Questions from Basic General Knowledge
2481. A person to be qualified for standing in a panchayat election what age must have he attained?
21 years
2482. The song “Bande Mataram†was originally composed in which language?
Sanskrit
2483. Who is the author of “Lucky Jim”?
Kingley Amis
2484. Which Constitutional Amendments banned the floor crossing in Parliament?
52nd
2485. Who is the author of “Shalimar the Clown”?
Salman Rushdie
2486. Who is the author of “Men Who Kept Secrets”?
Thomas Powers
2487. Who was the first in the world to introduce a Code of Conduct to the people?
Hammurabi (to the Mesopotamians)
2488. Who was the ruler of Deogiri at the time of Alauddin Khalji"s invasion?
Ramchandra Dev
2489. 1656 Christian Huygens invented what type of timekeeper?
Pendulum clock
2490. ‘Let no man ask a man’s sect or caste’. Whose dictum was this?
Ramananda
