Questions from Basic General Knowledge

12381. Who is the creator of the famous characters "Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes"?

Arthur Conan Doyle

12382. Who was first to measure the circumference of the Earth?

Eratosthenes

12383. Where are Grasses almost absent?

In tropical wet-evergreen forest

12384. Largest Desert (World)?

Sahara (Africa)

12385. World War I was fought between?

Germany with Austria; Hungary against Britain with Russia; France; Japan; Canada and Belgium

12386. Who is the author of Fairie Queen?

Edmund Spenser

12387. Who is the author of Human Knowledge ?

Bertrand Russell

12388. Who is considered the guardian of the Public Purse?

Comptroller and Auditor General

12389. Which place has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December?

Melbourne

12390. Who is the inventor of Telegraph Code?

Samuel Morse

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