IEEE-VESIT
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- 1. More than 86% of India’s rhinos live in which national park?
- 2. what was the deadliest weapon of world war 1?
- 3. Which is the chief language spoken in Brazil?
- 4. In 2003,India launched the world’s largest immunization campaign against which disease?
- 5. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured from the moment the top step begins to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find out the height of the stair way in steps?
- 8. Who was the first person from Andhra Pradesh to become the Prime Minister of India?
- 11. Darjeeling tea is plucked from which Indian state?
- 12. What was the name of the first planned city of the Mughals?
- 20. What is the real name of the man who played the role of Shaktiman?
- 21. Who has composed the theme song of the 2010 Commonwealth Games?
- 22. Which is the most common subspecies of tiger?
- 24. Which film director is the Chairman & Managing Director of ‘Mukta Arts Limited’?
- 25. What kind of an animal is ‘Shera’- the mascot of 2010 Commonwealth Games?
- 26. Which board game was originally called ‘Mokshapat’?
- 31. The Palk Strait seperates India and which country?
- 32. In 1947, from which monument did Jawharlal Nehru announce India’s independence?
- 33. Which company started bhashaindia.com to promote Indic language computing on the net?
- 35. Who was the first Indian to refer to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as ‘Mahatma’?
- 37. Which is the Largest island ?
- 39. Jackson Heights is the ‘little India’ of which US city?
- 41. Which monument, originally made in wood, represented the saint Imam Hussain’s tomb?
- 42. Which train in India boasted of the first STD/ISD service installation?
- 44. According to The Economist ,which management institute in India “is the toughest in the world to get into”?
- 45. Which Indian Actor is a brand ambassador of UNICEF
- 46. Which five-storey building has 953 pink sandstone windows known as ‘jharokhas’?
- 47. If Land of rising sun : Japan then Rooftop of world :?
- 48. Which novel by Vikram Seth has 1,349 pages and 591,552 words and is one of the longest novels ever published?
- 51. The last British troops in India ceremoniously exited the country by passing through which landmark?
- 53. Which item of India’s national pride was based upon a design by Pingali Venkayya?
- 54. In 2010, which Indian cricketer was chosen as a United Nations Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador?
- 57. Until 1896, India was the only source of which precious stone?
- 58. Which actor founded the production company Red Chillies Entertainment?
- 59. If India is number two, which country produces the most currency notes?
- 60. Williams Which lady holds the record for being in space for 185 days?
- 61. Who is the vice chairman of the World Steel Association?
- 62. In which state were the first Aadhar cards issued?
- 65. Harpal Singh of Delhi was the first proud Indian owner of which car ?
- 66. What are Robusta, Rasthali, Poovan, Singapuri and Chinia types of?
- 67. Effect India celebrates National Science Day every year to commemorate the discovery of what?
- 68. After the Taj Mahal, which was the most visited monument in India in 2009?
- 69. According to the Guinness World Records, which company is the world’s largest manufacturer of bicycles?
- 70. Which Indian PM made an appearence in the film Chala Murari Hero Banne?
- 71. Who was the final baton bearer in the Queen’s Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony?
- 72. In which City is the World’s most expensive house situated?
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- 1. In Hindu mythology,the end of which war marks the start of Kali Yuga?
- 4. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners in India?
- 6. The world’s highest battlefield is located in which glacier?
- 7. Among Indians, who scored most number of double centuries in Test cricket?
- 9. A PhD Scholarship at St John’s College-Cambridge,is named after which Indian PM?
- 10. Like a ‘toyota’ or a ‘civic’, I am just as good in reverse.Who am I?
- 13. Which was the first football club to represent India in the Asian Club Cup?
- 14. Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy visited India three times while writing the screenplay of which film?
- 15. K2,the second highest peak in the world,is situated in which mountain range?
- 16. The names of 70,000 Indian soldiers are inscribed on the walls of which monument?
- 17. To increase its brilliance, which diamond was cut from 186 1/16 carats to 105.602 carats?
- 18. In Test cricket, which Indian has bowled the maximum number of balls?
- 19. Which famous football club is run by the Alemao family of Goa?
- 23. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new member ?
- 27. In 1993, who was awarded the Booker of Bookers Prize?
- 28. In 1970, the National Dairy Development Board initiated which operation to increase the availability of milk?
- 29. Who is the first Bollywood star to feature at Madame Tussauds?
- 30. Which great Indian ruler first enacted a law for the protection of wildlife and environment?
- 34. Who holds the record for serving as the world’s longest lady PM?
- 36. Which state in north-eastern India harbours the maximum number of orchid species in the country?
- 38. Which was the first Indian film whose soundtrack was made available for downloading on iTunes?
- 40. MARCOS is an elite special operations unit of which branch of the Armed Forces of India?
- 43. On which national holiday are the Padma Awards given?
- 49. Who is the Director of Titanic?
- 50. The first name of which Indian footballer means ‘little brother’ in Tibetan?
- 52. Who plays the cat woman in The Dark knight rises?
- 55. Where was the first Indian Institute of Technology set up?
- 56. Who is Simba's father in the Lion King?
- 63. What is the Capital of Australia?
- 64. What is the name of the film production company founded by Mira Nair?