Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1001. By whom was a Public Works Department set up in India?
Lord Dalhousie
1002. Which was the first political novel?
Parappuram by Kurukkal
1003. Which Sultan founded a town where now stands Agra?
Sikandar Lodi
1004. The monuments at Khajuraho belong to the period of which ruler?
Chandelles
1005. Mycology is the branch of botany; what do we study about in that branch?
Fungi
1006. Largest Open University?
Indira Gandhi National Open University; New Delhi.
1007. Who started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
1008. ‘Ashes’ is the term associated with which sport?
Football
1009. Which Mughal king tried to stop the practice of sati ?
Aurangzeb
1010. In which country is ‘Mocha’ coffee grown?
Yemen
