Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1251. By whom was the book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ written?

Jonathan Swift

1252. Which French king said "I am the state"?

Louis XIV

1253. Which type of rainfall occurs at places having continental type of climate?

Cyclonic

1254. Cholera vaccine was discovered by ?

Louis Pasteur (1880)

1255. The Capital of Equatorial Guinea?

Malabo

1256. Nicolo Conti, the traveller, who visited Vijayanagara kingdom in 1420 A.D., belongs to which country?

Italy

1257. Largest snake in the world is ?

Anaconda

1258. Which are the west-flowing rivers of southern Indian which flow into Arabian Sea?

Narmada and Tapti

1259. Who is the inventor of Bifocal lens?

Franklin

1260. Who was the first Field Marshal of India?

S. H. F. J. Manekshaw

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