Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1481. Who is the author of “Jaguar Smile”?
Salman Rushdie
1482. What is the single greatest current threat to biodiversity?
habitat destruction
1483. Who is the author of “War and Peace”?
Tolstoy
1484. Who is considered the guardian of the Public Purse?
Comptroller and Auditor General
1485. Badrinath is on the bank of which River?
Ganges
1486. Who is the author of To the Lighthouse?
Virginia Woolf
1487. Which country is the world’s largest producer of coal?
China
1488. Who is regarded as the ‘Mother of the Indian Revolution’?
Madam Bhikaiji Cama
1489. Where is pearl fishing well developed in India?
Off the coast at Rameshwaram
1490. Which was the first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the English Channel?
Arati Saha
