Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1411. Marthanda Varma was born in the year 1705 and came to the throne of Travancore in?
1729
1412. Who is the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in 1968 for literature?
Kawabata Yasunari
1413. Where is the headquarters of Amnesty International?
London
1414. Who is the author of “Jeevanasangeetham”?
G. Sankara Kurup
1415. Who was the founder of the science fiction novel?
Jules Verne
1416. Which is the time required for the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed star?
Sideral year
1417. The Capital of Myanmar (Burma)?
Yangon
1418. The time at Cairo is hours ahead of Greenwich. Hence, where is it located?
30° E longitude
1419. The Longest Play?
The Mouse-Trap (Agatha Christie’s Novel)
1420. Oxford University was founded in ?
1163 AD
