Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1841. Exceptionally high rainfall is recorded in regions owing to which effect?

Orographic effect

1842. Paper was first used by ?

Chinese

1843. In ancient India, Nalanda University was a great centre for the study of which religion?

Mahayana Buddhism

1844. Where is the headquarters of Oil and National Gas Commission?

Dehradun

1845. By which plants is the maximum fixation of solar energy done?

Green plants

1846. Who was the editor of the "Swadesha bhimani"?

K. Ramakrishna PiIlai

1847. The Currency of Malaysia?

Malaysian Dollar

1848. Who has taken maximum wickets in one-day internationals?

Mutthiah Muralitharan

1849. Who is the creator of the famous characters "Brutus; Claudius; Cleopatra"?

Shakespeare

1850. Which hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain?

Foehn

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