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                                                       IMPORTANT MCQ QUESTION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Q-1.Which is the most famous city in Punjab?
(A) Ludhiana                         (B) Amritsar
(C) Chandigarh                      (D) Patiala
                                                                                                                           Ans : (B)

                                                                                                                                                                                   Q-2. Who is the first lady Chief Minister of Punjab?
(A) Bibi Jagir Kaur                            (B) Kiran Bedi
(C) Rajinder Kaur Bhattal                  (D) Ms. Seema Roy
                                                                                                                           Ans : (C)

Q-3. Who was the first Governor of Punjab?
(A) Mr. Chandu Lal Trivedi               (B) Bansilal
(C) Gopi Chand                                  (D) Amrinder Singh
                                                                                                                           Ans : (A)


Q-4. Who is the first lady Deputy commissioner of Punjab?
(A) Ms. Vini Chohan                          (B) Ms. Vini Mahajan
(C) Ms. Kiran Bedi                             (D) None of these
                                                                                                                           Ans : (B)

Q-8 . Which is new created city in Punjab?
(A) Fatehgarh Sahib                            (B) Anandgarh
(C) Garshankar                                    (D) Nawashahar
                                                                                                                           Ans : (B)

Q-9. When was Punjabi University established at Patiala?
(A) 1930                                              (B) 1940
(C) 1950                                              (D) 1960
                                                                                                                           Ans : (D)

Q-10. When was the Punjab School Education Board established in Punjab?
(A) 1969                                             (B) 1959
(C) 1949                                             (D) 1939
                                                                                                                                Ans : (A)

Q-11. Where is the Sikh Heritage Complex developed?
(A) Mansa                                          (B) Amritsar
(C) Ropar                                           (D) Anandpur Sahib
                                                                                                                                Ans : (D)

Q-12. Who is the first Punjabi novelist to get Jananpith Award?
(A) Sr. Nanak Singh                          (B) Sr. Gurdial Singh
(C) Sr. Gurdial Duggal                      (D) Sr. Nanak Duggal
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)

Q-13. When was the use of Punjabi made compulsory in the year?
(A) 1990                                             (B) 1991
(C) 1992                                             (D) 1994
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (C)

Q-14. Who is the Governor of Punjab?
(A) Gen. S.E. Rodrigues                    (B) Prakash Singh Badal
(C) Mr. Butta Singh                           (D) Naresh Kumar Sandhu
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (A)

Q-15. Which is the biggest grain market of Punjab?
(A) Marinda.                                      (B) Mansa
(C) Kotkpoora                                    (D) Khanna
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (D)

Q-16. When was the treaty of Amritsar held on
(A) 1805                                            (B) 1806
(C) 1807                                            (D) 1809
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (D)

Q-17. When was the Punjab and Papsu meged?
(A) 1950                                           (B) 1952
(C) 1953                                           (D) 1956
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (D)

Q-18. According to 2001 census, the total population of Punjab is
(A) 2, 43, 89, 296                             (B) 2, 42, 89, 296
(C) 2, 44, 89, 296                             (D) 2, 44, 88, 296
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)

Q-19. Where is the Punjabi University located at
(A) Chandigarh                                (B) Ludhiana
(C) Jalandhar                                    (D) Patiala
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (D)

Q-20. Who is the pioneer of Punjabi Suba?
(A) Master Tara Singh                       (B) Master Kapoor
(C) Master Akesh                              (D) Master Mohan
                                                                                                                                Ans : (A)

Q-21. Which city of Punjab is famous for furniture goods?
(A) Kirtpur                                        (B) Mansa
(C) Kartarpur                                    (D) Khanna
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (C)

Q-22. Who is the Punjabi Poetess to get Jananpith Award?
(A) Ms. Amrita Shergil                     (b) Ms. Amrita Pritam
(C) Dilip KaurTiwana                        (D) Ms. Sharmila Panday
                                                                                                                                  Ans : (B)  

Q-23. Which is the Pioneer of Punjabi Novel?
(A) Sr. Gurdial Singh                         (b) Sr. Nanak Singh
(C) Sr. Nanak Duggal                        (D) Sr. Gurdial Khanna
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)

Q-24. Where was the headquarters of Punjab school Education Board?
(A) Morinda                                   (B) Chandigarh
(C) Mohali                                      (D) Ropar
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (C)

Q-25. Where are mini Olympics are held)

Q-26. How many divisions of Punjab State?
(A) 5                                                 (B) 4
(C) 6                                                 (D) 7
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)

