Questions from Basic General Knowledge
421. At which of the following places watches will show 30 A.M. when it is 00 midnight G.M.T.?
New Delhi
422. Who is the author of From Here to an Eternity ?
James Jones
423. By whom was an inter-State Council set up in 1990 under Article 263 of the Constitution?
President
424. Excessive intake of polished rice causes deficiency of which vitamin ?
B1 (Thiamine)
425. Who is the author of Yama?
Mahadevi Vanna
426. Most poisonous bird and the only known poisonous bird in the world is ?
The Hooded Pitohui from Papua New Guinea
427. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
Tempel
428. Vitamin C is also called?
Ascorbic Acid
429. Who is the inventor of Electrons?
J.J.Thomson
430. Which King of Travancore opened the First modern factory for the manufacture of coir at Alleppey (1859)?
Utram Thirunal Marthanda Varma.
