Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1671. Which state produces maximum Soya bean?

Madhya Pradesh

1672. When is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, recognized by the UN observed?

January 27

1673. Communist leader who proclaimed war with Cuban ruler Batista in 1958?

Fidel Castro

1674. “Cell” which is the smallest and fundamental unit of life was discovered by?

Robert Hook in 1665 and published under the title Micrographia.

1675. Who is the creator of the famous character Sydney Carton?

Charles Dickens

1676. Acetylene is used as an anaesthetic under which name?

Narcylene

1677. Which wind in the northern hemisphere; the wind blowing from the Horse latitudes to the Doldrums?

Trade wind

1678. The word 'Cold War' was first coined by ?

Bernard Baruch in 1946

1679. Who is the author of “Shame”?

Salman Rushdie

1680. In which year Travancore Broadcasting station was merged with All India Radio Network?

1st April 1950

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