Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1701. Amravati; Bhavani; Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which river?
Cauvery
1702. Who is the author of “Agony and the Ecstasy”?
Arthur Halley
1703. Who was the first Indian cricketer to wear a helmet during a match?
Mohinder Arnarnath
1704. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections?
1967
1705. Which Sultan added the Alai Darwaza to the Qutab Minar?
Alauddin Khalji
1706. Water Management Engineering Laboratory is located at?
New Delhi.
1707. After textiles; which is India’s second important industry?
Iron and steel
1708. The fragments of which comet system collided with Jupiter in July 1994?
Shoemaker-Levy 9
1709. What is an instrument for measuring the rate of transpiration?
Potometer
1710. Who is the author of “Fairie Queen”?
Edmund Spenser
