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Q1. Who invented the windshield wiper and patented it in 1903?
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Q2. Who was the first person to successfully swim the English Channel without artificial aids?
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Q3. Which world chess champion played a match against the IBM computer "Deep Blue"?
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Q4. Who is the only batsman in the world to have been given out for obstructing the field in Test Cricket?
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Q5. What is "Karakatoa"?
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Q6. What does "Hong Kong" mean?
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Q7. What is the name for ceremonial scarf of Tibetan Buddhists?
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Q8. Which is the only Indian University to produce two nobel laureates?
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Q9. Who was the first to get Physics Nobel Prize?
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Q10. What was the name of the 8 times national champion who was gunned down outside K D Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow in 1988?
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Q11. Who was the first human being to die during a space flight?
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Q12. Who created the Rock Garden of Chandigarh?
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Q13. Carl Linnaeus, the botanist, who evolved the system of naming living organisms belongs to....?
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Q14. What is "Maghreb"?
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Q15. Dr. Christian Barnard of South Africa is famous for performing the world's first..
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Q16. Which Australian colony was the last to use the forced labour of prisoners?
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Q17. How many milligrams are there in a "Carat"?
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Q18. Which of the following is not a Rabi Crop in India?
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Q19. The capital of the Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was ..............
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Q20. Who among the following Indian ruler of 18th century is known as the "Plato of the Jat People"
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Q21. If Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was Tiger, who is "Panther"?
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Q22. What was the original name of Birbal?
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Q23. Which organization awards Hubbard Medal for exploration, discovery and Research?
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Q24. Hubbard Medal is an award for which field?
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Q25. Who painted the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican?
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Q26. What is "Schengen" related to travel?
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Q27. "Your place in the Sky" is the tagline of........
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Q28. Who was the author of the famous classic "Kapala Kundala"?
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Q29. How many humps does a Bactrian Camel have?
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Q30. Wry Bill is a unique bird with a beak that curves sideways. Where is it found?
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Q31. Of the following African nations which one is not land locked?
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Q32. Who scored the world's first test century?
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Q33. In which state is the Valley of Flowers National Park located?
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Q34. What is the US President's country retreat called?
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Q35. What is the national flower of Taiwan?
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Q36. Where is the world's largest desalination plant?
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Q37. Who is the author of the book the "Time Machine"?
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Q38. Which of these is the name of a bird as well as a fruit?
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Q39. Which Mexican General and President played an important part in the development of the chewing gum which later became popular as Chiclets?
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Q40. Who invented the Black Box cockpit recorder?
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Q41. Which famous diamond, now part of the Kremlin's Diamond Fund, is said to have been stolen from Sri Renganathaswamy temple of Srirangam, Tamilnadu?
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Q42. How is the Burmese military called?
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Q43. In which year was the Marylebone Cricket Club, England founded?
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Q44. Which was the first Indian film to be nominated for an Oscar in the Best foreign film language category?
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Q45. Which two ethnic groups were at internal war in 1994 in Rwanda?
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Q46. Who killed US President Abraham Lincoln?
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Q47. In the Bible, who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh?
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Q48. Who is considered as the father of geometry?
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Q49. What is the national flower of Pakistan?
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Q50. In astronomy the name of which Zodiacal constellation comes from the Latin word for "balance"?