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General Knowledge Trivia Test

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1. Name the gas used to extinguish fire?






2. Which country has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?






3. Which country topped medal table in Olympic 2012?






4. Name the smallest neighbour of India?






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






6. Name the metal present in photo films?






7. On which date Anti Tobacco Day observed?






8. Name the person who has set a new Guinness record of being the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon in Toronto?






9. Name the ship commissioned by India which is biggest in its class in the World?






10. Who invented radar?






11. Which is the largest populated state in India?






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






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






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






15. Where is Boat Race a popular sport?






16. What is the ratio of width of our National flag to its length?






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






18. From which mines was the famous Kohinoor diamond produced?






19. Name the youngest skydriver in the country?






20. In which field Aachan Maharaj has distinguished himself?






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






22. Name one famous Sarod player?






23. Which metal is used in pencils?






24. What is the name of first Indian aircraft developed by Government laboratory with private fund?






25. Who fought the Third Battle of Panipat?






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






27. On which day International Women's Day observed?






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






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






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






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






32. Which was the great centre of trade and commerce in the Gupta period?






33. With which musical instrument was Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan associated?






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






35. On globe - the latitude and longitude intersect at what angle?






36. Who wrote the book 'The Namesake'?






37. Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to save him from which diseases?






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






39. Which game is associated with Merdeka Cup?






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






41. By whom is the Vice-President of the Indian Union elected?






42. Which is the largest zoo in India?






43. Where were huge amounts of uranium recently found?






44. Which is the highest military award for valour in India?






45. When is the World Population Day observed?






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






47. When India became a Sovereign - democratic republic?






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






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






50. On which part of earth days and nights are of equal length always?