Questions from Basic General Knowledge

1981. Which hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain?

Foehn

1982. Narmada river originates from Amarkantak in which state?

Madhya Pradesh

1983. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’ ?

Dadabhai Naoroji

1984. Which state receives rainfall from north-east monsoons?

Tamil Nadu

1985. Plants get water through the roots because of ?

Capillarity

1986. ‘Vitruvian Man’ also called the Canon of Proportions is the world famous drawing by?

Leonardo da Vinchi

1987. Who were considered constitutionalist within the Indian National Congress?

Satyamurty and K. M. Munshi

1988. If the current in the core decreases, what will the strength of the magnetic field be?

Decreases

1989. Who is the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude ?

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

1990. Friedrich von Hayek advocated his free-market capitalism through the book?

'Road to Serfdom'

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