Questions from Basic General Knowledge
541. Who was regarded as ‘Zinda pir’?
Aurangzeb
542. Which river is known as ‘Vridha Ganga’?
Godavari
543. Where was Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishnapilla born?
At Neyyattinkkara in Thriruvananthapuram.
544. Who is the author of “Birth and Death of the Sun”?
George Bernard Shaw
545. Which is a warm ocean current?
East Australian current
546. Thirayattom is performed as part of festive celebrations in Kavus in?
Central Malabar
547. Insects which feed on waste material such as dead bodies; debris etc are called?
Scavengers
548. A poem of fourteen lines is known as?
Sonnet
549. The Currency of Mexico?
Peso
550. Who laid the foundations of Portuguese power in India?
Alfonso de Albuquerque
