Questions from Basic General Knowledge

131. Who was a crooked witch in Russia; who had an influence over the Czarina?

Rasputin

132. What is the investment in public works?

Capital expenditure

133. Operation Urgent Fury was the US invasion of where?

Granada

134. 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' was launched to 2003 to expel Saddam Hussain from Iraq. This war is famously called?

Gulf War II

135. In the context of Indian wild life; what is the flying fox?

Bat

136. Who is the author of “Years of the Upheaval”?

Henry Kissinger

137. Why does Kerosene oil rise up in the wick of lantern?

Because of surface tension

138. Tuberculosis causing bacteria is ?

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

139. Who is the author of “Uncle Tom's Cabin”?

H S Stowe

140. Which is the time required for the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed star?

Sideral year

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