Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1971. The term nishka; which meant an ornament in the Vedic period; was used in later tirmes; what did it denote?
A coin
1972. If you wish to visit Golconda Fort; you will have to go to which state?
Karnataka
1973. Moho discontinuity lies at the depth of approximately howmany kilometers?
400 km
1974. India won the last Hockey Olympic Gold in which year ?
980 (B) Moscow
1975. Wood pulp comes from which region?
Coniferous forest region
1976. How many dramas were written by Shakespeare?
37 plays
1977. An Indian born American biochemist; won Nobel Prize in 1968 for making artificial gene. Who is he ?
Har Gobind Khorana
1978. Which is the gas usually filled in the electric bulb?
Nitrogen
1979. According to Dalton’s atomic theory; which is the smallest particle which can exist independently?
An atom
1980. Who led the second expedition of the Portuguese to Kerala?
Pedro Alvarez Cabral.
