Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1631. Whose birthday is celebrated as World Book Day on April 23?
William Shakespeare
1632. Who is the author of “Guide”?
R.K. Narayan
1633. How are the caves of the world’s greatest fold mountains formed?
Compressional movement
1634. Who started the Public Works Department in India in 1848?
Lord Dalhousie
1635. Which is called ‘Herring Pond’?
Atlantic Ocean
1636. Which was not included in the Eight Fold Path prescribed by Buddha?
Right knowledge
1637. Akbar founded his own religion known as ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ what was its mean?
Divine faith
1638. Who was the great Hindu law-giver?
Manu
1639. Who is the author of “Distant Neighbours”?
Kuldip Nayar
1640. On the death of Gandhiji; who said that “The light has gone out of our lives…..”?
Jawaharlal Nehru
