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General Knowledge Trivia Test
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1. After whose name the Nobel Prize was started?
Hyderabad
Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite
Nek Chand
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
2. World Aids Day falls on which date?
1st December
Gota in Sweden
Garima II (a female) and Shreasth (a male).
Prithvi-II (striking range of 350 km)
3. Which countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?
Algeria - Guinea - Iceland
Second Battle of Tarain
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
4. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?
Uttar Pradesh
5th September
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Gujarat
5. What reference is taken to know the local time of a place?
1911133
Longitudinal position
Razia Sultana
Dehradun
6. Where are Dilwara Temples situated?
Saina Nehwal ( won bronze medal for India)
John Keats
Rajasthan (Near Maount Abu)139
Lead
7. Hawa Mahal is situated in which city?
Gujarat
Jaipur
Rs 270
Washing soda
8. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?
Das Kapital
Graphite
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
Algernon Sidney
9. Who wrote the book 'Eternal Himalayas'?
Bhai Gurmej Singh
H.P.S Ahluwalia
10th December
Journalism
10. Who discovered Penicillin?
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Hockey
Baby Nargis
Alexander Fleming
11. When was Sangeet Natak Akademi set up by Government of India?
Miss Venezuele Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares.
1953
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
State Bank of India
12. One degree of longitude on equator is equal to what distance?
24th May
69 miles
Leh
1st May164
13. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Chadwick
Chilka lake (Orissa )
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.
14. On which date Quit India Day comes?
Because Shimla is at higher elevation.
9th August
Nayantara Sahgal
12th January
15. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?
Dumping
Sushil Kumar
Amir Khusru
Steve Jobs (Died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5th - 2011)
16. Name the scientist who got Nobel Prize twice for the same subject?
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
Truvada ( The once a day pill reduces the chance of contracting HIV)
Sukumar Sen
Marie Curie
17. 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?
Jonathan Swift
Kerala
Sunderbans delta
162
18. Who is the author of book 'The Shape of the Beast'?
20 August (Late Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary)
Punjab
Arundhati Roy
London
19. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?
Myanmar
Vasudeva
Hyderabad
Stupa
20. What is the other name of deuterium oxide?
1953
Heavy water
Lead
Neil Armstrong
21. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?
Increases
Contingency Fund of India
Planning Commission
Ripon
22. Name the new nuclear powered submarine formally handed to India by Russia?
Nerpa (The submarine that has the capacity to fire nuclear warheads)
On 100th anniversary - celebrated on 22nd March - 2012
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.
Lobsang Sangay
23. What is AERE?
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24. Which is the largest desert in India?
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Involved 14 luxury cars - including 8 Ferraris on the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki - southwestern Japan on 4th Dec. - 2011.
Rajasthan
Kanishka
25. Where is Buland Darwaza located?
Rajasthan
Fatehpur Sikri
Jonathan Swift
1st December
26. Which is our National song?
U.K
Vasudeva
Paschim Banga1
Vande Mataram
27. Which is largest river without delta in India?
Narmada and Japti
90 degrees
Aung San Suu Kyi
High concentration of uranium due to excessive use of phosphate fertilizers - according to report prepared by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
28. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?
Chaucer
Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi
Talwandi
China
29. Which fund can be used to meet the unanticipated expenditurewithout the prior approval of the Parliament?
Contingency Fund of India
Manipur54
Amir Khusrau
Lala Lajpat Rai
30. Which is the largest auditorium in India?
Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Baby Nargis
Akbar
Because the solids have high elasticity.
31. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?
Srilal Shukla and Amar Kant
6 months
Allahabad Pillar inscription
Narmada and Japti
32. Name the scientist who is considered as the Father of Genetics?
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Sushil Kumar
Johann Gregor Mendel
Roentgen
33. Which non -metal remains liquid at room temperature?
Bromine
Yousuf Raza Gillani
Thar desert (Rajasthan)
Hunting
34. Who was the first king to conquer Malwa - Gujarat and Maharashtra?
Golden Temple (Amritsar )
Jane Austen
Chandragupta Maurya
Kathak
35. What is the name of India's first aircraft carrier?
24
INS Vikrant55
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
Satyendra Nath Bose
36. Where is Bihar's first all women police station located?
Football
Prime Minister
New Delhi
At Biharsharif - became operational on 21st Jan. - 2012.
37. Name the Indian American astronaut who begins her 2nd space odyssey on July 15 - 2012?
Arundhati Roy
Jane Austen
Kanishka
Sunita Williams
38. What is the original name of Mahabharata?
J.L.Baird
Kauravas and Pandavas51
Mundak Upanishad
Jai Samhita
39. What is KG5 drug?
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40. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?
Prof. V.N Datta
Odisha
Julang-2
Standard time of the country138
41. Name the ballistic missile that lifted off from Wheeler Island in Odisha on 9th August - 2012?
Konark
Rajesh Khanna ( died on 18th July - 2012)
Aeriel Engineer Recce Equipment. The Army's engineer regiments are to be equipped with micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (micro-UAVs)
Agni-II - capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can cover 2000 km.
42. Who discovered photoelectric effect?
28th February
American firm Intra Pace unveils a stomach implant vi akeyhole surgery that can help people fight flab by warning the brain when enough food is taken. This credit card sized implant is named as 'Abiliti'.
Andhra Pradesh
Albert Einstein
43. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?
Methane - butane and propane
Arthur Conan Doyle
Reena Dharamshaktu(mountaineering) - Mamta Sodha1(mountaineering) - Dilip Donde (sailing) - Late Balwant Singh Sandhu(mountaineering).
Jules Verne
44. Who earned the title of 'Liberator'?
5
Chandragupta Maurya
Churchill
USA (104 medals; 46 gold - 29 silver - 29 bronze)
45. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?
30th January
Punjab
5th June
Hockey
46. Who is the author of book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?
Gujarat
Nitrous oxide
In Samba
Kiran Bedi
47. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Krishna
Increases
Gujarat
48. Who got Dronacharya Award in 2011 ?
Kuntal Kumar Roy (athletics) - I. Venkateshwara Rao (boxing) - Devender Kumar Rathore (gymnastic) - Rajinder Singh (hockey) - Ramphal (wrestling).
In front of New Delhi's High Court
Mumbai ( New Delhi is fourth cheapest whereas Ziirich in Switzerland is most expensive place)
The number of persons per square kilometre.
49. Whom the Gujarat High Court issued contempt notice on 15th Feb. - 2012 for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots?
Michael Phelps ( retires - won 18 gold medals in total)
Mr. D. Subbarao (Current RBI Governor)
Narendra Modi government
11th May
50. Who propounded the Market Law?
Indians
Arundhati Roy
J.B.Say
Khadakvasla