Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1151. Who is the author of “Sohrab and Rustum”?
Mathew Arnold
1152. Who is the author of “Painter of Signs”?
R.K. Narayan
1153. Who developed Varkala as the nucleus of a flourishing town?
Ayyappan Marthanda Pillai
1154. Who is the author of “ Bend in the Ganges”?
Manohar Malgonkar
1155. Which is a good conductor of electricity?
Human body
1156. A person who lives exclusively on milk, egg and bread is likey to become a victim of which desease?
Scurvy
1157. Largest Creature?
Blue Whale. It can grow upto a weight of 150 tonnes
1158. Rain shadow effect is associated with which rainfall?
Orographic rainfall
1159. Which insect spreads kala-azar?
Sand fly
1160. Who said ‘At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom’ ?
Jawaharlal Nehru
