Questions from Basic General Knowledge
5491. Persia came to be known as Iran from?
9th March 1935
5492. Who is the author of “Confidential Clerk”?
T.S.Eliot
5493. Who is the author of “Midsummer Night’s Dream”?
William Shakespeare
5494. In which year was Tax collection of Central govt. lowest as compare to G.D.P.?
1999-2000
5495. Ethylene reacts with sulphur monochloride to form which gas?
Mustard gas
5496. Who has the power to form a new State within the Union of India?
President
5497. Who was the first to receive D-Lit from Kerala University?
Sir C P Ramaswami Ayyar
5498. Who is the author of “Passage to India”?
E.M. Forster
5499. Who was the successor of Shivaji?
Sambhaji
5500. Who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!"?
William Shakespeare
