Questions from Basic General Knowledge
51. An Indian born American biochemist; won Nobel Prize in 1968 for making artificial gene. Who is he ?
Har Gobind Khorana
52. Which instrument meant for measuring the rate of respiration?
Respirometer
53. Who is the author of “Reprieve”?
Jean Paul Sartre
54. Which personality is credited with starting ‘Vana Mahotsava’ in 1950?
K. M. Munshi
55. The Portuguese traveller; Nuniz visited Vijayanagar during the reign of which ruler?
Achyuta Raya
56. VISA is ?
Visa International Services Association
57. Which book is entitled as ‘Bible of Communism’?
Das Kapital
58. Bengal’s Sorrow?
Damodar River
59. One who is devoted to books only for learning facts just for the purpose of scoring marks is called a?
Book worm
60. Who is the author of “ An Equal Music”?
Vikram Seth
