Questions from Basic General Knowledge
51. Which is the unit of activity of a radioactive source?
Becquerel
52. Which gave an impetus to the growth of militant nationalism on a widespread scale?
Partition of Bengal
53. Manav Seva Award has been instituted in the memory of which person?
Rajiv Gandhi
54. Which year is celebrated as International Year of Quinoa?
2013
55. From which date shall the tenure of every Panchayat be for five years?
From the date of its first meeting
56. Oral Polio vaccine was discovered by ?
Albert Bruce Sabin (1955)
57. Who is the author of Age of Reason?
Jean-Paul Sartre
58. Who is the inventor of Motion; Law of?
Newton
59. Chinese Civilisation originated on the banks of which river?
Hwang Ho
60. Who discovered Smallpox Vaccine (1796)?
Edward Jenner
