Questions from Basic General Knowledge
10551. The Sahitya academy was inaugurated on?
tober 15 1956 by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma (
10552. Nehru Trophy Boat Race was inaugurated by?
Jawaharlal Nehru (1952)
10553. Who is the creator of the famous characters “Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes”
Arthur Conan Doyle
10554. The term nishka; which meant an ornament in the Vedic period; was used in later tirmes; what did it denote?
A coin
10555. Yankee Stadium (New York) is associated with which Sport?
Boxing
10556. Sankaracharya founded four mutts in four comers of India;They are?
Badrinath in the North (Jyotir Mutt) Purl in the east (Govardhan) Dwaraka in the West (Sarada Mutt)
10557. Which waves are used for a communication through artificial satellites?
Microwaves
10558. Who invented Stethoscope (1819)
Rene Laennee
10559. Who is the author of “The Illusion of Destiny”?
Prof.Amartya Sen
10560. By tradition; the famous lexicographer Amaraslmha was a contemporary of which poet?
Kalidasa
