Questions from Basic General Knowledge
3131. Who is the author of “Confidential Clerk”?
T.S.Eliot
3132. …..is the rate of interest at which the Central Bank gives loans to commercial banks?
Bank rate
3133. Which country is well known for diamond cutting industry ?
Belgium
3134. What is a mixture of potassium nitrate; powdered charcoal and sulphur called?
Gun powder
3135. Smallest Planet?
Mercury
3136. Which King of Travancore made ‘The Pandarapattam Proclamation of 1865’ for agrarian reforms?
Ayilyam Thirunal.
3137. Who was the first to become Chief Minister after holding the position of Deputy Chief Minister?
R. Sankar
3138. Quinine; an alkaloid; extracted from the tree Cinchona Officianalis; is used to cure which disease?
Malaria
3139. Visveswarayya Industrial and Technological Museum is located at?
Bangalore; (Karnataka).
3140. Which was the famous pilgrim centre of the Jews?
Jerusalem
