Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1751. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute is located at which city?

Nagpur

1752. Which region of the world is called” the bread basket of the world ?

Temperate grassland

1753. Who is the author of “Lipika”?

Rabindranath Tagore

1754. Land of Lakes?

Scotland

1755. Which gland is responsible for the secretion of insulin?

Pancrease

1756. Which latitude passes through India?

Tropic of Cancer

1757. Which year is celebrated as International Year of Forests?

2001-2010

1758. Who was first to measure the circumference of the Earth?

Eratosthenes

1759. During which Five Year Plan was the total expenditure on agriculture the highest?

Fourth Five Year Plan

1760. Normal Blood Pressure(BP) is?

l20/80mmHg.

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