Questions from Basic General Knowledge

671. Rainfall in the doldrums is of the nature of which precipitation?

Orographic precipitation

672. Rabies; caused by a virus; affects which part of human body?

The nerve cells of the brain.

673. Who said ‘At the stroke of midnight; when the world sleeps; India will awake to life and freedom’?

Jawaharlal Nehru

674. Upanishads, also known as the Vedantas, are How many are these upanishads?

108

675. Who is the author of “Mayor of Casterbridge”?

Thomas Hardy

676. Who is the author of “Economic Planning of India Elimination of Child Labour”?

Ashok Mehta

677. Who is the author of “ Burial at Sea”?

Khushwant Singh

678. America’s Motor City?

Detroit

679. Who is the author of “A Secular Agenda”?

Arun Shourie

680. Who was the first Inspector General of Police of Kerala?

N Chandrasekharan Nair

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