Questions from Basic General Knowledge

231. 1656 Christian Huygens invented what type of timekeeper?

Pendulum clock

232. The Kalachuri era counted from A.D. 248 what was mostly in currnet?

Andhra

233. Smallest bird is?

Humming bird

234. Which thing acts as an antidote to HgCl2 poisoning?

White of egg

235. Which endangered Ridley turtles have the world"s largest aggregation?

Gahirmatha

236. Who was the founder of the second Afghan Empire in India?

Sher Shah Suri

237. What wood was the cross supposed to be made of?

Mistletoe

238. Which was the first country in the field of colonialism?

Portugal

239. By whom was the first republic of the world established in Vaishali?

Lichhavi

240. What is sometimes referred to as Zulu time?

Greenwich mean time

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