Questions from Basic General Knowledge
811. What minimum number of non-zero non-collinear vectors is required to produce a zero vector?
3
812. Which was the first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the English Channel?
Arati Saha
813. Who was the first mridangist to win the Sangeetha Kalanidhi as well as Padmabhushan award?
Palakkad Mani Iyer
814. Which God with three heads and horns; surrounded by animals; represented on a seal from Mohenjodaro?
Pashupati
815. Sound travels faster in which thing?
Iron than in air
816. Money market trades in short-term financial instruments commonly called?
"paper"
817. The latitude of a place is the same as which place?
Celestial pole
818. Who is the creator of the famous character “Dorian Gray”
Oscar Wilde
819. By whom was the absolute value of charge on electron determined?
R.A. Millikan
820. What is formula of plaster of paris?
2CaSO4 H2O
