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

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