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

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