Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1151. Name the first digital computer designed by Howard Alken?

'Harvard Mark l

1152. Cambridge University was founded in ?

1284 AD

1153. Who is the author of “Shivaji- The Great Patriot"?

Lala Lajpat Rai

1154. Who were the originators of the Dravidian style of architecture and sculpture in South India?

Cholas

1155. Which Sultan of Delhi has been described by the historians as the 'mixture of opposites' ?

Muhammad Tughluq

1156. Who is the author of “My Childhood Days”?

Taslima Nasreen

1157. Aeneid was written by?

Virgil

1158. On the death of Vasco Da Gama on 29 December 1524; where was dead body cremated?

St. Francis Church at Fort Cochin.

1159. Who is the author of “Dr.Zhivago”?

Boris Pasternak

1160. What is the growth movement in plant due to light called?

Phototropism

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