Questions from Basic General Knowledge

2751. Sound travels faster in which thing?

Iron than in air

2752. Who is the author of “The End of Imagination”?

Arundhati Roy

2753. The rock-cut caves at Elephanta belong to which period?

Chalukyas

2754. Who is the recepient of Nobel Prize for the development of Wireless Telegraphy?

Marconi

2755. The Capital of Malta?

Valletta

2756. Rainfall in the doldrums is of the nature of which precipitation?

Orographic precipitation

2757. If the atmosphere is cooled; what is its capacity for water vapour?

Lowered

2758. In which year Marco Polo, the great Venician traveller, visited Kollam?

1275

2759. Which region in India receives substantial rain during the winter month of January ?

Punjab

2760. Largest Lake (India)?

Wular Lake

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