Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1811. Which is natural source of gamma-rays?

Radon gas

1812. Chalcolithic Period is also known as ?

Metal Age

1813. Of the total volume of the earth, which layer forms the major part?

Core

1814. Who is the author of “The Waste Land”?

T.S. Eliot

1815. Last Governor-General of India who also became first Viceroy of India?

Lord Canning

1816. Who is the author of “Confessions of a Lover”?

Mulk Raj Anand

1817. Which film directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan won the British Film Institute, award?

Elippathayam (1981)

1818. Napolean Bonaparte was born in ?

Corsica; an island in the Meditteranean sea in 1769.

1819. Who is the author of “L’Allegro”?

John Milton

1820. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth; how would be the eclipse?

Likely to be annular

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