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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Latitude and longitude are at what angle to each other?






2. What is India's rank on the Transparency International (TI) corruption Perception Index out of 183 countries in 2011?






3. Name the Indian woman boxer who won bronze medal in Olympics?






4. When comes National Sports Day of India?






5. Which is the World's largest exporter of inverters?






6. Which actress has become the brand ambassador for sanitation compaign?






7. Which metal is used in pencils?






8. Who is the creator of 'Sherlock Holmes'?






9. Which is the largest saline water lake in India?






10. Which is the great circle on earth's surface?






11. Who composed the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?






12. Who was the first woman to go in space?






13. Where is a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border detected?






14. Who composed our National song?






15. Between whom battle of Kurukshetra was fought?






16. Name the eminent Hindi authors chosen for Jnanpith Award 2011?






17. Who was first Indian woman to become president of U.N. General Assembly?






18. Which is the largest museum in India?






19. Which country has World's largest democracy?






20. Where at present the BRAHMOS missiles are assembled?






21. Which day is known as World Tourism Day?






22. What is KG5 drug?

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23. Which cricketer known as 'Tiger' also father of famous actor died on 23rd September - 2011?






24. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?






25. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?






26. Who discovered the noble gases?






27. Who composed the national song of India (Vande Maatram)?






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






29. Name the Russian painter who had an 468 acre estate in Bangalore






30. Who wrote the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?






31. Where is Indian Cancer Research Institute situated?






32. When are days and nights equal throughout the globe?






33. When is the Mother's Day celebrated?






34. Name the Indian who won Magsaysay award for community initiatives in Tamil Nadu?






35. Which is largest state of India?






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






37. Who discovered insulin?






38. Who arranged the elements in the Modern Periodic Table?






39. How water in earthen pots remain cool?






40. Where is the National Defence Academy situated?






41. Who was the first recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding?






42. Who invented transistor?






43. Which region of India is associated with pine forests?






44. Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of which party?






45. Name the place where Lord Budha breathed his last?






46. Who propounded the Market Law?






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






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






49. Indian Air Force Day is observed on which day ?






50. Who wrote Panchatantra?