Questions from Basic General Knowledge

851. How are Latitude and Longitude?

Perpendicular to each other

852. By whom was 'Mitakshara'; an authoritative treatise on Hindu law; written?

Vagneswara

853. What is the national flower of Japan?

Chrysanthemum

854. Which tree, once very popular in social forestry, is now taken to be environmental hazard?

Eucalyptus

855. A poem of fourteen lines is known as?

Sonnet

856. What does mixture of CS2 and H2S on passing over heated copper give?

Methane

857. Which American President ruled the least term?

William Henry Harrison

858. How does Transfer of heat energy from the sun to the moon take place?

By radiation only

859. Which is not an important condition for growth of coral?

Wave-free salt water

860. What separates Daman and Diu?

Gulf of Khambat

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