Questions from Basic General Knowledge
3151. Which branch of biology deals with study of heredity and variation?
Genetics
3152. What is the main constituent of haemoglobin?
Iron
3153. Which is the largest irrigation canal of the world?
Indira Gandhi Canal
3154. In India, who was the first to put forward the theory that the earth revolves round the sun?
Aryabhatta
3155. Who is known as the first English poet?
Ceadmon
3156. Who is the author of St Joan ?
George Bernard Shaw
3157. Who is the inventor of Barometer?
Torricelli
3158. The Ramsar Convention(1971) is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands. It was held at?
Ramsar in Iran
3159. Which types of light are strongly absorbed by plants?
Blue and red
3160. Of which metal was the The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavations of Harappa?
Bronze
