Questions from Basic General Knowledge
171. The Capital of New Zealand?
Wellington
172. Government undertook the responsibility of education for the first time in Travancore by?
Rani Gauri Parvati Bhai in 1817
173. Who is the author of “The Enigma of Arrival”?
V.S.Naipaul
174. About 50% of the world population is concentrated between the latitudes of which degrees?
20°N and 40°N
175. The Tropic of Cancer passes through which state?
Gujarat
176. Against whom did Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement in 1919 in protest?
Enactment of Rowlatt Act
177. By tradition, the famous lexicographer Amaraslmha was a contemporary of which poet?
Kalidasa
178. Which chemical used as a "fixer" in photography?
Sodium thiosulphate
179. The Himalyas are approximately how many kilometer broad?
150 to 400
180. The book ‘Worshipping False Gods’s is written by which person?
Arun Shourie
