Questions from Basic General Knowledge

3531. Vilasini is the pen name of?

M K Menon

3532. Which is called a "banker"s cheque"?

Demand draft

3533. Alexander the Great became the ruler of Mascedonia in?

337BC

3534. Asia has large areas of inland drainage. Why is it so?

Rainfall is seasonal and scanty

3535. A floating body always displaces liquid equal to its which thing?

Weight

3536. In which country has maximum damage to the forests been caused by acid rain?

Poland

3537. Who questioned the Sale of Indulgence?

Martin Luther

3538. Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics?

K.D. Yadav

3539. Heinrich Schliemann archaeologist famous for excavating where?

Troy

3540. The treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed with the British by which Peshwa?

Baji Rao II

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