Questions from Basic General Knowledge

421. Who fixes the salaries and the allowances of the Speaker of Lok Sabha?

Parliament

422. The first Muslim conquest of the Hindu Kingdoms of Deccan was effected by whose forces?

Alauddin Khilji

423. Which waves are used for a communication through artificial satellites?

Microwaves

424. Folding is the result of which force?

Orogenetic force

425. Denatured spirit is a mixture of ethyl alcohol; methyl alcohol and which other thing?

Pyridine

426. Who is the author of Glass Menagerie?

Tennessee Williams

427. Communist leader who proclaimed war with Cuban ruler Batista in 1958?

Fidel Castro

428. Which area of water separates India from Sri Lanka?

Palk Strait

429. Total internal reflection can take place when light travels from which thing?

Diamond to glass

430. Parsec is the unit of measurement of which distance?

Astronomical distance

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