Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1271. Who remarked ‘the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India’ ?

William Bentinck

1272. Atom Bomb 'Fatman' was dropped in Nagasaki on?

9th August 1945.

1273. The time of Cairo is hours ahead of Greenwich time. Cairo is situated at which degree?

30° East

1274. Which gland is responsible for the secretion of insulin?

Pancrease

1275. Who is the author of “A Secular Agenda”?

Arun Shourie

1276. Which animal was known to ancient Vedic people?

Lion

1277. Who was the founder of Second Chera Empire?

Kulasekhara Vannan or Kulasekhara Alwar

1278. When is the ‘National Science Day’ celebrated in India?

28-Feb-2017

1279. The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of which country?

Australia

1280. Human bones are made up of Calcium phosphate and?

Calcium carbonate.

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