Questions from Basic General Knowledge

421. Botanical survey of India (BSI) with its head office in Kolkata came into existence in?

1890

422. Which is the secondary source of light in a fluorescent lamp?

Mercury vapour

423. Influenza causing virus is ?

Influenza virus (A;B;C)

424. In which latitudes largest quantities of bauxite is found?

Tropical latitudes

425. The Capital of Lithuania?

Vilnius

426. In Krishnadevaraya's court; who were Ashtadiggajas?

Eight great poets of his court

427. Who is the author of Asian Drama ?

Gunnar Myrdal

428. Who is the author of “Shalimar”?

Manohar Malgonkar

429. Who is the author of “Testament of Beauty”?

Robert Bridges

430. Who got the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award, before becoming the President of India?

Dr. Zakir Hussain

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