Questions from Basic General Knowledge
2551. Who constructed the 'Nedumkotta' or 'Travancore lines' in central Kerala in central Kerala to prevent the Mysore invasion?
Dharmaraja
2552. Who is the author of “First Among Equals”?
Jeffrey Archer
2553. Which personality is credited with starting ‘Vana Mahotsava’ in 1950?
K. M. Munshi
2554. Who was the author of the famous work All Contributions to the Critic of Political Economy’ ?
Karl Marx
2555. On which date Velu Tampi made the Kundara Proclamation?
On 11 January 1809 (I st Makaram 984)
2556. During the reign of which Pallava ruler did the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang visit Kanchi?
Narasimhavaram
2557. Who followed the policy of ‘masterly inactivity’ towards Afghanistan?
Sir John Lawrence
2558. What is distance between the Earth and the Sun (in million kms.)?
149
2559. Who is the author of Letters from a Father to his Daughter ?
Jawaharlal Nehru
2560. Which is an eye ailment that causes increased pressure within the eye ball?
Glaucoma
