Questions from Basic General Knowledge
501. SIMBEX is an annual joint maritime bilateral exercise conducted between which countries?
India and Singapore
502. The Currency of Germany (United)?
Deutsche Mark
503. Who has written the famous book ‘Anna Karenina’?
Leo Tolstoy
504. The civilisation that existed in Greece; before the Greeks was known as ?
Aegean Civilization
505. Where is pearl fishing well developed in India?
Off the coast at Rameshwaram
506. What calculating aid was invented by William Oughtred in 1662?
Slide Rule
507. Kautilya was the Prime Minister of which Indian ruler ?
Chandragupta Maurya
508. Largest in Area?
Russia
509. Who is the author of ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’ ?
Jules Verne
510. Forest Research Institute is located at?
Dehra Dun (Uttar Pradesh)
