Questions from Basic General Knowledge

2551. In India; what is the main limiting factor for cultivation?

Indequacy of water supply

2552. Who did the USA buy the Virgin islands from?

Denmark

2553. What is the energy of the winds and the waves?

Kinetic

2554. What is known as venus’s flower?

Euplectella

2555. Who was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times?

Kharavela

2556. Amarya Sen; the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for which work?

Poverty and famines

2557. Who said “My boy no, you are an Indian first and then a Muslim”?

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

2558. If the dew point is below freezing, it is referred to which point?

Frost point

2559. The year in which Anchal Service was amalgamated with Telegraph department is?

April 1951.

2560. Who was first African to receive Nobel Prize for Literature?

Wole Soynika; the Nigerian author and dramatist

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