Questions from Basic General Knowledge
561. Where did India play its 1st one day international match?
Headingley
562. The Gulf War (1991) was fought between the US led multinational forces and Iraq to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Its code name was ?
Operation Desert Storm
563. Which Indian Cricketer was given the title "Tiger"?
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
564. Who is the world’s first woman cosmonaut?
Valentina Tereshkova
565. Who is the author of “Midsummer Night's Dream”?
Shakespeare
566. Who is the author of “Naked Face”?
Sydney Sheldon
567. Who is the author of “Mother”?
Maxim Gorky
568. St Angelo Fort in Kannur was built by?
Dom Francisco de Almeida; the first Portuguese Viceroy of India (1505)
569. Colour of the skin is due to the presence of?
melanin
570. The annual average rate of net plant production is highest in which forests?
Temperate forest
