Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1841. By which is the amount of light entering into the eye controlled?

Iris

1842. Which was the first known Kathaprasangham?

Markhandeya Charitham performed by Sathyadevan in the model of Harikatha

1843. The term ‘deuce’ is common in which two games?

Badminton and Tennis

1844. Tradition ascribes the immediate origin of Kathakali to the Ramanattom developed by?

Kottarakara Thampuran

1845. Kummattikali is a mask dance popular in?

South Malabar

1846. Who gave the motto "Go back to the Vedas"?

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

1847. National Botanical Garden (National Botanical Research Institute; NBRI) is situated in?

Lucknow.

1848. The National Institute of Communicable Diseases is located at which place?

Delhi

1849. Who appoints the Chairman of the UPSC ?

President

1850. Central Jute Technological Research Institute is located at?

Kolkata (W.Bengal).

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