Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1211. The Queen who was known as Madam Deficit?
Mary Antoinet (France)
1212. By whom was oral polio vaccine discovered?
Jonas Salk
1213. Which is a warm ocean current?
East Australian current
1214. What is the commonly used unit for measuring the speed of data transmission?
Bits per second
1215. Which tree is not a soft wood variety?
Mahogany
1216. Who was the head of the University of Nalanda the great Bengali scholar?
Sheelabhadra
1217. A convex lens of glass has power P in air. If it is immersed in water, what will be its power?
Less than P
1218. Who is the author of “Debacle”?
Emile Zola
1219. What is the connecting link between Annelida and Mollusca?
Neopalina
1220. Who is the author of Indira Gandhi: A biography?
Pupul Jayakar
