Questions from Basic General Knowledge

251. Which is a significant contributor to increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide?

Deforestation

252. Where was the world’s first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century?

Titusfills in Pennsylvania; U.S.A.

253. Which Gupta king is famous for his courageous stand against the Hunas?

Skanda Gupta

254. What is a graph is plotted taking °C along the Y-axis and of K along the Xaxis?

Straight line

255. During which prime minister was the strategy of Rolling plan was adopted?

Morarji Desai

256. Energy transferred to a person through gamma rays is measured in by which unit?

Roentgens

257. Which region is the world’s best cod-fishing ground?

North-east Atlantic

258. Who was the earliest Sufi Saint to have settled at Ajmer?

Sheikh Moinuddin Chisti

259. Most famous ruler of ancient Athens?

Pericles

260. Who wrote the book "The Story of the Integration of the Indian States"?

V. P. Menon

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