Questions from Basic General Knowledge
491. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in which year?
1951
492. Who is the author of “ Shalimar”?
Manohar Malgonkar
493. Who is the author of “Crisis into Chaos”?
E.M.S.Namboodiripad
494. Why is fog common around Newfoundland coast?
Because warm and cold currents meet
495. Shyok is a tributary of which river?
Indus
496. The book "Diplomatic Encounter" has been written by which author?
Arundhati Roy
497. Who was the last Diwan of Travancore?
Sir. C.P. Ramaswami Ayyer.
498. Who formed the Cholamandal Artists village, 9 km from Chennai in 1966?
K C S Panicker
499. Most cultured civilisation of Middle Ages was of?
Arabs
500. Who authored the ‘Gitanjali’; an anthology of poems?
Rabindranath Tagore
