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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 'Glimpses of World History' is written by whom?






2. In how many time zones is the World divided?






3. Which book is entitled as 'Bible of Communism'?






4. Which state in South India have a thermal station at Tuticorin?






5. Who was the first speaker of Independent India's Lok Sabha?






6. Who wrote the famous play 'Macbeth'?






7. Who is the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan from Pakistan People's Party?






8. Who wrote the line 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?






9. Who became the first batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries?






10. Which is the largest river island in India?






11. Name the metal used as the filament of an electric bulb?






12. Who is the renowned flute player?






13. When is India's National Youth Day celebrated ?






14. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?






15. When an open bottle of scent is kept at one corner due to which phenomenon its fragrance is found in whole room?






16. Who is called Father of English Poetry?






17. What is the practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called?






18. Who invented the steam engine?






19. Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers situated?






20. Who wrote an English novel 'In Custody'?






21. Who has been selected as the new head of Tata empire in 2011?






22. Where is famous Somnath Temple located?






23. Who said 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err'?






24. On which date India won the World Cup in Mumbai?






25. Why sky appears to be blue?






26. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?






27. What is the reason found for ground water contamination in Punjab - especially in the Malwa region?






28. An air bubble in water acts as which lens?






29. Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?






30. Which state has maximum density of canals?






31. Which day in India celebrated as Central Excise Day ?






32. Where is India's Space Rocket Launching Centre situated?






33. Who is the author of the novel 'White Tiger'which won the Booker Prize 2008?






34. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?






35. Who is author of 'Hindu view of life'?






36. Name the first ever pill approved by US to prevent HIV?






37. Where is ABG Shipyard the India's largest private sector shipyard?






38. During whose reign The Mathura School of art flourished?






39. Which anniversary of sandwich was celebrated by British town in May - 2012?






40. Name the herbal drug developed by DRDO for soldiers working in high altitude areas?






41. When is Earth Day observed?






42. Who is the second 100 percent visually impaired person to be accepted into the IAS?






43. Where was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti?






44. In which century did Ashoka reign?






45. Which age group children in India are ensured free and compulsory education?






46. Name the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whose admirers have decided to build a temple to perpetuate his memory?






47. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?






48. Which is the Garden City of India?






49. 'Nokia' the telecom company belongs to which country?






50. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?