Questions from Basic General Knowledge
841. The Magna Carta was signed by ?
King John of England in AD 1215 at; Runnymede.
842. The first Olympic Games were held in which year?
776 BC
843. Which substance is used as antiknock compound?
TEL
844. From where was the term ‘Congress’ derived?
The History of North America
845. In which century Mongols captured Russia?
13th century
846. What are the main channels of our knowledge about the Indus Valley Civilization?
Archaeological excavations
847. First Indian to scale Mount Everest?
Phu Dorjee
848. What is the name of the highest summit of Nilgiri Hills?
Doda-betta
849. Who remarked ‘the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India’?
William Bentinck
850. Who is the author of “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”?
Edward Gibbon
