Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1921. Which crop was called 'Yavana priya'?
Pepper [got the name because of its high demand by the Romans and Greeks.]
1922. Who appoints the Chairman of the UPSC?
President
1923. L.SD. (Lysergic acid diethylamide) is obtained from a fungi; called ?
Irgot.
1924. Who is the inventor of Neon-gas?
W.Ramsay
1925. In India; who was the first to put forward the theory that the earth revolves round the sun?
Aryabhatta
1926. 'Wealth of Nations' was written by?
Adam Smith
1927. Sankaracharya founded four mutts in four comers of India;They are?
Badrinath in the North (Jyotir Mutt) Purl in the east (Govardhan) Dwaraka in the West (Sarada Mutt)
1928. Who is the author of Mountbatten and Independent India ?
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
1929. To whom is the phrase 'The Light of Asia' applied?
Buddha
1930. Which metal was first discovered by man ?
Copper
