Questions from Basic General Knowledge
611. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute is located at?
New Delhi.
612. Who is the author of “Profiles and Letters”?
K.Natwar Singh
613. Name the first European country to encourage geographical discoveries?
Portugal (Prince Henry; the Navigator of Portugal encouraged sailors by making maps)
614. Who is the author of “Jungle Book”?
Rudyard Kipling
615. Who is the author of “The Scope of Happiness; ”?
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
616. Who said ‘At the stroke of midnight; when the world sleeps; India will awake to life and freedom’?
Jawaharlal Nehru
617. The Tashkent Agreement was signed on?
January 10; 1966.
618. How many of Banks were nationalised since 1969?
20
619. Name of the National School Computerisation Programme is ?
Vidya Vahini.
620. Most famous ruler of ancient Athens?
Pericles
