Questions from Basic General Knowledge
31. Why does the western coast of India receive very high rainfall in summer mainly?
Due to western Ghats
32. Which is the headquarters of World Trade Organisation (WTO)?
Geneva
33. Which planet is known as the Earth"s Twin?
Venus
34. Who is the author of Gitanjali?
Rabindranath Tagore
35. Which is the second largest basin in Peninsular India?
Krishna Basin
36. On which Panchayat did the Ashok Mehta Committee greater emphasis?
Mandai Panchayat
37. Maximum nutritive element aborbed by blood from which part of alimentary canal?
Small intestine
38. The first Post-Office in Travancore (also of Kerala) was opened at Alleppey during the reign of?
Utram Thirunal Marthanda Varma in 1857.
39. Which is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth"s crust?
Oxygen
40. Who is the author of Poverty and Famine ?
Amartya Sen
