Questions from Basic General Knowledge
2851. J.R.D. Tata was the first to make a solo flight from Mumbai to Karachi; in the year?
1931
2852. Medicine for high blood pressure is obtained from which species?
Rauwolffia species
2853. Narita is the main airport of which city?
Tokyo
2854. Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus belongs to which country?
Bangladesh
2855. What is used in preparing match sticks?
Red phosphorus
2856. Sankaracharya founded four mutts in four comers of India;They are?
Badrinath in the North (Jyotir Mutt) Purl in the east (Govardhan) Dwaraka in the West (Sarada Mutt)
2857. What does a funambulist do?
Tightrope walker
2858. Paratroop Training College is located at?
Agra (Uttar Pradesh).
2859. Who is the author of “ The Ground Beneath her Feet”?
Salman Rushdie
2860. Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of which?
Lava
