Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1681. Who is the author of “Swami and Friends”?

R.K.Narayan

1682. In the Southern hemisphere the Westerlies blow from which side?

North west

1683. Great tragedies of Shakespeare are ?

'Hamlet'; 'Macbeth'; 'Othello and King Lear'

1684. In which year Vasco Da Gama returned to Lisbon?

1499

1685. The filament of an electric bulb is made of which metal?

Tungsten

1686. Who is the author of “Hindu Civilisation”?

lM.Barrie

1687. The Capital of Namibia?

Windhoek

1688. Who is the author of “ Santhana gopalam”?

Poonthanam

1689. During adiabatic compression of a gas; what is the its temperature?

Rises

1690. Why are In the northern hemisphere; currents deflected to their right?

Due to coriolis force

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