Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1161. What is the age of retirement of the Judges of the High Court?
62 years
1162. Who is the author of Brother Karamazov?
Fydor Dostoevskey
1163. Which type of rainfall is often accompanied with lightning and thunder?
Convectional
1164. Which pair of metals constitutes the lightest metal and the heaviest metal; respectively?
Lithium and osmium
1165. One who is devoted to books only for learning facts just for the purpose of scoring marks is called a?
Book worm
1166. James D Watson and Francis Crick were awarded Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of ?
DNA in 1953
1167. Largest Temple?
Angkor Vat. 162.6 ha area; built for Lord Vishnu by Khmer King Suryavarman-II during 1113-50 A.D. (C
1168. Who is the world’s first woman cosmonaut?
Valentina Tereshkova
1169. The first Opium War was fought during ?
1839- 42
1170. Who is the author of “War of the Worlds”?
The HG Wells
