1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the book Discovery of India when he was in jail.

In which jail was he when he wrote this book? A) Ahmadnagar Fort Jail 2. Indias first Moon Mission Chandrayaan-1 landed Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on the Moon on ___. A) November 14, 2008 3. Whos birthday is observed as the National Sports Day in India? A) Dhyan Chands birthday on August 29 4. Eating of fish contaminated by which metal caused the Minamata disease in Japan in 1953? A) Mercury 5. Who was the last Mauryan emperor? A) Brihadratha 6. Right to Livelihood Awards is also known as Alternative Nobel Prizes. Who is the founder of theseawards? A) Jakob Von Vexkul, a Swedish Philanthropist 7. The instrument used for measuring blood pressure is called___. A) Sphygmomanometer 8. In which state is the Valley of Flowers National Park situated? A) Uttarakand 9. Who was the first Test Centurian in Indian Cricket? A) Lala Amarnath 10. Chemical name of philosophers wool is ___. A) Zinc oxide 11. The constitution of India is divided into how many parts? A) 22 12. In which country the Hwang-Ho River flows? A) China 13. The Servants of India Society was founded in 1905. Who was the founder of this organization?

A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 14. Where is the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany situated? A) Lucknow 15. Who was the Speaker of the first Lok Sabha? A) G.V. Mavalankar 16. Which vaccine was developed by Louis Pasteur? A) Cholera vaccine 17. The Kurukshetra War continued for how many days? A) 18 days 18. The headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is located in___. A) Vienna 19. Birjuji Maharaj and Lachhuji Maharaj are associated with which dance form? A) Kathak 20. Who invented refrigerator? A) J. Harrison and A.Cattling 21. The birth place of Guru Nanak is___. A) Talwandi 22. Who is the Chairperson of the HT Media Group? A) Shobhana Bharatiya 23. Which vitamin contains Cobalt? A) Vitamin B12 24. When was the Life Insurance Corporation of India established? A) 1956 25. With which field is the Pulitzer Award associated? A) Journalism 26. Who founded the city of Allahabad? A) Akbar 27. When were the first General Elections held in India?

A) 1951 28. What is the chemical name of Hypo? A) Sodium Thiosulphate 29. Which three Indian Cricketers have been included in the ICCs Hall of Fame? A) Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Bishen Singh Bedi 30. To which dynasty did Gautam Buddhas mother belong? A) Koliya Dynasty 31. When was the Indian Planning Commission constituted? A) 1950 32. Who wrote the book The Universe in a Single Atom? A) Dalai Lama 33. Thomas Cup is related to which sport? A) Badminton 34. Who created Hotmail? A) Sabeer Bhatia 35. Which Article in India has declared untouchability in any form as unconstitutional? A) Article 17 36. For which discovery was C.V.Raman awarded the Nobel Prize in the year 1930? A) Ramans Effect 37. Who was the first Law Minister of India? A) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar 38. Which halide is used in making sensitive emulsions on photographic film? A) Silver Bromide 39. With which sport is the term scratch associated? A) Golf 40. Marasmus is a nutritional disorder caused due to the deficiency of ___. A) Proteins 41. The World Leprosy Day is ___. A) January 31

42. In which city is the Atlas Cycle Co. Ltd. located? A) Sonepat 43. Which river crosses the Equator twice? A) Amazon 44. In which year was the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) nationalized? A) 1949 45. Who was the last independent Nawab of Bengal? A) Siraj-ud-Daulah 46. What is the study related to the origin, development and culture of past and present races of human beings called? A) Anthropology 47. Who was the inventor of Radar? A) Robert Watson 48. In which year was the East India Company established? A) 1600 49. Which is the worlds smallest Republic? A) Nauru 50. The famous Kohinoor Diamond was produced from one of the mines at___. A) Golconda