Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1211. Howmany times has National Emergency been declared?
Three times
1212. The first Post-Office in Travancore (also of Kerala) was opened at Alleppey during the reign of?
Utram Thirunal Marthanda Varma in 1857.
1213. Which are the oldest mountains in India according to geographical history?
Aravallis
1214. Largest; Biggest & heaviest?
Jupiter
1215. Who is the author of “ Starry Nights”?
Shobha De
1216. The Cold War continued up to the collapse of Soviet Union in?
1990
1217. The first railway line was laid in which state?
North-East England
1218. Who said ‘Happiness is when what you think; what you say; and what you do are in harmony’?
Mahatma Gandhi
1219. The Arab conquest of Sind took place in which year?
712 A.D.
1220. The quality of sound produced by an instrument depends on the which thing?
Number of overtones
