Questions from Basic General Knowledge
541. The theory of use and disuse was used to explain evolution by which scientist?
Lamarck
542. Which planet takes the same number of days for rotation and revolution?
Venus
543. The scientific name of Penguin is?
Aptenodytes forsteri
544. First Indian to scale Mount Everest?
Phu Dorjee
545. Oldest City (India)?
Kolkata
546. Blood groups A; B; AB and 0 were discovered by?
Karl Landsteiner.
547. Who is the author of “Intruder in the Dust”?
William Faulkner
548. Which is most efficient engine?
Electric
549. Which city in Russia was known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924?
St. Petersburg
550. A crossed cheque is one; which can be encashed only at which bank?
State Bank of India