Q-27. Where is Punjab Agriculture University located?
(A) Chandigarh                               (B) Amritsar
(C) Ludhiana                                                                                                            Ans : (C)

Q-28. How many Universities in Punjab?
(A) 8                                                 (B) 10
(C) 6                                                 (D) 9
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (C)

Q-29. What is the old name of Punjab?
(A) Sapta Sindhu                                (B) Sapta Rishi
(C) Sapta-Aba                                     (D) Panj-Ab
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (A)

Q-5. Which is the biggest District of Punjab?
(A) Fatehgarh Sahib                            (B) Mansa.
(C) Morinda                                        (D) Ferozepur
                                                                                                                           Ans : (D)

Q-6. Which is the smallest District in Punjab?
(A) Moga                                            (B) Mansa
(C) Fatehgarh Sahib                            (D) Bhatinda
                                                                                                                           Ans : (C)

Q-7. When was the Punjab annexation with the British Rule?
(A) 1829                                              (B) 1839
(C) 1859                                              (D) 1849
                                                                                                                           Ans : (D)
Q-30. Who is the Chief Minister of Punjab at present
(A) Prakash Verma                              (B) C. Amrinder Singh
(C) Prakash Singh Badal                     (D) M. Surjeet Singh.
                                                                                                                           Ans : (C)

Q-31. Who was the first Chief Minister of Punjab?
(A) M. Ajit Singh                             (B) Gurmel Singh
(C) Tota Singh                                  (D) Gopi Chand Bhargva
                                                                                                                           Ans : (D)

Q-32. How many Border State of Punjab?
(A) 3                                          (B) 4
(C) 5                                           (D) 6
                                                                                                                           Ans : (B)

Q-33. Which is the famous & biggest Airport in Punjab?
(A) Amritsar                                 (B) Chandigarh
(C) Bhatinda                                 (D) Ludhiana
                                                                                                                           Ans : (A)

Q-34. How many Parliamentary constituencies in Punjab?
(A) 14                                     (B) 13
(C) 16                                      (D) 17
                                                                                                                           Ans : (B)

Q-35. How many Rajya sabha seats in Punjab?
(A) 7                                        (B) 6
(C) 8                                        (D) 9
                                                                                                                          Ans : (A)

Q-36. Which is the centre of newspapers of Punjab?
(A) Chandigarh                        (B) Jalandhar
(C) Ludhiana                            (D) Amritsar
                                                                                                                           Ans : (B)

Q-37. Who is the first IPS lady of Punjab?
(A) Ms. Surinder Kaur                  (B) Bibi Jagir Kaur
(C) Ms. Rajinder Kaur                  (D) Ms. Kiran Bedi
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (D)

Q-38. Where is the science city of Punjab?
(A) Jalandhar                              (B) Ludhiana
(C) Moga                                     (D) Khanna
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (A)

Q-39. Where is the Manchester of Punjab?
(A) Jalandhar                             (B) Ludhiana
(C) Chandigarh                           (D) Amritsar
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)

Q-40. How many Airport in Punjab?
(A) 5                                            (B) 3
(C) 2                                             (d) 4
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (D)

Q-41. Which is the most Polluted City of Punjab?
(A) Jalandhar                                 (B) Bhatinda
(C) Ludhiana                                  (D) Sirsa
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (C)

Q-42. When was the present Punjab came into Existence?
(A) 1866                                         (B) 1966
 C) 1766                                          (D) 1867
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)

Q-43. When was the Punjabi declared as a official language in Punjab?
(A) 1766                                         (B) 1867
(C) 1966                                          (D) 1967
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (C)
Q-44. When was SGPC established in Punjab?
(A) 1970                                        (B) 1925
(C) 1922                                        (D) 1924
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)
  
Q-45. Who was the first Sikh ruler of Punjab?
(A) Guru Nanak Dev                            (b) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
(C) Bhai Lakha Singh                           (D) Maharaja Kamaljit Singh
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)

Q-46. Which is the most famous temple of Punjab?
(A) Golden Temple                                    (B) Temple of Sikh Guru
(C) Nanak Temple                                      (D) Heritage Temple
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (A)

Q-47. Which District of Punjab has lowest literacy rate
(A) Patiala                                         (b)moga                                                                                                  (C) Khana                                          (D) Mansa
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (D)

Q-48. Which is the major occupation of Punjab’s?
(A) House hold                                  (B) Sports things
(C) Farming                                       (d) Dairy                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                 Ans : (C)                                                                                                   Q-49. Which district of Punjab has the highest literacy rate?
(A) Ludhiana                                     (B) Hoshiarpur                                                                               (c) Patiala                                           (D) Faridkot
                                                                                                                                 Ans : (B)

Q-50. Which is the most popular game of Punjab?
(A) Hockey                                         (B) Kabaddi
(C) Kho-Kho                                       (D) Badminton
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Heads of Important Offices in India

Who is the Chairman of Planning Commission in India?                                   

