Questions from Basic General Knowledge
491. From which the cathode ray particles originate in a discharge tube?
Cathode
492. Which was the first woman Governor of a State in free India?
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
493. Olympic Games after 4th century AD Restarted (Under IOC) from which year?
1896
494. The term nishka; which meant an ornament in the Vedic period; was used in later tirmes; what did it denote?
A coin
495. The year and place in which Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests is?
On 28 and 30 may 1998 in the desert of Baluchistan at the Chagai Hills
496. Where did Velu Tampi Dalawa committed suicide?
in the house of the Potti of the Bhagavati temple at Mannadi.
497. Defeating by whom Babar laid the foundation of Mughal empire in 1526?
Ibrahim Lodi
498. Who is the author of “Twelfth Night”?
William Shakespeare
499. Who gave the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?
Iqbal
500. First Prime Minister of India?
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
