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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice 'is written by whom?






2. In India - who issues one rupee coins and notes as well as subsidiary coins?






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






4. Who was the chairman of Constituent Assembly?






5. Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar - Pakistan has been turned into heritage site?






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






7. Who is President of India?






8. Name the world's shortest living woman?






9. Where are relics of Buddha preserved?






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






11. How many postal zones are there in India - under the PIN Code System?






12. Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir?






13. Which is the largest Gurudwara in India?






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






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






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






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






18. How water in earthen pots remain cool?






19. Who invented the mercury thermometer?






20. When is World Laughter Day celebrated?






21. Name the country's longest railway tunnel excavated?






22. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?






23. When was the Constituent Assembly that framed Constitution for Independent India set up?






24. On whose written advice President can proclaim Emergency?






25. What is the changed name of Orissa officially according to Presidential assent to the Bill?






26. Who invented radar?






27. Where did coins made of metal first appeared?






28. What is KG5 drug?

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29. Year 2011 is observed by Army as what?






30. Name the state of India having longest coastline?






31. Who wrote the first history book?






32. Name the book which has collection of speeches of N.G Ranga?






33. What is the designation of the chairperson of Lok Sabha?






34. Where is the world's largest solar power project going to be set up?






35. Name the famous ruler of ancient India - who towards the end of his life converted to Jainism?






36. Who is the first Indian sports person to win an individual Gold medal in the Olympic Games?






37. What is our National Anthem?






38. For what is Bijapur known?






39. Who was called Bollywood's first superstar?






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






41. Who won the first medal for India in Olympics 2012?






42. 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?






43. Which is the largest port in India?






44. Who got Dhyan Chand Award in 2011?






45. Name 72 year old social activist who supported Jan Lokpal Bill?






46. Which day is celebrated as International Literacy Day?






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






48. Upto where Chandragupta Maurya's empire extended in the north-west?






49. Name the metal present in photo films?






50. Why Shimla is cooler than Amritsar though they have same latitude?