Questions from Basic General Knowledge
481. Who broke Pete Sampras’s record of maximum Grand Slams in tennis?
Roger Federer
482. On the basis of financial crisis how many times has emergency been declared by the President of India?
Not even once
483. Which first Bank was established in India?
Bank of Hindustan
484. In which year, some more commercial banks in addition to the first lot of 141 were nationalised in India?
1980
485. Who is the author of Death under Sail ?
C.P. Snow
486. Under VAT, how many slabs are there?
4
487. During the fermentation of sugar; which enzyme which converts glucose into ethyl alcohol?
zymase
488. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in whose book?
Vishakhdatta
489. Who is the author of The Seagully?
Anton Chekov
490. Who won Jnanpith award for the Year 2011?
Pratibha Ray
