Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1411. Greek critics considered ……as the aim of tragedies?
Catharsis
1412. Who is the author of “An American Tragedy”?
Theodore Dreiser
1413. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, how would be the eclipse?
Likely to be annular
1414. By whom was the first attempt to initiate economic planning in India made?
By M. Visvesvaraya
1415. Who is the author of “Mountbatten and Independent India”?
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
1416. ‘Holding a ‘Bandh’ was declared illegal for the first time in India by which High Courts?
Kerala High Court
1417. Who is the author of “Dr Zhivago; .”?
Boris Pasternak
1418. Who opened the Trivandrum observatory in 1836?
Swathi Thirunal
1419. When is International Literacy Day; recognized by the UN observed?
8-Sep-2017
1420. Who is the author of “Kanyadaan”?
Vijay Tendulkar
