Questions from Basic General Knowledge
551. Defence Service Staff College is located at?
Wellington; Nilgiri Hills (Tamil Nadu).
552. What was the name of the ship in which Vasco-da-Gama reached Kerala?
St.Gabriel.
553. Sugar metabolism is the function of which hormone?
Insulin produced by Pancreas
554. Who first imparted a mass character to the Indian National Congress?
Mahatma Gandhi
555. Which was the capital city of Arakkal family; the only Muslim Sultanate of Kerala?
Kannur
556. From which country did India buy the Barak anti-missile defence systems?
Israel
557. Who got the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award, before becoming the President of India?
Dr. Zakir Hussain
558. “It is possible to fail in many ways; while to succeed is possible only in one way”?
Aristotle
559. What was the language of the Satavahana inscription?
Prakrit
560. Who is the author of “Iron in the Soul”?
Jean Paul Sartre
