Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1921. Smallest Union Territory?
Lakshadweep
1922. Who is the author of “Nectar in a Sieve”?
Kamala Markandaya
1923. Which mountain passes lies outside India?
Khyber
1924. The great grammarian Patanjali of ancient India was whose contemporary?
Pushyamitra Sunga
1925. With reference to the Revolt of 1857, who laid siege to Jhansi in March 1858?
Sir Hugh Rose
1926. Who is the author of “The man who killed Gandhi”?
Manohar Malgonkar
1927. During the fermentation of sugar; which enzyme which converts glucose into ethyl alcohol?
zymase
1928. Forest policy of govt. aims to bring what percentage of total area, under forest?
0.33%
1929. What was the family of the Rigvedic Aryans?
Patriarchal
1930. Who is the author of “Avion and the Dolphin”?
Vikram Seth
