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1. Din-E-Illahi was a religion founded by which emperor
Ashoka
Shah Jahan
Akbar *

2. In the English language what are distinct part of speech which describes an action, an event, or a state?
Noun
Verb  *
Pronoun

3. 022 is the STD code of which Indian city?
Mumbai *
Chennai
Kolkata

4. Who was the last actor to play the role of Devdas on Screen?
Dilip Kumar
P.C.Barua
Shahrukh Khan

5. Who is the youngest ever Member of Parliament of India?
Sachin Pilot
Milind Deora  *
Rahul Gandhi

6. Which State is often called as ‘God’s own country’
Kerala  *
Karnataka
Goa

7. Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged in 1964 to form which country?
Tanzania *
Zanyanika
Zaire

8. In a pack of cards, which one is a copyright?
King
Queen
Ace of Spade   *

9. What is the name of the system which visually tracks the path of the ball and display a record of its actual path as graphic image.
Hawk eye *
Black Spot
Wagon wheel

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10. On which street in Mumbai is the Bombay Stock Exchange located?
Dalal Street   *
Marine Drive
Nariman Street

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1. What is the currency of Nepal called?
Rupee *
Dollar
Pound

2. What is the name of the town in which the movie Sholay is set?
Rampur *
Ramnagar
Raighar

3. Which is the second most spoken language in India?
Tamil
Telugu *
Gujrati

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4. What was Bhishma’s original name in the epic Mahabharata?
Devadutta
Devasena
Devavrata *

5. Which one of these is not one among the four tennis grandslam tournaments?
Cincinati Masters *
French Open
Australian Open

6. Which leader succumbed to injuries in a lathi charge during a protest against the Simon Commission in 1928?
Lala Lajpat Rai *
Chandrashekar Azad
Ram Prasad Bismil

9. Who was the youngest of the 4 brothers in the Ramayana?
Bharat
Shatrugan *
Lakshman

10. Julian, Dick, Anne and George and their dog Timmy are collectively called what?
Detectives
Famous Five *
Famous Four and a Dog

1. Many animals keep their skeletons on the outside of their bodies. What is such a skeleton called?
Exoskeleton *
Cell membrane
Bones-around

2. In which year did the first war of Indian Independence took place?
1857 *
1919
1875

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3. Which Actor made his debut in the movie Kaho Na Pyar Hai?
Hrithik Roshan *
Abhishek Bachchan
Zayed Khan

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1. Which is the only F1 team owned by an Indian?
Force India
Indian Force
Kingfisher Racing

2. What does the green colour on the traffic signal mean?
Stop
Go
Hold on

3. The opposite of zealot is?
slacker
partisan
martyr

4. Which present day Politian contests from the constituency Rae Bareilly,UP?
Rahul Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi
Priyanka Gandhi

5. Which of the following has the highest viscosity?
Syrup
Juice
Water

6. Where is the famous tomb Gol Gumbaz located?
Bijapur
Bidar
Gulbarga

7. Which famous English city has the sobriquet “City of Dreaming Spires”?
Oxford
Cambridge
Liverpool

8. Which Indian Astronaut was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003?
Kalpana Chawla *
Rakesh Sharma
Sunita Williams

9. The design of which Indian car is based on that of the Morris Oxford?
Contessa
Maruti 800
Ambassador *

10. If 11.5% by weight of chromium is added to Steel, what is obtained as a result?
Teflon
Stainless Steel *
Formic Steel

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1. Which is the only F1 team owned by an Indian?
Force India

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1. In which sport have Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinnappa represented India?
Hockey
Badminton
Squash

2. Which one of the following is a nocturnal animal?
bat
flea
crow

3. Which present day Politian contests from the constituency Rae Bareilly,UP?
Rahul Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi
Priyanka Gandhi

4. The standard unit of measurement used for measuring force is which of the following?
Watt
Mile
Newton

5. Where did Ravana undertake a penance to bring Shiva to Lanka?
Murudeshwara
Gokarna
Madurai

7. Who wrote Hanuman Chalisa in his work Ramacharitamans?
Tulsidas
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Santh Thukaram

8. Which demon did Goddess Durga kill on the tenth day of Dussehra?
Narakasura
Tarakasura
Mahishasura

9. Which sacred Indian River, supposed to be lost, has been detected by satellite imagery to be flowing underground?
Mandakini
Saraswati
Betwa

10. On which of the following days are the days longest?
Winter Solstice
Equinox
Summer Solstice

1. What theory of ancient Indian history has recently been disproved?
Gypsy migration theory
Aryan invasion theory
Theory of origin of Vedas

2. What is the chemical formula for ozone?
H2O
HO2
O3

3. What quantity has been reduced to cause the fall while ice-skating?
Friction
Magnetism
Gravity

4. Which of the following substances acts as an insulator to the path of electricity?
Rubber
Impure Water
Metal

5. Which of the following is a term for a type of energy?
Water
Kinetic
Stream

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