Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1681. In which country did the concept of Public Interest Litigation originated?
The United States
1682. Vivekachudamani; Updeshasahasri; Atmabodha; Mohamudgara; Sivanandalahari and Saundarya lahari are the poems composed by?
Sankaracharya
1683. By which treaty Travancore accepted the Supremacy of the Company?
The treaty of 1795
1684. Botanical survey of India (BSI) with its head office in Kolkata came into existence in?
1890
1685. Which leader of the Revolution of 1857 had the real name of Ram Chandra Pandurang?
Tatiya Tope
1686. Who stabbed Guru Govind Singh to death?
Gul Khan
1687. What is a biotic component of ecosystem?
Water
1688. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which river?
Cauvery
1689. Where is the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union?
Switzerland
1690. The name 'Pacific' was given to the ocean by?
Ferdinant D Megallan
