Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1021. First Open Prison was established at Nettukaltheri Trivandrum in the year?
1962
1022. What was the source of the blue gem stone; lapis lazuli; for the people of Harappan culture?
Afghanistan
1023. Which ports handled the north Indian trade during the Gupta period?
Broach
1024. Who is the author of A Brief History of Time?
Stephen Hawking
1025. Which is adapted to grow in dry places?
Xerophytes
1026. After independence on which date the High Court of Travancore- Cochin was inaugurated with its seat at Ernakulam?
7th of July 1949
1027. Who is the author of “Verukal”?
Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
1028. The Capital of Russia?
Moscow
1029. In which year was ‘Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana’ launched?
2005
1030. Where are Grasses almost absent?
In tropical wet-evergreen forest
