Questions from Basic General Knowledge

2661. When was petroleum discovered first in commercial quantitie in India?

1890

2662. A crossed cheque is one; which can be encashed only at which bank?

State Bank of India

2663. "Virus' the term is coined by ?

V. Beigerinck; a Dutch microbiologist.

2664. Who was the first lady Prime Minister in the world?

Shirimavo Bhandaranaike

2665. What was Karaj in the thirteenth century?

Tax on cultivation

2666. When did UN General Assembly establish UN Industrial Development Organization?

1966

2667. Parthanogenesis is seen generally in which fruit?

Grapes

2668. The Hebrew word "Thorah' means?

'to lead'

2669. Allahabad is on the bank of which River?

Confluence of the Ganges &the Jamuna

2670. In which year Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishnapilla was deported from Kerala for criticising the government?

1910

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