Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1211. The largest artery which carries oxygenated blood?

Aorta

1212. Funds belonging to the Government of India are kept in which fund?

Consolidated Fund of India

1213. What is the most abundant element on the earth"s crust by weight?

Oxygen

1214. Tenth and the last Guru of the Sikhs?

Guru Gobind Singh

1215. Most poisonous bird and the only known poisonous bird in the world is ?

The Hooded Pitohui from Papua New Guinea

1216. Which current is produced by upwelling of water off the coast of Chile and Peru?

Humboldt Current

1217. Who is the author of The Grass is singing ?

Doris Lessing

1218. The first company shares in the world were issued by?

The Dutch East India Company

1219. Of the various ways of financing government’s investment expenditure, what is the least inflationary?

Taxation

1220. How can a Change in distribution of powers between the Centre and the States be done?

Amending the Constitution

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