Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1511. The ‘Rediscovery of India’ is written by which author?

Meghnad Desai

1512. Costliest City (World)?

London

1513. German attack on Russia during the war was known as?

'Operation Barbosa'

1514. Which was the Mughal emperor, who died to a’ sudden fall from the staircase,?

Humayun

1515. ‘Natural demise of capitalism’ was predicted by?

Joseph Schumpeter

1516. Upon which development the Second Five Year Plan laid mote stress?

Industrialisation

1517. When water vapours are passed over aluminum carbide; what do we get?

Methane

1518. Who is the creator of the famous character “Portio”

Shakespeare

1519. The period of the ‘Long Parliament’ was?

1640 to 1660

1520. First person to reach the South Pole?

Amundsen

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