Questions from Basic General Knowledge
421. Who is the author of “The Old Man and the Sea”?
Earnest Hemingway.
422. The centre of Arakkal Dynasty was at?
Kannur.
423. Opium is extracted from the immature fruits of the whichplant ?
Poppy (Papaver somniferum)
424. Jewish Synagogue - The Synagogue at Mattancherry was built in?
1568
425. Which substance is more than 80% in the cell?
Water
426. Which ruler was adorned with the title of 'Maharajadhiraja' (King of Kings)?
Chandragupta I
427. In which year was the first International Film Festival of India held?
1952 at Bombay
428. The Currency of Spain?
Peseta
429. An Indian born American biochemist; won Nobel Prize in 1968 for making artificial gene. Who is he ?
Har Gobind Khorana
430. Which were the contemporaries of Kanishka?
Nagarjuna; Asvaqhosha; Vasumitra
