Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1721. Who succeeded Velithanbi as the new Dalawa of Travancore?

Ummini Thampi

1722. Famous Rock-cut caves in the Ambukuthi hills in the Wayanad district is known as ?

Edakkal Caves.

1723. What is the a biological process in which glucose and fat is oxidised to librate energy?

Respiration

1724. …...is writing about real life?

Non fiction

1725. The pH value of human blood is nearly ?

7.5.

1726. In which veda does the word 'gotra' first appear with the meaning of 'a clan'?

Atharva Veda

1727. Who is the author of “The Vicar of Wakefield”?

Oliver Goldsmith

1728. Most of the plants obtain nitrogen from the soil in which from?

Nitrates

1729. Which King of Travancore made ‘The Pandarapattam Proclamation of 1865’ for agrarian reforms?

Ayilyam Thirunal.

1730. Who is the author of Farewell to Arms ?

Ernest Hemingway

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