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

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