 Dr. Manmohan Singh

Who is the Speaker of Lok Sabha?
Ms. Meira Kumar

Who is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Who is the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
Mr. K. Rahman Khan

Who is the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha?
Mr. Karia Munda

Who is the Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha)?
Mrs. Sushma Swaraj

Who is the Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha)?
Mr. Arun Jaitley

Who is the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission?
Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Who is the Chief Election Commissioner?
Mr. S. Y. Quraishi

Who is the Election Commissioner?
Mr. V. S. Sampath

Who is the Election Commissioner?
Mr. Harishankar Brahma

Who is the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India?
Mr. Vinod Rai

Who is the Chairperson of National Human Right Commission (NHRC)?
Mr. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan

Who is the Cabinet Secretary?
Mr. K. M. Chandrasekhar

Who is the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister?
Mr. T. K. A. Nair

Who is the Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes?
Mr. Justice M. N. Rao

Who is the Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights?
Ms. Shanta Sinha

Who is the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes?
Dr. Buta Singh

Who is the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes?
Ms. Urmila Singh

Who is the Chairman of UPSC?
Prof. D. P. Agrawal

Who is the Chairman of National Commission on Farmers?
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

Who is the National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security)?
Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon

Who is the Director-General of National Investigation Agency (NIA)?
Mr. S. C. Sinha

Who is the Chairman of Railway Board?
Mr. S. S. Khurana

Who is the Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha?
Mr. Vivek Kumar Agnihotri

Who is the Secretary-General of Lok Sabha?
Mr. T. K. Viswanathan

Who is the Director of IB?
Mr. Nehchal Sandhu

Who is the Director of CBI?
Mr. A. P. Singh

Who is the Director of Research and Analysis Wing?
Mr. K. C. Verma

Who is the Director-General of NSG?
Mr. R. K. Medhekar

Who is the Director-General of CRPF?
Mr. Vijay Kumar

Who is the Director-General of Border Security Force (BSF)?
Mr. Raman Srivastava

Who is the Director-General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)?
Mr. Niraj Ranjan Das

Who is the Director-General of Railway Protection Force?
Mr. Ranjit Sinha

Who is the Director-General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police?
Mr. R. K. Bhatia

Who is the Director-General of Sashastra Seema Bal?
Mr. Y. S. Dadwal

Vice-Admiral Anil Chopra
Who is the Director-General of Coast Guard?

Who is the Director-General of Defence Intelligence Agency?
Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh

Who is the Chairman of UGC?
Mr. Sukhadeo Thorat

Who is the Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary of Defence Research & Development Organisation?
Mr. V. K. Saraswat

Who is the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government?
Dr. R. Chidambaram

Who is the Chairman of Space Commission and ISRO?
Mr. K. Radhakrishnan

Who is the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of Dept. of Atomic Energy?
Mr. Srikumar Banerjee

Who is the Chairman of SSC?
Mr. N. K. Raghupathy

Who is the Chairman of National Forest Commission?
Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal

Who is the Chairperson of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)?
Dr. Amrita Patel

Who is the Director-General of Border Roads Organisation?
Lt. Gen. M. C. Badhani

Who is the Director-General of Indian Council of Medical Research?
Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch

Who is the Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner?
Mr. C. Chandramouli

Who is the Chairman of Law Commission?
Mr. P. V. Reddy

Who is the Governor of RBI?
Mr. Duvvuri Subbarao

Who is the Chairman of Press Council of India?
Mr. Justice G. N. Ray

Who is the Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)?
Mr. V. J. Darda

Who is the Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Mr. S. S. N. Moorthy

Who is the Chairman of Central Board of Excise & Customs?
Mr. A. K. Singh

Who is the Chairperson of Competition Appellate Tribunal?
Justice Arijit Pasayat

Who is the CMD of NHPC?
Mr. S. K. Garg

Who is the CMD of ONGC?
Mr. R. S. Sharma

Who is the CMD of GAIL?
Mr. U. D. Choubey

Who is the Chairman of IOC?
Mr. S. Behuria

Who is the CMD of Oil India Ltd?
Mr. N. M. Borah

Who is the Chairman of CBSE?
Mr. Ashok Ganguly

Who is the Chairman of Securities & Exchange Board (SEBI) of India?
Mr. C. B. Bhave

