Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1451. The study of ageing is known as ?

Gerentology

1452. The Capital of Romania?

Bucharest

1453. BRIC countries include?

Brazil; Russia; India; China

1454. The agitation known as "Vimochana Samaram" or 'Liberation struggle' began on ?

12-Jun-59

1455. Who is the player to claim 50 ODI wickets in least number of matches?

Ajantha Mendis

1456. Who won a Nobel Prize for literature when he was the head of the government?

Sir Winston Churchill

1457. What happens when a sudden fall in the barometric reading?

Storm

1458. Which is the correct sequence in terms of descending values of Albedo?

Snow; forest; water

1459. By whom was the "Tahglq-i-Hind", a famous literary work, written?

Alberuni

1460. The massive hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctica was first discovered in which year?

1985

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