Questions from Basic General Knowledge
751. Who is the author of “House of the Dead”?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
752. Pillars of Hercules?
Straits of Gibraltar
753. Plants that depend on other plants for their nourishment. They lack chlorophyll and thus cannot make their own food are called ?
Parasitic eg: bacteria; fungi.
754. Karl Marx’s book ‘Das Kapital’ was published in which year?
1867
755. Vasco Da Gama was buried in 1524 at?
St. Francis Church
756. The mount where Saint Benedict founded his monastery?
Monte Cassino
757. The writing system of the Sumerians was known as?
Cunieform
758. Aristotle was the famous student of?
Plato
759. The western disturbances which cause rain in north west India originate which sea?
Mediterranean Sea
760. Who is the author of The Last Mughal ?
William Dalrymple
