Questions from Basic General Knowledge
2741. Hundred Years War (1337-1453) was fought between?
England and France
2742. Who started the Public Works Department in India in 1848?
Lord Dalhousie
2743. Who is directly responsible to Parliament for all matters concerning the Defence Services of India?
Defence Minister
2744. Who created the unforgettable literary character ‘Swami’?
R. K. Narayan
2745. The Sabarigiri Hydroelectric project is situated which river?
Pamba
2746. The term nishka, which meant an ornament in the Vedic period, was used in latertirnes, what did it denote?
A coin
2747. In which region of India was the Firdausi order of Sufism popular?
Bihar
2748. The city of St. Petersburg was founded by ?
Peter the Great in 1703
2749. First Field Marshal of India?
S.H.F.J.Manekshaw
2750. Fish die in water bodies polluted by sewage; why?
Due to Reduction in oxygen
