Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1901. Who is the author of “The Vicar of Wakefield”?
Oliver Goldsmith
1902. First British Governor General of the new Dominion of India?
Lord Mountbatten
1903. Who is the author of Othello ?
William Shakespeare
1904. Name the merchant organisations of Europe in the Middle Ages?
Guilds
1905. In which year Marco Polo, the great Venician traveller, visited Kollam?
1275
1906. In the Interim Government formed in the year 1946, who held the portfolio of Defence?
Baldev Singh
1907. Which has proved the best source of information for depicting India's ancient history?
Inscriptions
1908. Ben Johnson; the well known athlete belongs to which country?
Canada
1909. Who was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920?
Lala Lajpat Rai
1910. Who is the author of Ramanujan?
Indira Parthasarathy
