Questions from Basic General Knowledge

811. Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople in ?

1453

812. Petroleum is generally found in which rocks?

Folded marine sedimentary rocks

813. Angular separation between two colours of the spectrum depends upon which thing?

Angle of deviation

814. Who is the author of Ascent of the Everest?

Sir John Hunt

815. What is the cause of inflation?

Increase in money supply and fall in production

816. What is the life of Rajya Sabha?

Permanency

817. What was the primary purpose of a seal in the Indus Valley Civilisation?

To signify ownership of property

818. The famous work - An Essay on the Principle of Population is by ?

Thomas Malthus

819. In which year British merchants exported pepper to England for the first time from Cochin ?

1626

820. Father of tragic dramas?

Aeschilus

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