Questions from Basic General Knowledge
31. What does the rise of mercury in a barometer indicate?
Fair weather
32. Israel has common borders with which countries?
Lebanon; Syria; Turkey and Jordan
33. First university in the world was started in ?
Paris
34. Who is the author of “Pair of Blue Eyes”?
Thomas Hardy
35. Who is the inventor of Air Plane (Jet Engine)?
Whittle
36. By whom was the Home Rule Movement in India was started?
Annie Besant and Tilak
37. Marthanda Varma was born in the year 1705 and came to the throne of Travancore in?
1729
38. When can one record the lowest temperature of air?
Just before sunrise
39. For howmany months is the President"s rule imposed?
6 months
40. Litmus is obtained from?
Lichen