Who is the Chairman of NABARD?
Mr. U. C. Sarangi

Who is the Chairman of SBI?
Mr. O. P. Bhat

Who is the Chairman of IDBI?
Mr. V. P. Shetty

Who is the Chairman of Company Law Board?
Mr. S. Balasubramanian

Who is the India's Permanent Representative to UN?
Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri

Who is the Chairman of LIC?
Mr. T. S. Vijayan

Who is the Chairman of Central Water Commission?
Mr. A. K. Bajaj

Who is the Chairperson of National Commission for Women?
Ms. Girija Vyas

Who is the Chairman of 13th Finance Commission?
Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar

Who is the Chairman of National Statistical Commission?
Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar

Who is the Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification?
Ms. Sharmila Tagore

Who is the Director-General of Archaeological Survey of India?
Dr. Gautam Sengupta

Who is the President of FICCI?
Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal

Who is the Chairman of TRAI?
Mr. J. S. Sarma

Who is the Director of Enforcement Directorate?
Mr. R. N. Das

Who is the Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority?
Mr. Yogesh Agarwal

Who is the Central Vigilance Commissioner?
Mr. P. J. Thomas

Dr. Ratan Kumar Sinha
Who is the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre?

Who is the Information Commissioner?
Mr. Wajahat Habibullah

Who is the President of Indian Olympic Association?
Mr. Suresh Kalmadi

Who is the Director of NCERT?
Prof. Krishan Kumar

Who is the President of CII?
Mr. Hari S. Bharti

Who is the Chairman of National Knowledge Commission?
Mr. Sam Pitroda

Who is the Chairman of Prasar Bharti Board?
Ms. Mrinal Pande

Who is the Chairman of Investment Commission?
Mr. Ratan Tata

Who is the Chairman of NASSCOM?
Mr. Harsh Manglik

Who is the President of ASSOCHAM?
Mr. Swati Piramal

Who is the Chairman of National Film Development Corporation?
Mr. Om Puri

Who is the Chairman of United News of India?
Mr. Ravindra Kumar

Who is the Chairman of PTI?
Mr. N. Ravi

Who is the President of Indian Newspaper Society?
Mr. Hormusji N. Cama

Who is the President of the "Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India" (ASSOCHAM).
Mr. Dilip Modi

General Knowledge Questions

The largest museum in the world is the American Museum of Natural History.

The lowest mountain range in the world is the Buena Bhaile.

The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland.

The place known as the Garden of England is Kent.

The ta General Knowledge QUESIONS  India

Question: Who was the famous Indian musician in charge of the opening music at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996?

Answer: Ustad Zakir Hussain

Question: Who was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games?

Answer: Norman G Pritchard

Question: Which famous Indian actor was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994?

Answer: Dilip Kumar

Question: Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?

Answer: Satyendranath Tagore

Question: Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?

Answer: Major Som Nath Sharma

Question: Name the first woman Chief Minister of India.

Answer: Sucheta Kriplani

Question: Who was the first woman to become the Lt. General of the Indian Army?

Answer: Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora

Question: Name the first Indian who got an Oscar?

Answer: Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982)

Question: Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science?

Answer: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose

Question: Who was the first woman Governor of India?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

Question: Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan?

Answer: MS Subbulakshmi

Question: Name the living Indian legend who has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung in almost 20 languages for over 1,825 ms and working with 165 composers?

Answer: Lata Mangeshkar

Question: Name the first man to climb Mount Everest without oxygen?

Answer: Phu Dorji

Question: Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?

Answer: Arati Saha

Question: Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field medals?

Answer: P.T.Usha

Question: Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them?

Answer: Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)

Question: Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Rabindranath tagore (1913)

Question: Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?

Answer: Satyajit Ray

Question: Can you name the first President of India?

Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Question: Name the youngest grandmaster in India.

Answer: Parimarjan Negi

Question: Who was the topper of prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010?

Answer: Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone

Question: Which are the BRIC countries?

A. Brazil, Russia, India, and China
B. Botswana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Croatia
C. Bangladesh, Romania, Indonesia, and Cambodia

Answer: A

Question: Name the Cyclone that hit Bay of Bengal in May 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamilnadu, AP and Orissa.

Answer: Cyclone Laila

Question: Which Indian film-maker will be awarded with Jaeger-LeCoultre honour at venice Film Festival?

Answer: Mani Ratnam

Question: Name the CEO of search company Google?

Answer: Eric Schmidt

Question: ICICI Bank has announced merger of another Indian Bank with itself in an all swap deal- name the bank and its promoters.

