Questions from Basic General Knowledge

491. Christopher Columbus discovered West Indies and thought it was India in 1492 and called its people?

Red Indians

492. Largest Peninsula (World)?

Arabia

493. Who was the founder of Kerala Deepika, the first malayalam paper published from Malabar?

Chengulathu Kunhirama Menon

494. "Madhavan; Panchu Menon"

O. Chandu Menon

495. The Vaccine that is administered to prevent tuberculosis is ?

B.C.G (BacillusCalmetteGuerine) vaccine

496. Who is the inventor of Sewing Machine?

Issac Singer

497. Who rode a horse called Bucephalus?

Alexander the Great

498. Who is the author of 'Ardhanareeswara Sthothram' ?

Sree Narayana Guru

499. Which king of Travancore setup the Department of Engineering for the first time?

Swathi Thirunal

500. Who is the author of Doctor Zhivago ?

Boris Pasternak

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