Questions from Basic General Knowledge
631. The internal secretion of which acid helps in digestion?
Hydrochloric acid
632. Vilasini is the pen name of?
M K Menon
633. Who is often described as the second 'Parasurama' or the exterminator of the entire kshatriya race?
Mahapadrna
634. Who wrote the history of the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta?
Thucydides; a Greek historian
635. Who started the first English school in Cochin state?
Rev Dasan in 1818 in Mattancherry
636. With which one of the following is the classic 'Jivaka Chintamani' associated?
Jainism
637. Who is the author of Great Illusion?
Norman Angell
638. Name the ruler who laid the foundation of Cabinet system?
Robert Walpole
639. In which valley is the Himalayan pass Shipki La located?
Sutlej valley
640. How many gold medals did India win at the XIth Asian Games?
One
