which was the World's first surviving clone buffalo at NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute)?
In front of New Delhi's High Court
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.)
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Jamaica
9. Which is the largest museum in India?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
15th March
India Museum at Kolkata
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
10. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Sushil Kumar
Mahatma Gandhi
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Kalpakkam
11. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?
Genetically Modified Crops.
Protecting Flora and Fauna
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
69 miles
12. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Wular lake (Kashmir)
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Trivandrum
13. Who is the author of book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?
Hockey
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Roentgen
Kiran Bedi
14. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?
Kushans
Torricelli
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Music
15. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?
Pakistan and Afghanistan
2nd April - 2011
Assam
6-14 years
16. With whom are the rare replicas of sacred book Guru Granth Sahib?
Football
Director General Anil Kaushik
Jai Samhita
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
17. Name the country which is second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits - vegetables and flowers in the world?
162
E.G.Otis
India
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
18. Who discovered insulin?
When sun is above the equator
Dr. F.G.Banting
8th October
Johann Gregor Mendel
19. What is KG5 drug?
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20. What is the maximum period of gap between any two sessions of the Indian Parliament?
Due to radiation
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
Six months
21. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
Madhya Pradesh
Graphite
55th rank
Sodium
22. Who wrote the book 'Unhappy India'?
Mathura
Maharashtra
Kho-Kho
Lala Lajpat Rai
23. Where is the Caspian sea - the largest inland sea or lake in the world located?
Johannes Kepler
Bangalore
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
35 degree
24. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?
M. Narasimhan
Maharaja Hari Singh
Sachin Tendulkar
27th September
25. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?
Tamil Nadu
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Aravind Adiga
U.K
26. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?
Rahul Dravid
Vocal Music
1st December
Finland
27. World Human Rights Day is observed on which day?
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
10th December
Vishnu Sharma
Rahul Dravid
28. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
Lead
Carbon dioxide
Tamil Nadu
Kanishka
29. What is equal to latitude of a place?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Angle between the horizon and the equator
Chandrasekhar Kambar (renowned Kannada literateur)
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.)
30. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
Shobha De
Punjab
The President
Music
31. Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between which countries?
Hyderabad
India and China
Jonathan Swift
Gagan Narang
32. Who wrote the book 'We Indians'?
Khushwant Singh
Aakash (Android based device developed by IIT researchers and now being developed by a company called DataWind.
Mathura
Jayadeva
33. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?
Music
Harshavardhana
New Delhi
Second Battle of Tarain
34. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
Mussoorie
V.S Naipaul
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Abul Kalam Azad
35. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?
Kushinagar
8th September
162
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
36. Satyan Bose is known for his excellence in which field?
Motion Picture
5
NATGRID (a network aimed at robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies).
Saeed Mirza
37. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
14th November
USA
Albert Einstein
Oxygen and acetylene
38. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
At the center of earth
5th September
Marie Curie
Music
39. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?
Rabindranath Tagore
Mumbai
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
40. Who wrote the popular book 'The Naked Face'?
Sidney Sheldon
Parupalli Kashyap
Rajasthan
Indians
41. Who is the World Player of Year?
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
26 years and 9 months
5th September
Lionel Messi - won the World Player of the Year award for the third time in row on 9th Jan. - 2012.
42. Who wrote the book 'Animal's People'?
Indra Sinha64
4 minutes
Hunting
Jyoti Amge
43. Which states are known for Cauvery Water dispute?
Only the first stanza
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Rahul Dravid
Abul Kalam Azad
44. Name the state of India where diamond mines are mainly found?
Curiosity
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
26th January
45. Which is the state wise largest area under forest in India?
15th August167
Indra Sinha64
Madhya Pradesh
Painting
46. What is AERE?
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47. Who is the renowned flute player?
Japan
Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Late Smt. Vijayalaxmi Pandit
162
48. Where is the World's largest ship canal?
Haryana ( making daily short term power purchases of about 330 lakh units)
Sodium
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Gota in Sweden
49. Watches of a country is set according to what time?
6 months
Standard time of the country138
1949
Hindukush
50. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists mainly which gases?
The Lok Sabha
Methane - butane and propane
Algernon Sidney
Tamil Nadu