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
