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1. Where were Chola Kings ruling over?
India and Pakistan
Tamil Nadu
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. Which country won the maximum number of medals in Olympics 2008 held in Beijing?
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.
Bamiyan
USA
Jayadeva
3. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?
Kanishka
Tamil Nadu
18th April
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
4. What is AERE?
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5. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?
Stupa
Leo Tolstoy
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
22nd April
6. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
Galileo
1st May164
Myanmar
Marie Curie
7. In which field the name of Gangubai Hangal associated?
Bangalore
1953
Red sea and Mediterranean sea
Music
8. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Sunderbans delta
Iodine
Alexander Fleming
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
9. Where are the World famous Khajuraho sculptures located?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
10. Which state of India has highest production of tea?
Sunil Gavaskar
Assam
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
Valentina Tereshkova
11. In which Amendment Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights?
Sriharikota
Forty-fourth Amendment
Longitudinal position
Gwalior Gharana
12. Where is Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Sriharikota
Rabindranath Tagore147
Yamuna
Kalpakkam
13. Players of which state got the maximum Olympic medals in London Olympics?
$46 - 00011
Robert Watson Watt
Music
Haryana
14. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
H.P.S Ahluwalia
Robert Watson Watt
Sriharikota
Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand dam )
15. From which mines was the famous Kohinoor diamond produced?
Golconda
Fauja Singh (a 100 year old runner of Indian origin)
Amitabh Bachchan
Jyoti Amge
16. What is the upper house of parliament known as?
24
State Bank of India
The Rajya Sabha
Jane Austen
17. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?
Former Military Secretary - Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.( Found guilty for his involvement in Sukna land scam.)
Finland
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
8th September
18. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?
At Magdalla port near Surat.
Hockey
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Amir Khusru
19. Where in Delhi a bomb hidden in briefcase exploded killing 11 persons and injuring 47 in the worst attack in India's capital in 3 years in 2011?
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20. Who discovered photoelectric effect?
Majuli (Brahmaputra river - Assam)
Art and architecture
Albert Einstein
Performax
21. Name the subatomic particle which scientists claimed to have spotted and is believed to be a crucial building block in the formation of universe?
God particle or Higgs Boson
11th July
Three Decades in Parliament
Bhai Gurmej Singh
22. Which game is associated with Agha Khan Cup?
Leo Tolstoy
Hockey
Aung San Suu Kyi
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
23. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Painting
Oxygen and acetylene
Its a herbal treatment which is quite safe and cheap as compared to allopathic medicines.
Dumping
24. Who was the first lady to become judge of the Supreme Court?
Contingency Fund of India
Mary Kom
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
Kulandei Francis
25. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?
Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) in Palampur (H.P)
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Svetoslav Roerich (his wife: actor Devika Rani)
8th May
26. Radcliffe line is the boundary line between which countries?
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.
India and Pakistan
Kanishka
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
27. Under which scam - the 43 year old daughter of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi was in Tihar jail in 2011?
2G spectrum scam
Jaya Dev
Three Decades in Parliament
Vande Mataram
28. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Gagan Narang (shooter)
Amitabh Bachchan
USA
29. Which metal is used in pencils?
Performax
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
Graphite
In front of New Delhi's High Court
30. Who is the author of book 'India Wins Freedom'?
New Agra Fort
10th October
Jayadeva
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad65
31. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
E.G.Otis
South Kolkata
Hyderabad
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
32. Name the player of USA who created history by grabbing his 22nd Olympic medal ?
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
German
33. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
5th September
State Bank of India
1.34 millions
Mosley
34. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?
Param Vir Chakra
8th May
Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
UK
35. Who is the author of book 'Speed Post'?
India Museum at Kolkata
Rabindranath Tagore147
M.N Roy62
Shobha De
36. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?
Andhra Pradesh
Param Vir Chakra
Himachal Pradesh
Genetically Modified Crops.
37. In how many time zones is the World divided?
Due to phenomenon of total internal reflection.
24
Three Decades in Parliament
Bangalore
38. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?
1.34 millions
J.L.Baird
Second Battle of Tarain
6-14 years
39. Who invented the television?
J.L.Baird
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Jules Verne
Mussoorie
40. Which is the largest river delta of India?
Allahabad Pillar inscription
William Shakespeare151
Ganga
Milkha Singh
41. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made?
8
Solidified Carbon Dioxide
95th
In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old)
42. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Kerala
11th May
43. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?
N.E. Borlaug
Abhinav Bindra
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Gagan Narang ( won a bronze medal in 10m air rifle shooting.)
44. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?
Whooping cough - tetanus and diphtheria.156
Year of Disabled Soldiers
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
11th May
45. Who discovered blood grouping?
Marie Curie
Hamid Ansari
Bobby Jindal
Landsteiner
46. Where are the achievements of Samudragupta described on?
The Reserve Bank of India
Marie Curie
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Madhya Pradesh
47. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?
Vijay Kumar - Vijay Kumar ( in men's 25m rapid fire pistol)4
Swarajya Party
J.L.Baird
Firozeshah Tughluq
48. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?
Indra Sinha64
Genetically Modified Crops.
Mussoorie
23rd April
49. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?
Sunita Williams
Samudragupta
State Bank of India
8th October
50. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?
29th August
Shiv Prasad Singh
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
31st May