Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1961. Which international tennis event is played on a grass court?
Wimbeldon
1962. Between which bodies is one Astronomical Unit the average distance?
Earth and the Sun
1963. What does M3 include?
M1 + T.D
1964. Who translated Mahabharata, the epic in Sanskrit, into pure Malayalam, the first complete malayalam translation of the epic, within 874 days in 1887?
Kodungalloor Kunhikuttan
1965. Name the philosopher who first articulated the concept of Pakistan in 1931?
Muhammed Iqbal
1966. Opium is extracted from the immature fruits of the whichplant ?
Poppy (Papaver somniferum)
1967. Who is the author of “ Two leaves and a Bud”?
Mulk Raj Anand
1968. Who is the author of Home Comings ?
C.P. Snow
1969. What is the oxidation number and covalency-of sulphur in S8?
0, 2
1970. By whom was the most accepted theory for ascent of sap was given?
Dixon and Joly
