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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. On which date Quit India Day comes?






2. Which state of India has highest production of tea?






3. Who invented the steam engine?






4. During whose time the Gandhara School of art developed?






5. What was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of government of India?






6. Which state in India has three language teaching formula?






7. Who invented the mercury thermometer?






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






9. What happens to speed of sound with rise in temperature?






10. Who is the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka?






11. Where is the World's largest ship canal?






12. Name the state where bio-fuel outlet - first of its kind in the country will be opened?






13. Name the country which has longest international boundary with India?






14. Name the three new elements added to the Periodic Table in 2011?






15. From where the longest circle which can be drawn from earth's surface will pass?






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






17. When in India Teachers Day celebrated?






18. Name the sub-launched long range N-missile developed by China?






19. Name the great poet who graced the court of Alauddin Khilji?






20. What will be the difference in longitudes between two places if their time difference is 2 hours and 20 minutes?






21. When is World Food Day observed?






22. Who wrote the first history book?






23. Who invented the petrol engine?






24. Why sky appears to be blue?






25. When is Martyr's Day in India celebrated ?






26. Which metal is used in pencils?






27. When is Earth Day observed?






28. What is the aim of the 'Biosphere Reserve Project'?






29. Which is the largest desert in India?






30. Name the gas usually filled in the electric bulbs?






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






32. How water in earthen pots remain cool?






33. Greenwich mean time (GMT) is the standard time of which country?






34. What are the estimated premature deaths caused annually by air pollution - according to the first pollution survey carried in Sept. - 2011 by World Health Organisation?






35. Which child artist got Critics Best Actor Award for his acting in a film Taare Zameen Par?






36. Name the person who transliterated Guru Granth Sahib in Braille?






37. Name the metal used in storage batteries?






38. Under which scam - the 43 year old daughter of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi was in Tihar jail in 2011?






39. What happens when a ship crosses Date line from west to east?






40. What are the bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice called?






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






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






43. Which battle opened the Delhi area to Muhammad Ghori?






44. Which place is going to have North India's biggest turf club?






45. Who wrote the book 'The Daughter of the East'?






46. Which country has an Unwritten Constitution?






47. Which is the largest area wise state in India?






48. What is e-bomb?

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






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