Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1491. You are standing in front of The 'Great Banyan Tree'. Where are you now?

Indian Botanical Garden Sibpur;Kolkata.

1492. Tuberculosis causing bacteria is ?

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1493. Highest Peak (South India)?

Anaimudi (2; 720 m) Anaimalai

1494. J.R.D. Tata was the first to make a solo flight from Mumbai to Karachi, in the year?

1931

1495. Which was the first India satellite to go into orbit?

Aryabhatta

1496. The rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of which king?

Pallava kings

1497. In the first quarter of the 17th century some protestants from England migrated to the souththern part of North America to escape from the religious persecution of James I. They came to be known as ?

Pilgrim fathers

1498. Who is the author of Blind Beauty ?

Boris Pasternak

1499. Pandit K.G. Ginde, was well known for his contribution in when field?

Music

1500. Which French king said "I am the state"?

Louis XIV

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