Questions from Basic General Knowledge

2281. Money market trades in short-term financial instruments commonly called?

"paper"

2282. Who is the inventor of Rubber (vulcanised)?

Goodyear

2283. Meningitis causing bacteria is ?

Neisseria Meningtidis

2284. Who abolished ‘Sucheendran Kaimukku’ in Travancore?

Swathi Thirunal.

2285. Who discovered Brazil in 1500?

Kabral; a Portuguese

2286. Where in your body is your patella?

Knee ( it's the kneecap )

2287. Who is the author of the book ‘Development as Freedom’?

Amartya Sen

2288. Which mirror is to be used to obtain a parallel beam of light from a small lamp?

Concave mirror

2289. In some plants; water oozes through certain pores in the form of liquid and this phenomenon is called?

Guttation.

2290. Who is the author of “Invitation to the White House”?

Hillary Clinton

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