Answer: Bank of Rajasthan | Promoters – Tayal family

Question: Name the BBC Radio DJ who has been suspended for floating the rumor that Queen is dead.

Answer: Danny Kelly who has played the national anthem and declared that Queen Elizabeth has just now died.

Question: Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran?

Answer: Brazil and Turkey

Question: Which country has blocked Facebook for holding an online competition to draw Prophet Mohammed

Answer: Pakistan. Facebook was blocked till 31 May in Pakisatan as the competition is considered blasphamous

Question: Which state among the northern Indian states spends most as a percentage of its GDP on Education?

Answer: Bihar (5.7%) followed by UP (3.67%)

Question: Name the person of Indian origin (PIO) who has been nominated to become US Solicitor General?

Answer: Neal Kumar Katyal

Question: The 3G telecom auctions by Government have earned Government much more than expected 35000 crore netting amount 67710 crore. Which company won auction in most of 22 circles?

(a) RCom
(b) Airtel
(c) Vodaphone
(d) Aircel
(e) a,b,d

Answer: (e) a,b,d - RCom, Airtel and Aircel won in 12 circles followd by Vodaphone in 9 circles

Answer: Rima Fakih, Arab-American a 24-year old Lebanese immigrant, is believed to be the first Muslim to win the pageant.

Question: Name the child artist who has been nominated under ‘Best actor’ category in Film-fare awards giving competition to Shah Rukh Khan. His new movie Bumm Bumm Bole has been released recently.

Answer: Darsheel Safary

Question: Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010?

(a) Indonesia
(b) Malaysia
(c) China
(d) India

Answer: China won Thomas Cup in 2010. China beat Indonesia 3-0 to win fourth consecutive Thomas Cup title at Kuala Lumpur.

Question: Who won the Madrid Masters men’s tournament in 2010?

Answer: Rafael Nadal. Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open an ATP World Tour Masters with €2,835,000 prize money has been won by Rafael Nadal, who beat Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6 (7/5).

Question: Which country won the World Twenty-20 cricket final in 2010?

Answer: England. England beat arch rivals Australia

Question: Who is CEO of Yahoo?

Answer: Carol Bartz. 61 year old Carol Bartz is one of the most successful female CEO ever in IT companies.

Question: Which Indian IT company is associated with FIFA World Cup 2010 as one of the sponsors?

(a) TCS
(b) Infosys
(c) CTS
(d) Mahindra Satyam

Answer: Mahindra Satyam

Question: Name the first Indian women who has been named as full professor at Harward University.

Answer: Gita Gopinath, Indian-origin associate professor at Harvard University’s Department of Economics, has been appointed a full professor. She is first Indian women to do so and only third women in the whole world.

Question: Name the Hindu right wing organisation against whom the charges have been filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for the 2009 Diwali-eve blast that killed two people in Goa’s Margao town.

Answer: Sanatan Sanstha

Question: Which Indian actress / model has created controversy recently by sporting a Ek Onkar (God is one) tattoo on her nape. The tatto has been opposed by Sikh community leaders in India.

Answer: Mandira Bedi

Question: Name the volcano whose dense cloud of drifting volcanic ash is causing many European airports to shut down for days and affecting air traffic worldwide.

Answer: Eyjafjallajokul. The April 14 eruption at Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokul volcano forced most countries in northern Europe to shut their airspace between April 15-20. More than 100,000 flights and an estimated 10 million travelers worldwide were affected costing airlines more than $2 billion. It erupted in April for the first time in nearly two centuries. During its last eruption, starting in 1821, its emissions rumbled on for two years.

Question: Who was India’s most wanted man suspected of having organized the 1993 Mumbai bombings, figures third on the Forbes’ Most Wanted Fugitives list topped?

Answer: Dawood Ibrahim

Question: Name the countries which agree on a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns from the West that Iran might build a bomb.

Answer: Brazil, Iran and Turkey

Question: Who is the new director of barc?

Answer: RK sinha appointed as new director of barc

Question: Which Indian cricketer got maaried on July 4, 2010 with his childhood girlfriend?

Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni ties knot with longtime friend Sakshi on Sunday July 4, 2010 in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, including a few of his team-mates at Dehradun.

Question: Who won 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title?

Answer: Leander Paes & Cara Black won 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title. Leander Paes notched up his 12th Grand Slam title after he and Cara Black beat Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6(5) to win the 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title.

Question: In 2010, Which was declared as the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine 'Conde Nast'.

