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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. Name the mineral found in Zawar mines?
India ( Brazil is the first largest producer of sugar.
Konark
24th May
Zinc
2. What is India's rank on Foreign money in Swiss banks?
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.
Mahatma Gandhi
Param Vir Chakra
55th rank
3. What reference is taken to know the local time of a place?
Valentina Tereshkova
Longitudinal position
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Uttar Pradesh
4. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?
Michael Phelps
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
8th October
Bhai Gurmej Singh
5. Which day in India is celebrated as Children's Day?
35 degree
G.V. Mavalankar
14th November
Amarnath (Jammu and Kashmir )
6. Who was the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
Jhumpa Lahiri
6 medals - 4 bronze and 2 silver
Mahatma Gandhi
Demand deposits
7. Name the metal present in photo films?
2
Silver
Yamuna
Ladakh
8. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?
Gwalior Gharana
Silicon
Odisha
Planning Commission
9. Who discovered blood grouping?
Euclid
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Landsteiner
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
10. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
Johann Gregor Mendel
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
24th May
11. At which place a devastating fire tore through seven storey AMRI hospital killing 91 people in 2011?
Vande Mataram
South Kolkata
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
26 years and 9 months
12. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?
27th September
Hunting
Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter whereas weight is a force.
Protecting Flora and Fauna
13. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?
5th June
Rabindranath Tagore
Gwalior Gharana
W.C Bannerjee
14. Which is the largest zoo in India?
Greeks
Colonel Gurman Singh ( grandson of renowned Sikh historian and scholar Baba Prem Singh)
Madenur in Hassan district of Karnataka
Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata )
15. Late Girilal Jain was a noted figure in which field?
Because blue colour of light is of shorter wavelength so easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour.
Journalism
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
16. Who composed our National song?
Bankim Chandra Chatterji
10th December
Greeks
Baby Nargis
17. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?
Aravallis
24th October
Hyderabad
Kanishka
18. Which element is obtained from sea weeds?
Kushans
USA
Palk Strait
Iodine
19. Name two other clones left with NDRI?
28th February
Aung San Suu Kyi
Florence Nightingale
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
20. Which day is celebrated as World Red Cross Day?
Painting
26th January
8th May
Julang-2
21. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
Tamil Nadu
Razia Sultana
Alexander Graham Bell
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
22. Name the latest India's surface -to-surface missile successfully test fired (on 26th Sept - 2011)?
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
23. Name the player of USA who created history by grabbing his 22nd Olympic medal ?
Jaipur
William Shakespeare151
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
H.P.S Ahluwalia
24. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
2:3161
From fresh and purified fat stem cells ( Fat has a large number of tissue growing stem cells. People could go for liposuction and save fat cells for future use or can use immediately.)
Satyendra Nath Bose
25. Why clear nights are more colder then cloudy nights?
Aravind Adiga
Oxygen and acetylene
Kushans
Due to radiation
26. Which is largest state of India?
Rajasthan
Hyderabad
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Arundhati Roy
27. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?
G.V. Mavalankar
India and China
Maharashtra
Kushinagar
28. Who wrote the book 'Gullivers Travel'?
Jonathan Swift
Tamil Nadu
Mohammad Iqbal
To divide Pacific Ocean in two halves
29. Who got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (highest sports award in country) award?
Sukumar Sen
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
Strait of Gibraltar
Gagan Narang (shooter)
30. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?
Virender Sehwag (he scored 219 to carve out the highest ever individual score)
Kerala
Neil Armstrong
Mahatma Gandhi
31. Where is the headquarters of Oil and Natural Gas Commission?
Newcommen (Later James Watt made improvements)
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Dehradun
Anna Hazare
32. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?
Nikolaus Otto
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi
The equator
Shiv Prasad Singh
33. Who won the Wimbledon title for seventh time and 17th grand slam crown after beating Andy Murray in male category in 2012?
Dumping
Roentgen
Roger Federer
Samuel Morse
34. When is World's Sparrow Day observed?
Kalpakkam
Julang-2
20th March
Mohammad Iqbal
35. Who is the creator of Rock Garden in Chandigarh?
Nek Chand
Kalpakkam
20th June (3rd sunday of June)
Maharaja Hari Singh
36. At what age World's oldest dog Pusuke died?
E.M Forster
26 years and 9 months
20th March
16th October
37. Where are the headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts?
Dance
Bangalore
Myanmar
New Delhi
38. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
Chandragupta Maurya
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
Genetically Modified Crops.
11th July
39. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?
Perpendicular to each other
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and N.Ramachandran (Sports Academies of Excellence).
26th January
Gagan Narang
40. Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe?
Strait of Gibraltar
Third century B.C
11th July
Konark
41. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
Dr. F.G.Banting
24th October
Arthur Conan Doyle
Carbon dioxide
42. Who is the new captain of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals?
Paschim Banga1
90 degrees
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Rahul Dravid
43. Which player is the author of book named 'Sunny Days'?
27th September
India's top wax sculptor Sunil Kandalloor
Chandragupta Maurya
Sunil Gavaskar
44. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?
Kathak
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
1949
Darsheel Safary
45. Who was the author of 'Bharat Bharati'?
Maithili Sharan Gupta67
2G spectrum scam
Prime Minister
New Delhi
46. Who headed the committee on computerisation in Indian banks(1988)?
M. Narasimhan
Jamaica
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
47. Which state has maximum density of canals?
Uttar Pradesh
Carbon dioxide
Aung San Suu Kyi
Shabbir Ali (football) - Sushil Kohli(swimming) - Raj Kumar (wrestling).
48. Where is the National Institute of Nutrition located?
Akhilesh Yadav
Indra Sinha64
Garima - lived for two years (died on 1st August - 2011 due to heart failure).
Hyderabad
49. Who crafted the wax statue of Anna Hazare?
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50. Who is generally regardedas the pioneer of Local Self Government in Modern India?
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
The Reserve Bank of India
Ripon
Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi