Questions from Basic General Knowledge
3131. In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first what?
Barometer
3132. Whose birthday is celebrated as World Book Day on April 23?
William Shakespeare
3133. The first railway line in India was opened in which year?
1853
3134. Who is the author of “ Half a Life”?
V.S.Naipaul
3135. Which is the only survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ?
Great Pyramid at Giza
3136. Who is the author of “Spycatcher”?
Peter Wright
3137. Who is the author of “Freedom at Midnight”?
Lapierre and Larry Collins Dominique
3138. The Capital of Haiti?
Port-au-Prince
3139. Which is considered a hot-spot of biodiversity in India?
Western Ghats
3140. Temporary hardness of water is due to the presence of which thing?
Magnesium bicarbonate
