Questions from Basic General Knowledge

2271. Which primate is nearest to modern man ?

Gorilla

2272. Industrial Revolution was first witnessed in which industry?

The Cotton Textile Industry

2273. Who is known as the ‘saint of the gutters’?

Mother Teresa

2274. Who is the inventor of Uranus (planet)?

William Herchel

2275. Which authority sanctions foreign exchange for the import of goods?

Reserve Bank of India

2276. In Islam what is the third piller of wisdom ?

Charity - 2.5 % of income (there's 5 in total)

2277. Who organised a Maratha confederacy against the English leading to the Third Anglo Maratha War?

The Peshwa

2278. After howmany years is the President of USA is elected?

4 years

2279. Wilma Rudolf first black US woman to win Olympic gold where ?

Rome in 1960

2280. Who is the author of Detective ?

Arthur Hailey

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