Questions from Basic General Knowledge
471. Ben Johnson, the well known athlete belongs to which country?
Canada
472. ‘Shakuntala’ is a famous painting of?
Raja Ravi Varma
473. The first Post-Office in Travancore (also of Kerala) was opened at Alleppey during the reign of?
Utram Thirunal Marthanda Varma in 1857.
474. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by the orders of which rular?
Dara Shikoh
475. "Virus' the term is coined by ?
V. Beigerinck; a Dutch microbiologist.
476. City Beautiful?
Chandigarh
477. Who is the author of “Krishnakavithakal”?
Sugathakumari
478. By whom was the city of Agra founded in 1504?
Sikandar Lodi
479. In USA, which region receives heavy rainfall throughout the year under the influence of Westerlies?
North-western
480. 'Utopia' was a famous work of ?
Sir Thomas More(portraying an ideal community on an imaginary island indicating the glaring abuses o
