Questions from Basic General Knowledge
491. In which country is "Takla Makan" desert situated?
China
492. Which part of brain is centre of thirst hunger and sleep?
Hypothalmus
493. A poem of fourteen lines is known as?
Sonnet
494. Which leaders took major initiative in the formation of the League of Nations?
Franklin Roosevelt
495. Who is the author of ‘Life and Times’?
V.V.Giri
496. One calorie is the heat required to raise the temperature of 1g of water by how many degrees?
1 °C
497. The war in South Africa between the British and the Boers is known as ?
Boer War (1899 -1902)
498. Who is the author of “Marthanda Varma”?
CV Raman Pillai
499. The Boston Tea Party was in the year?
1773
500. The amendment procedure laid down in the Constitution of India is on which pattern?
Constitution of South Africa
