Questions from Basic General Knowledge
11. By when is extinction of a species in a food chain compensated?
Food web
12. Heating pyrites in air to remove sulphur is known as which name?
Roasting
13. In which year was India was invaded by Timur Lame?
1398
14. Who is the inventor of Bacteria?
Leeuwenhock
15. Vamanapuram River originates from?
Chemunji Mottai of the Western Ghats
16. Which was the first synthetic fibre made by man?
Nylon
17. Which is the largest temperate desert of the world?
Patagonian desert
18. To whom the 'Yavanas' refer?
Greeks
19. The disintegration of the USSR took place in the year?
1991
20. Which State of India; has the oldest rock formations in the country?
Karnataka
