Questions from Basic General Knowledge
71. Which event was characterised by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?
Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh
72. Who is the author of “Mysterious Universe”?
James Jeans
73. Who is the inventor of Aniline Dyes?
Hoffman
74. Which crop requires continuous semiaquatic condition for cultivation?
Rice
75. Who is the author of “The Irving Stone”?
Arthur Halley
76. Who appointed Veluthampi as his commerce minister and then the Dalawa of Travancore?
Balarama Varma
77. What is deficit financing?
Spending in excess of revenue
78. Which is the biggest city in China?
Shanghai (Beijing is in the second place)
79. Who is the author of “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”?
Edward Gibbon
80. First Telephone line was started between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour?
1851
