Questions from Basic General Knowledge
3501. Who remarked ‘the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India’ ?
William Bentinck
3502. What was the capital of Ethiopia?
Addis Ababa
3503. Which Constitutional Amendments banned the floor crossing in Parliament?
52nd
3504. The Capital of Ethiopia (or Abyssinia)?
Addis Ababa
3505. What is formed when white phosphorus is heated at 540 K in the absence of air?
Red phosphorus
3506. Coolgardie lies in the Australian province of which direction?
Western Australia
3507. Which Indian cricketer has bagged a deal with ESPN?
Sachin Tendulkar
3508. On the death of Gandhiji; who said that “The light has gone out of our lives…..”?
Jawaharlal Nehru
3509. Who led the second expedition of the Portuguese to Kerala?
Pedro Alvarez Cabral.
3510. The science dealing with the study of the heart and its diseases is known as?
Cardiology.
