Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1291. The name 'Anchal' was given to the early postal system of Kerala by?
Col. Munro
1292. Roman Civilisation developed on the banks of which river?
Tiber in Italy
1293. Tommy Emar Gold Cup is associated with?
Hockey (Women)
1294. BCG vaccination (Bacillus Calmette Guerine) is injected to get immunity from which disease?
Tuberculosis
1295. Who is known as Lady with the Lamp ?
Florence Nightingale
1296. Who established the first printing press in England in 1477?
William Caxton
1297. Which is the World"s longest river?
Nile
1298. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by the orders of which ruler?
Dara Shikoh
1299. By whom was the first English newspaper in India started?
Rabindranath Tagore
1300. Dutch sold the St Angelo fort to the Arakkal royal family in?
1772