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RICAL EVENTS
B.C
2500-1800		Indus valley civilization.
599		Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana in 523. B.C.
563		Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana in 483 B.C.
327-26		Alexander's invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe.
269-232		Ashoka's reign.
261		Battle of Kalinga.
57		Beginning of Vikrama era.
30		Satvahana dynasty in Deooan. Pandyan empire in for south.
326		Alexander defeated Poras in the Battle of Hydaspas
261		Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War
A.D
78		Beginning of Saka era.
320		Beginning of Gupta era.
360		Samudragupta conquers the whole of N. India and much of the Deccan.
380-413		Rule of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, age of Kalidasa, renewal of induism.
606-647		Rule of Harshavardhana.
629-645		Hieun Tsang's visit in India.
622		Beginning of Hijra era.
712		Arab invasion of Sind by Mohd. bin Qasim.
1001-27		Repeated attacks of Mehmud Ghazni.
1025		Sacking of Somnath temple by Mehmud.
1191		First battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori.
1192		Second battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.
1206		Qutubuddin Aibak founded the Ilbari/Slave dynasty.
1290		Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji established Khilji dynasty.
1290		Marco Polo visited India.
1320		Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founded the Tughlaq dynasty.
1333		Ibn Batuta arrived in India.
1336		Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijaynagar empire.
1347		Bahmani kingdom founded.
1398		Timur invades India.
1451		Lodi dynasty comes in power in Delhi Sultanate.
1469		Birth of Guru Nanak Dev.
1498		Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut.
1510		Portuguese capture Goa-Albuquerque Governor.
1526		First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and established the Mughal dynasty.
1556		Second battle of Panipat in which Akbar defeated Hemu.
1565		Battle of Talikota in which Vijaynagar empire is defeated.
1571		Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar.
1576		Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap.
1582		Akbar started Din-i-llahi.
1600		English East India Company established.
1604		Compilation of Adi Granth.
1605		Death of Akbar.
1611		The English built a factory at Masulipatnam.
1627		Birth of Shivaji
1631		Death of Shah Jahan's wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building of Taj Mahal.
1658		Aurangzeb became Emperor of Delhi.
1666		Birth of Guru Gobind Singh.
1699		Guru Gobind Singh creates 'Khalsa'.
1707		Death of Aurangzeb, fall of Mughal empire begins.
1739		Nadir Shah invaded India; the peacock throne and the Kohinoor Diamond taken away from India.
1757		Battle of Plassey in which the English defeated Siraj-ud- daula, Nawab of Bengal.
1760		Battle of Wandiwash, end of French power in India,
1761		Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.
1764		Battle of Buxar in which the English defeated the triple alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam.
1793		Permanent settlement in Bengal.
1799		Fourth Anglo Mysore War, death of Tipu Sultan, Ranjit Singh occupied Lahore and made it his capital.
1817-19		Marathas finally crushed.
1828		Lord William Bentick becomes Governor General; Era of social reforms; Prohibition of Sati (1829), Suppression of thugs (1830).
1835		Introduction of English as medium of instruction
HISTORICAL EVENTS
A.D
1853	First Indian railway from Bombay to Thane.
1857-58	First war of Indian Independence.
1858	British crown takes over the Indian Government; End of East India Company's rule.
1861	Birth of Rabindra Nath Tagore.
1869	Birth of M.K. Gandhi.
1885	Formation of Indian National Congress.
1905	Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon.
1906	Formation of All India Muslim League.
1909	Minto-Morley Reforms.
1911	Delhi durbar held, partition of Bengal cancelled, capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.
1914	World War I started.
1918	End of World War I.
1919	Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Montague- Chelmsford reforms.
1920	Non-cooperation Movement launched,
1921	Moplah rebellian in Malabar; visit of Prince of Wales.
1922	Chauri-Chaura incidence.
1923	Swaraj party formed.
1927	Simon Commission appointed.
1928	Visit of Simon Commission to India, death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
1929	Congress demanded'Poorna Swaraj'in Lahore session.
1930	January 26 celebrated as Independence Day throughout India, Dandi Salt Satyagraha, First Round Table conference.
1931	Gandhi-lrvin Pact, Second Round Table Conference.
