Questions from Basic General Knowledge
491. Which book is known as the first book on journalism in the Malayalam language?
Vrithantha Pathra Pravarthanam (1912)
492. Which country makes maximum use of the geothermal energy?
Iceland
493. Medicine for high blood pressure is obtained from which species?
Rauwolffia species
494. The most important stimulant in coffee leaves is?
Caffeine.
495. The technique of DNA finger printing has been developed by ?
Prof. Alec Jeffreys
496. Father of Bacteriology?
Robert Koch
497. Most of the people of the middle east belong to which group of people?
Mediterranean
498. Who gave the idea that originally there was only one continent called Pangea?
Wegener
499. Which branch of science deals with the study of tissue found in the body of organism?
Histology
500. The Tibetan river ‘Tsangpo’ enters India through which State?
Arunachal Pradesh
