Questions from Basic General Knowledge
551. What is the first compound which is fixed during photosynthesis?
Glucose
552. Who is the author of “ Shalimar the Clown”?
Salman Rushdie
553. By whom was the "Shahnama" written?
Firdausi
554. Who was the first Englishman to preside over a Congress session ?
George Yule
555. What is the commonly used unit for measuring the speed of data transmission?
Bits per second
556. The term ‘truncated spur’ is associated with which process?
Glacial process
557. The river Cauvery originates from which state?
Karnataka
558. Who is the author of Decline of the West ?
O. Spengler
559. Who is the author of Baburnama ?
Babur (Translated into English by John Falkland)
560. What denotes the smallest temperature?
1° on the Kelvin scale
