Questions from Basic General Knowledge
5261. Which sets of cities is located on the reference longitude for Indian standard time?
Kakinanda-Pondicherry
5262. Who is the author of “The Metamorphosis”?
Franz Kafka
5263. The name 'Pacific' was given to the ocean by?
Ferdinant D Megallan
5264. Kanchipuram is in which state?
Tamil Nadu
5265. During whose pleasure does teh Attorney General of India hold office?
President
5266. Central Marine Research Station is located at?
Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
5267. A convex mirror makes a good rear-view mirror for a car. Why?
It forms erect; reduced images
5268. In which century did the famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visit India?
5th century AD
5269. How can the quantity of water vapour the atmosphere hold increases?
With increase of temperature
5270. Who is the author of “End of an Era”?
C.S.Pandit
