Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1411. When was Lake Chad Basin Commission founded?

22nd May; 1964

1412. Which event was characterised by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’ ?

Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh

1413. What is the largest environmental organisation in the world?

Greenpeace

1414. What is the name of the first cloned cat?

Carbon copy ( in 2001; at Texas)

1415. After howmany years does Halley’s comet appear once in a period?

76 years

1416. Industrial Revolution gave rise to ?

Capitalism

1417. Who is the creator of the famous character “Mandan Muttappa”

Vaikom Muhammed Basheer

1418. Who is the author of “ Shalimar”?

Manohar Malgonkar

1419. The theory of use and disuse was used to explain evolution by which scientist?

Lamarck

1420. Which gulf would have to be crossed to reach Sri Lanka from Nagercoil ?

Gulf of Mannar

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