Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1131. The writer of Mahabhasya "Patanjali" was a contemporary of which ruler?

Pushyamitra Sunga

1132. Which metal is found in ‘plaster of paris’?

Calcium

1133. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?

Champaran

1134. Who is the author of “Nature”?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1135. Which queen enjoyed political power along ‘with her husband?

Nur Jahan

1136. By which rular was the new element of 'Gopuram' encouraged in temples of South India?

Cholas

1137. The tropopause occurs at the equator at a height of how many kilometers?

17 km

1138. Who is the author of Self Reliance?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1139. What does the special status of Jammu and Kashmir imply?

A separate Constitution

1140. Who is the author of the book ‘A bend in the River’?

V.S. Naipaul

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