Questions from Basic General Knowledge
1981. Which is not an award given on the National Awards Day?
Vishwamitra Award
1982. In which country is the world"s highest hydel power project "Rongtong" located?
Beijing
1983. When an ebonite rod is rubbed with fur, which charge acquired by the fur?
Positive
1984. Who was the first European to reach Latin America ?
Christopher Columbus
1985. What are known as "suicide bags"?
Lysosomes
1986. Old-written material; which cannot be read easily; how can be read?
By infrared rays
1987. Who is the author of Naked Came the Stranger ?
Penelope Ashe
1988. At which one place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
Champaran
1989. The Capital of Greece?
Athens
1990. Who is the author of “Burial at Sea”?
Khushwant Singh
