Questions from Basic General Knowledge

201. On which date Pedro Alvarez Cabral reached Cochin?

24 December; 1500.

202. Who was the first editor of the Malayali newspaper started in Trivandrum in 1886?

C. Krishnapillai

203. Which was the first Indian pharamaceutical firm listed on New York Stock exchange?

Dr Reddy's Laboratories

204. Who is the author of “Netaji Dead or Alive”?

Samar Guha

205. Which is the greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean)?

11;033 m

206. Exophthalmic goitre is also known as?

Grave's disease.

207. Who administers oath of office to the President?

Chief Justice of India

208. In ancient India, Nalanda University was a great centre for the study of which religion?

Mahayana Buddhism

209. Which inscription mentions Pulkesin II’s military success against Harshavardhana?

Aihole Inscription

210. Which is the "basis for determining the national income?

Production of goods and services

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