1932	Suppression of Congress Movement, Third Round Table Conference, Communal Award, Poona Pact.
1935	Government of India Act.
1937	Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. Congress ministries formed in 8 out of 11 provinces.
1939	Resignation of Congress ministries, beginning of World War II.
1942	Cripps Mission Plan, Quit India Movement, Formation of Indian National Army by S.C. Bose.
1945	Simla conference held and the failure of Wavell Plan, INA trials at Red Fort, Delhi.
1946	Cabinet Mission Plan, Formation of Interim Government, Direct Action Resolution by Muslim League.
1947	Mountbatten Plan of June 3 in which partition of India resolution is proposed, India divided, Pakistan created, both achieve independence, Jawarhar Lai Nehru becomes the I Prime Minister of India.
1948	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (Jan. 30).
1950	India became republic (Jan. 26).
1951	First Five Year Plan implemented.
1952	First General Elections held.
1953	Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary conquer Mt. Everest (May 29).
1954	Panchsheel agreement between India and China.
1956	Life insurance nationalized, State Reorganising Act comes into force.
1957	Second General Elections.
1958	Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
1959	Dalai Lama exiled; enters India.
1961	Liberation of Goa.
1962	Chinese attack on India. (Oct 20).
1964	Jawaharlal Nehru dies; Lai Bahadur Shastri becomes PM.
1965	Indo-Pak war.
1966	Tashkent Agreement reached, Death of Lai Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi became PM.
1967	Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
1968	Hargovind Khurana shares the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.
1969	Death of. President Zakir Hussain (May 3). V. V. Giri elected President, Nationalization of 14 leading banks, Split in Indian National Congress.
1970	Former Indian ruler's privy purses abolished. Dr. C. V. Raman died (Nov. 2).
1971	Indo-Pak War over Bangladesh.
1972	Shimla Agreement signed.
1973	Manekshaw named India's first Field Marshal
1974	Nuclear explosion at Pokhran (May 18).
1975	Indian satellite 'Aryabhatta' launched, National emergency declared.
1976	The four Indian News agencies merged into a single News Agency known as 'Samachar', life of Lok Sabha extended by an year.
1977	Defeat of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the election, Morarji Desai takes over as PM, emergency withdrawn.
1978	India launches world's biggest adult literacy plan (Oct. 2).
1979	Charan Singh became PM., Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize.
1980	Indira Gandhi returns to power at centre, India launches first satellite using its own satellite launching vehicle (July. 18)
HISTORICAL EVENTS
1981			India launched APPLE, Khalistan activists hijack Indian Airlines Boeing 737 to Lahore.
1982			Zail Singh sworn in as President, the 21-member Indian scientific expedition headed by Dr. S. Z. Qasim lands on Antarctica (Jan. 9), INSAT1 A launched, Ninth Asian Games held in New Delhi.
1983			The 7th Non Aligned Summit in New Delhi, Kalpakkam Atomic Energy plant goes critical (July 2), INSAT-1 B launched (Aug. 30), Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi" wins 8 oscars.
1984			Rakesh Sharma becomes India's first spaceman (Apr. 5), Bachendri Pal become the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest (May 23), Operation Blue Star, Assassination of Indira Gandhi (Oct 31), Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM, Bhopal Gas tragedy (Dec. 3).
1985			Anti-defection Bill passed (Jan. 3), Azharuddin hits 3 centuries in 3 tests.
1986			The first wholly Indian test-tube baby bom at KEM Hospital, Bombay (Aug. 7).
1987			Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in tests (Mar. 7), Goa becomes the 25th state of India (May 30).
1988			India's first remote sensing satellite IRS 1 -A launched from Russia (Mar. 17), INSAT 1-C launched from French Guyana (July 22).
1989			Successful test of Agni (May 22), laying of the foundation stone for the Ram Janmabhoomi temple of Ayodhya (Nov 10). V.P. Singh becomes the PM.
1990			Successful launching of INSAT 1-D (June 12), Mandal Commission recommendation implemented (Aug. 7), V.P. Singh tenders resignation (Nov. 7), S. Chandrashekhar becomes PM. (Nov. 10).
1991			Rajiv Gandhi killed in a bomb blast (May 21), P. V. Narsimha Rao became PM. (June 21), Earthquake in Uttarkashi region (Oct. 20), Satyajit Ray got special Oscar award. (Dec.16).
1992			Prithvi test fired (May 5), INSAT-2 A launched (July 10), Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma became President (July 25), the domes of Babri Masjid demolished (Dec 6).
