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<li>Who signs one rupee currency note of India ?</li>
<li>Who wrote the 'Das Capital', an extensive treatise on political economy ?</li>
<li>Who was the first law minister of independent India ?</li>
<li>Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are the varieties of which popluar beverage ?</li>
<li>Which Indian classical dance form, native of Andhra Pradesh, was developed by Siddhendra Yogi from Bhamakalapam dance drama ?</li>
<li>Where is the headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography located ?</li>
<li>Which European country is known as the 'Land of a thousand lakes' ?</li>
<li>Which is the nearest star to the Sun ?</li>
<li>Which gas is commonly known as 'Laughing Gas' ?</li>
<li>Which is the only continent through which all three main latitude lines - Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn - passes ?</li>
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<li>Finance Secretary</li>
<li>Karl Marx</li>
<li>B.R.Ambedkar</li>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Kuchipudi</li>
<li>Dona Paula (Goa)</li>
<li>Finland</li>
<li>Proxima Centauri</li>
<li>Nitrous Oxide</li>
<li>Africa </li>
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<li>In which city is the dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti located ?</li>
<li>With with musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated ?</li>
<li>In 1953, who became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ?</li>
<li>Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad ?</li>
<li>What is the name of India's first nuclear reactor ?</li>
<li>At which place did Mahatama Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India ?</li>
<li>'Wings of Fire' and 'Ignited Minds' books are authored by which Indian scientist ?</li>
<li>The Gir Forest National Park (Sasan Gir), the only home of the Asiatic Lions, is situated in which state ?</li>
<li>Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of 'Alamgir' (Conqueror of the world) ?</li>
<li>What is the common name of Acetylsalicylic Acid ?</li>
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<li>Ajmer</li>
<li>Sitar</li>
<li>Vijay Laxmi Pandit</li>
<li>Hussain Sagar Lake</li>
<li>Apsara</li>
<li>Champaran (Bihar)</li>
<li>A.P.J.Abdul Kalam</li>
<li>Gujarat</li>
<li>Aurangzeb</li>
<li>Aspirin</li>
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<li>What is the approximate playing time of full version of 'Jana Gana Mana', the National Anthem of India ?</li>
<li>Which city is famous for Chikankari embroidery ?</li>
<li>In terms of population, which is the smallest state in India ?</li>
<li>Phobos and Deimos are two moons (natural satellite) of which planet ?</li>
<li>Which state will host 34th National Games in June 2009 ?</li>
<li>Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country ?</li>
<li>Situated on the banks of Vaigai river, which city was the capital of Pandya Dynasty ?</li>
<li>Which constituent of human blood is responsible for blood clotting ?</li>
<li>Which was the first country to give women the right to vote in elections ?</li>
<li>What is the name of world's first Personal Supercomputer, which is upto 250 times faster than standard PCs ?</li>
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<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">52 seconds</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Lucknow</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Sikkim</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Mars</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Jharkhand</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Israel</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Madurai</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Platelets (Thrombocytes)</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">New Zealand</li>
<li>Tesla  </li>
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<li>In human body, Bile is produced by which organ ?</li>
<li>What was the original name of Mughal empress Noor Jahan ?</li>
<li>Which among the following is not a Prime number ?</li>
<li>Which city houses the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC) ? </li>
<li>Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element ? </li>
<li>In 1905, who founded the Servants of India Society in Pune ? </li>
<li>Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ? </li>
<li>In which Indian state is the Keibul Lamjao, world's only floating National Park, situated ?</li>
<li>In 1995, who became first recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize ?</li>
<li>'My Music, My Life' and 'Raga Mala' books are the autobiographies of which music maestro ?</li>
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<li>Liver</li>
<li>Mehrunnisa</li>
<li>9</li>
<li>Dubai</li>
<li>Carbon</li>
<li>Gopal Krishna Gokhale</li>
<li>Anil Kumble</li>
<li>Manipur</li>
<li>Julius Nyerere</li>
<li>Pt.Ravishankar</li>
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<li>The significant rise in production of which commodity is referred as `Yellow Revolution' ?</li>
<li>What is the length of a Cricket pitch, measured between two sets of wickets ?</li>
<li>Which associate of Mahatma Gandhi founded Paunar Ashram near Wardha in Maharashtra ?</li>
<li>Where is the headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?</li>
<li>Gayatri Mantra is addressed to which Hindu god ?</li>
<li>What is the name of India's first electric Car ?</li>
<li>In which battle was Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of Delhi, decisively defeated by Afghan ruler Muhammad Ghori ?</li>
<li>Which element is necessarily present in all acids ?</li>
<li>Which IT entrepreneur authored the book `Business at the speed of thought' ?</li>
<li>In which mountain range is the Siachen Glacier, the world's longest glacier, located ?</li>
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<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Oilseeds</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">22 yards</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Vinoba Bhave</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Mumbai</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Surya</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Rewa</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Second Battle of Tarain (1192)</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Hydrogen</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Bill Gates</li>
<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: Trebuchet,Trebuchet MS,Arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Karakoram  </li>
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<li>In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP' short for ?</li>
<li>What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis' ?</li>
<li>In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ?</li>
<li>What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ?</li>
<li>Which religious teacher established four maths in four corners of country at Badrinath (North), Dwarka (West), Puri (East) & Sringeri (South) ?</li>
<li>From which country's constitution, the concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted in Indian constitution ?</li>
<li>Which sector is the biggest contributor to India's GDP ?</li>
<li>Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia Pestis bacterium ?</li>
<li>Who is the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission ?</li>
<li>Who among the following is considered as the father of Mobile Phone ?</li>
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<li>Experience</li>
<li>Bargad (Banyan)</li>
<li>Patiala</li>
<li>65 years</li>
<li>Adi Shankaracharya</li>
<li>Ireland</li>
<li>Services</li>
<li>Plague</li>
<li>Sam Pitroda</li>
<li>Martin Cooper   </li>
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<li>In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ?</li>
<li>Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ?</li>
<li>`Akbarnama', a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ?</li>
<li>Which among the following is not a mammal ?</li>
<li>Which city is known as the `Big Apple' ?</li>
<li>Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ?</li>
<li>On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ?</li>
<li>Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister ?</li>
<li>On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ?</li>
<li>Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India's wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' in 1901 ?</li>
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<li>Devika Rani Roerich</li>
<li>Orissa</li>
<li>Abul Fazl</li>
<li>Shark</li>
<li>New York</li>
<li>Prakash Padukone</li>
<li>Sutlej</li>
<li>Pondicherry</li>
<li>Zulfikar Ali Bhutto</li>
<li>Dadabhai Naoroji</li>
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<li>Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?</li>
<li>What was the name of Maharana Pratap's faithful horse ?</li>
<li>Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ?</li>
<li>According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ?</li>
<li>Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ?</li>
<li>In 2010, which Asian city will host Commonwealth Games ?</li>
<li>Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the first Indian woman President of INC ?</li>
<li>Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ?</li>
<li>'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity' was the motto of which revolution ?</li>
<li>`Dreams from My Father' and `The Audicity of Hope' books are authored by which American President ?</li>
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<li>Mercury</li>
<li>Chetak</li>
<li>100 days</li>
<li>Cow</li>
<li>Vallabhbhai Patel</li>
<li>New Delhi</li>
<li>Sarojini Naidu</li>
<li>Indian Ocean</li>
<li>French Revolution</li>
<li>Barack Obama </li>
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