Questions from Basic General Knowledge
831. What was the source of the blue gem stone; lapis lazuli; for the people of Harappan culture?
Afghanistan
832. Which is a type of planetary wind?
Westerlies
833. Who is the author of “Razor's Edge”?
W Somerset Maugham
834. Which year is celebrated as International Year of Astronomy?
2009
835. What is the slow wobbling of Earth as it spins on its axis called?
Precession
836. Which is the first Malayalam film to win the National Film Award for Best feature film?
Chemmeen {based on a story by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai}
837. Who is the author of “The Round Table”?
Hazlitt William
838. With which external trade of the Sangam were people carried on?
Romans
839. Sunda Trench lies in which ocean?
Indian Ocean
840. Who is the author of A Secular Agenda?
Arun Shourie
