Questions from Basic General Knowledge

481. Which train/railway passes through Germany, France, Austria, Hungary and Romania?

Orient Express

482. Name the year in which the Decimal system of coinage was introduced in India?

1957

483. Which gas has maximum calorific value?

Oil gas

484. Paleolithic Age is also known as ?

the 'Age of Hunters'

485. Who is the author of “Ideas for Action”?

N. Wittal

486. The scientific name of Peacock is?

Pavo cristatus

487. In which Ministry; the census organisation has been functioning on a permanent footing since 1961?

Home Affairs

488. At the beginning of the twentieth century; who published ‘The Economic: History of India’?

Romesh Chandra Dutt

489. The idea of Republic originated in?

Rome

490. Who is known as the father of America ?

George Washington

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