Questions from Basic General Knowledge
491. Who was the first Congress Chief Minister of Kerala?
R. Sankar.
492. In Japan what is Seppuku?
Hari Kari - suicide
493. Which was the medieval ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture?
Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
494. Who were the ashta-diggaja in the court of Krishnadeva Raya ?
Eight telugu poets
495. Which country has the largest known reserves of oil?
Kuwait
496. Which is the home of “Alphonso†mango?
Ratnagiri
497. Who was the first Asian to have received the Nobel Prize?
R.N. Tagore
498. Who was the editor of Kerala Sanchari published from Kozhikode in 1886?
Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayar
499. Nicolo Conti; the traveller; who visited Vijayanagara kingdom in 1420 A.D.; belongs to which country?
Italy
500. Land of Maple?
Canada
