Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1631. Who is the author of Midsummer Night's Dream?
Shakespeare
1632. The removal of rock, layer by layer due to weathering what is called?
Exfoliation
1633. Which vitamin is transformed in golden rice ?
Vitamin A
1634. Which revolutionary leaders" organised an attack on the armoury of Chittagong?
Surya Sen
1635. Demosthenese was a well known orator from?
Greek
1636. Mesons are found in which rays?
Cosmic rays
1637. The first company shares in the world were issued by?
The Dutch East India Company
1638. Which factory in Bengal; the was established by the Portuguese?
Hoogly
1639. The Earth rotates-around an axis pointing towards which side?
The pole star
1640. Which is the first newspaper published in 1864 from Kochi?
’Paschimataraka’
