Questions from Basic General Knowledge
501. Rowing Training Centre in Kerala was founded at?
Alappuzha in 1987
502. Saraswati Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to which field?
Literature
503. Which characteristic is common among parrot; platypus and kangaroo?
Functional post anal tail
504. Who is the author of “Chandana Marangal”?
Madhavikutty (Kamala Surayya)
505. Who presided over the Buddhist Council held during the reign of Kanishka at Kashmir?
Vasumitra
506. The Capital of Antigua & Barbuda?
St.John’s
507. Father of Botany?
Theophrastus
508. In which year Travancore Broadcasting station was merged with All India Radio Network?
1st April 1950
509. Who was the first Prime Minister of England and the first in the world to hold the post of Prime Minister?
Robert Walpole
510. Who is the inventor of Vacuum Flask?
James Dewar
