Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1411. ….means officially lowering the value of currency in terms of foreign currencies?

Devaluation

1412. Which algae is used as bio-fertilizer in the production of crop paddy?

Blue green algae

1413. Who is the father of Indian Green Revolution ?

M.S. Swaminathan

1414. In which year Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishnapilla became the editor of Swadeshabhimani in?

1906

1415. The first formal treaty between the English East India Company and the king of Travancore was in ?

1723

1416. Which Grasslands not support any trees?

Steppes

1417. In ancient India; at where was the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom?

Rajgir

1418. Who broke Pete Sampras’s record of maximum Grand Slams in tennis?

Roger Federer

1419. Varanasi is on the bank of which River?

Ganges

1420. What is the distance of the nearest star besides the sun from the earth?

4.2 light years

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