Questions from Basic General Knowledge
991. The Capital of Syria?
Damascus
992. Strait of Malacca separates which countries?
Sumatra and Malaysia
993. Who developed Vizhinjam into a small port?
Raja Kesava Das.
994. Which literary figure of the Gupta Age is given the title of 'Indian Shakespeare' ?
Kalidasa
995. COBOL; Common Business Oriented Language; was developed by ?
Grace Murray Hooper.
996. Who is the author of “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”?
Lawrence T.E.
997. Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which Indian ruler?
Chandragupta Maurya
998. A temperature at which both the Fahrenheit and the centigrade scales have the same value?
-40°
999. Where are Shevaroy Hills located?
Tamil Nadu
1000. Currency whose face value is higher than the internal value is called?
Token currency
