Questions from Basic General Knowledge
3561. Who was the great sailor who reached Phillipines in 1521 and died there fighting its aborgins?
Ferdinant D Megallan of Portugal
3562. Who is the author of Magic Mountain ?
Thomas Mann
3563. Darwin finches refers to a group of which creatrue?
Birds
3564. On the 21st June, the day light is seen at the North Pole for howmany hours?
24 hrs.
3565. Which active volcano is known as ‘the lighthouse of the Mediterranean Sea’?
Stromboi
3566. Which is a block mountain?
Vosges
3567. Who was the first First Portuguese Navigator to reach Kerala?
Vascoda Gama (1498)
3568. Who has the final power to maintain order within the House of People ?
Speaker
3569. The pre-monsoon mango showers occur predominantly in which state?
West Bengal and Assam
3570. Which country is known as the "Sugar bowl of the World"?
Cuba