1993			Panchayati Raj Act effective (Apr. 24), INSAT-2 B launched from French Guyana (July 23), Earthquake in Latur region (Sept. 30).
1994			First heart transplant in the country (Aug. 3), PSLV D-2 launched (Oct. 15).
1995			Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh assassinated (Agu. 31), INSAT-2 C launched (Dec. 7)
1996			A.B. Vajpayee became PM. (May 16), H.D. Deve Gowda became PM. (June 1), India-Bangladesh sign Ganga Water Pact (Dec. 12)
1997			I. K. Gujral became PM. (Apr. 21), K. R. Narayanan sworn in as President (July 25), Mother Teresa passes away (Sept. 5), Arundhati Roy wins Booker Prize (Oct. 14), I. K. Gujral resigns as PM. (Nov. 28)
1998			Konkan railway commissioned (Jan. 26), A. B. Vajpayee became PM. (Mar. 19), India conducted total 5 nuclear tests (May 11 and May 13), Severe cyclone in Gujarat (June 9), Amartya Sen won the Noble Prize in Economics (Oct. 14)
1999			P.M. Vajpayee arrived in Pakistan by Delhi-Lahore bus (Feb. 20), India successfully launched its first commercial telecom satellite INSAT-2 E from Kourou (Apr. 3), Intense fighting in Kargil (June-July), Devastating cyclone in Orissa and A. P. (Oct.)
2000			U. S. President Bill Clinton visited India (Mar.) INSAT-3 B launched from Kourou (Mar. 22), Successful test firing of 'Dhanush', the naval version of 'Prithvi' missile (Apr. 11), Karnam Malleshwari wins a bronze at Olympics, Chattisgarh formed (Nov. 1), Uttaranchal formed (Nov. 9), Jharkhand formed (Nov. 15)
2001			The pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' inducted into the Indian Air Force (Jan. 5), Severe earthquake in Gujarat (Ja. 26), the newly-constructed Ennore port dedicated to the nation (Feb. 1), India successfully launches GSLV D-1 from Sriharikota (Apr. 18), Indo-Pak summit at Agra (July 15-16), Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha (Aug. 14), Attack on WTC, New York shakes the world (Sept. 11), Lok Sabha passes the bill on "Right to Education till 14" (Nov. 30),Terrorist attack on Indian Parliament (Dec. 13)
2002			INSAT-3 C launched on Ariane rocket from Kourou in French Guyana (Jan. 24), ISRO successfully tries the indegenious cryogenic engine (Feb. 5), POTO passed in the joint session of the Parliament (Mar. 26), LCA test flown successfully (June 6), Cabinet clears 26% FDI in print media (June 25), Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam elected the President of India (July 18), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat sworn in as Vice-President of India (Aug. 19), India launches METSAT by using PSLV-C4 (Sept. 12), Draft of the Tenth Five-Year Plan approved by the Planning Commission (Oct. 5), BSNL launches mobile phone service (Oct. 15), Vajpayee and Putin sign Delhi declaration (Dec. 4), Kelkar submitted modified report on tax reforms (Dec. 28)
2003			Kalpana Chawla killed in space shuttle Columbia burnup (Feb. 1); Large reserves of oil & gas discovered in Barmer district of Rajasthan (Feb. 4); US launched attack on Iraq (Mar. 20); INSAT-3A launched from Kourou (Apr. 10); Indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) renamed 'Tejas' (May 4); GSLVD-2 launched from Sriharikota (May 8); First instance of power failure in modern USA (Aug. 15-16); Mars comes closest to Earth (Aug. 27); Govt. approves the purchase of Advanced Jet Trainers, Hawk, from Britain (Sept. 3); INSAT-3E launched from Kourou (Sept. 20); Pope John Paul-ll beautifies Mother Teresa (Oct. 19); First Afro-Asian Games held in Hyderabad (Oct. 24-Nov. 1); India & Pakistan agree to a formal cease-fire along the LOG (Nov. 25); 97th, 98th, 99th & 100th Constitutional Amendment Bills passed (Dec. 18-23)
2004			Sensex crosses the magical figure of 6000 (Jan. 2); India signs agreement with Russia for obtaining Admiral Gorshkov (Jan. 20); Delhi High Court clears Rajiv Gandhi from the Bofors deal (Feb. 4); 200 killed in Madrid train blast (Mar. 11); Nobel Medals of Rabindra Nath Tagore gets stolen from Shantiniketan (Mar. 25); NDA conducts election before time, but loses unexpectedly, UPA government comes in power, Dr. Manmohan Singh sworn-in as the new PM (May 22); 87 children killed in a fire in school in Kumbhkonam, Tamil Nadu (July 17); Olympics return to their homeland Athens, Rajyavardhan Rathode wins a silver for India (Aug. 13-29); Hamid Karzai wins the Presidential vote in Afghanistan (Oct. 14); Sandalwood King Veerappan is dead (Oct. 18); George W. Bush re-elected (Nov. 3); Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati arrested on murder charges (Nov. 11); Yasser Arafat is dead (Nov. 11); Parliament dismissses POTA (Dec. 9); Tsunami causes havoc in South and South East Asia killing more than a lakh (Dec. 26