Questions from Basic General Knowledge

431. What was the crux of early Buddhism?

Renunciation of desire

432. NPA stands for?

Non Performing Assets

433. Who is the author of Saz-i- Watan ?

Munshi Prem Chand

434. With which the executive power relating to concurrent subjects remain?

The Centre

435. In which year Delhi became the capital of India?

1911

436. Who is the author of “Sense and Sensibility”?

Jane Austen

437. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS ?

Surendranath Banerjee

438. Which when dissolved in HO gives hissing sound?

Limestone

439. Who is the author of “Pompei of the Great”?

John Masefield

440. What is Oolong tea?

A variety of tea cultivated in Taiwan

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