Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1. Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of South India, is situated on which hills?
Palni hills
2. Whis is the Oldest living plant of the world ?
Pinus
3. The pest causing 'Mandari' in coconut trees is called ?
Eriophyes guerreronis
4. Who were the able lieutenants of Pazhassi ?
Kannavath Sankaran Nambiar;Kaiteri Ambu Nair; Edachanna Kungan Nair and
5. Name the first war submarine invented by David Bushnell ?
Turtle
6. In which year the second Indo-Pak war was fought?
1971
7. Land of Thousand Lakes?
Finland
8. How are the orbits of planets around the Sun; or of satellites around the Earth;?
Circular and elliptic
9. Who is the author of “ Mayilpeeli”?
O.N.V Kurup
10. The Karakoram Highway connects which pair of countries?
China-Pakistan
