Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1531. Which climatic type suffers change due to shifting of the World’s Pressure Belts?
Monsoon
1532. What is the only creature born with horns?
Giraffe
1533. Who was the first mridangist to win the Sangeetha Kalanidhi as well as Padmabhushan award?
Palakkad Mani Iyer
1534. Which was a renowned Jain scholar who greatly honoured by Akbar?
Harivijaya
1535. The celebrated novel ‘The Godfather’ was authored by which author?
Mario Puzo
1536. Who is the author of End of an Era ?
C S Pandit
1537. On which date India became a Sovereign, democratic republic?
Jan 26 1950
1538. Taxation and the government’s expenditure policy are dealt under which policy?
Fiscal policy
1539. To which satvahana king is the Prakrit text 'Gatha Saptasai' is attributed?
Hala
1540. Who is the author of “Whispers of the Desert”?
Fatima Bhutt
