Questions from Basic General Knowledge

8131. Buland Darwaza; built -by Akbar; is to commemorate the victory of which state?

Gujarat

8132. Longest Railway (World)?

T r a n - S i b e r i a n Railway from Moscow to Nakhodka; 9438 km.

8133. Why is used as coolant in the radiator of a car engine?

Because it has high specific heat

8134. In which year, African Export and Import Bank came into existence?

1978

8135. Who discovered ECG (Electro Cardio Graph) ?

Willem Einthovan in 1906.

8136. Which is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust?

Oxygen

8137. Who was the first Asian to have received the Nobel Prize?

R.N. Tagore

8138. How many players are there on each side in a women’s Basketball game?

6

8139. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award?

Ashapurna Devi

8140. The National Housing Bank was set up in India as a wholly-owned subsidiary of which bank?

Reserve Bank of India

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