Questions from Basic General Knowledge

2591. Who is the author of “Ninteen Eighty Four”?

George Orwell

2592. Who decides about the reasonableness of the restrictions placed on Fundamental Rights?

Courts

2593. Who were the first Europeans to set up sea trade centres in India?

The Portuguese

2594. Paper was first used by ?

Chinese

2595. When is International Day of Democracy, recognized by the UN observed?

September 15

2596. Tropical forests are also known as ?

Evergreen Rain forests.

2597. Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was formed in ?

1964

2598. Which set of countries are completely surrounded by land?

Mongolia; Zambia; Bolivia

2599. Italian (Venetian) traveller Marcopolo reached Kerala in ?

1292 AD(13th Century).

2600. What is Sagar Samrat’?

A drilling ship in Bombay High

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