Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1061. What is the name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions?
Priyadarsi
1062. Which substance is used to retard the setting action of cement?
CaSO.2HO
1063. Who was the first editor of the Malayali newspaper started in Trivandrum in 1886?
C. Krishnapillai
1064. Who was the first Field Marshal of India?
S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
1065. In which year Vasco Da Gama returned to Lisbon?
1499
1066. What is the situation with increasing unemployment and inflation termed?
Stagflation
1067. When did Sachin Tendulkar make his Test dubut?
1989
1068. For which sport is the Val Barker Cup awarded in the Olympic Games?
Boxing
1069. Who is the author of lstanbal : Memoirs of a city?
Orhan Pamuk
1070. Who is the author of “Fire on the Mountain”?
Anita Desai
