Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1421. Which sets of cities is located on the reference longitude for Indian standard time?

Kakinanda-Pondicherry

1422. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth"s surface?

47%

1423. Who is the author of “ Sultry Days”?

Shobha De

1424. Who wrote the book “A nation in the making”?

Surendranath Banerjee

1425. Bhakti movement became prominent under the rule of ?

Kulasekharas.

1426. Father of Ethology?

Konrad Lorentz

1427. Which God lost his importance as the first deity during the Later Vedic period?

Varuna

1428. Which part of human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting?

Medulla oblongata

1429. Amerigo Vespucci who identified America belonged to?

Italy

1430. What is the number of principal organs of UNO?

6

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