Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1551. The rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built under the patronage of which king?
Pallava kings
1552. Alexander the Great; the son and successor of Philip II; was born in ?
356 BC
1553. Who started the Public Works Department in India in 1848?
Lord Dalhousie
1554. The "Paditrupputtu" is a collection of poems in the praise of which king?
Chera
1555. Who is the author of Love in the time of Cholera ?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1556. Who is the author of the book "Development as Freedom"?
Amartya Sen
1557. What is systolic and diastolic pressure in a healthy man?
120 mm and 80 mm
1558. The United Nations declared 2013 as the International Year of which coperation?
Water Cooperation
1559. The Treaty of Paris in 1856 ended which war?
The Crimean war
1560. In which year; African Export and Import Bank came into existence?
1978
