Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1611. What was the original name of Tansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar?
Ramtanu Pande
1612. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which river?
Cauvery
1613. The sun is visible a little before the actual sunrise because of which reaction?
Atmospheric refraction
1614. Who is the great dramatist popularly known as the 'Bard of Avon'?
Shakespeare
1615. Who was the founder of Kerala Deepika, the first malayalam paper published from Malabar?
Chengulathu Kunhirama Menon
1616. If you swim one km, how many miles do you swim?
0.62
1617. Who is the author of Satyartha Prakash?
Swami Dayananda Saraswathi
1618. By whom the Mahatma Gandhi was referred to "Father of the Nation" first?
Subhash Chandra Bose
1619. Who is the author of “The Village”?
Mulk Raj Anand
1620. Where is the headquarters of the International Fund for Agriculture Development?
Rome
