Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1631. A small weight is put on the pressure cooker. It increases the pressure of the steam. Why?
Area of contact is small
1632. Which of the following has been found useful in keeping cholesterol level down?
Garlic
1633. In which seet did Gandhara school of art came into existence?
Mahayana sect
1634. Which language is Next to Hindi spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent?
Bengali
1635. Late Ustad Nisar Hussain Khan earned distinction in which fields?
Vocal music
1636. The distribution of seats of the Parliament are based on which census?
1971
1637. The year in which Kerala State Film awards were started is?
1969
1638. Cambridge University was founded in ?
1284 AD
1639. Which is the correct device for the detection of thermal radiation?
Thermopile
1640. Who remarked ‘the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India’ ?
William Bentinck
