Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1561. To whom is a minister in a State individually responsible?
Governor
1562. What is the substance which decreases the rate of a chemical reaction?
Poison
1563. Who is the author of “View from Delhi; ”?
A Chester Bowles
1564. In the famous Colachel battle who was the Dutch captain defeated and captured by Marthandavarma?
D'Lannoy
1565. In which period did iron come to be used by the Vedic people?
In around 1000 B.C
1566. Whose experiments proved that the speed of light was always the same?
Michelson and Morley
1567. How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?
34
1568. Scanty rainfall of less than 50 cm per annum is received which latitudes?
The areas of high latitudes
1569. Who transferred his capital from Rajgir to Pataliputra ?
Udayin
1570. Who is the author of Ninteen Eighty Four?
George Orwell
