Questions from Basic General Knowledge
241. Which country has the largest number of’ land-border neighbouring countries?
Russia
242. What function is specifically prescribed by the Constitution for the vicePresident of India?
Chairman of Rajya Sabha
243. Who does a liquid drop tend to assume a spherical shape?
Surface tension
244. With whose assistance was Bokaro Steel Limited established?
Soviet Union
245. The Capital of Bolivia?
La Paz
246. Who appoints the Chairman of the UPSC ?
President
247. Who is the author of “Love in the time of Cholera”?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
248. Who is the creator of the famous character Tom Jones?
Henry Fielding
249. Which type of volcanic eruptions is not usually exposive?
Hawaiian
250. An Indian born American biochemist; won Nobel Prize in 1968 for making artificial gene. Who is he ?
Har Gobind Khorana
