Questions from Basic General Knowledge
921. What is the major source of oceanic salinity?
Rivers
922. Who is the author of “Interpreter of Maladies”?
Jumpa Lahiri
923. Who is the author of “Kashmir A Tragedy of Errors”?
Tavleen Singh
924. Purification of petroleum is carried out by which method?
Fractional distillation
925. Nobel Prize winning scientist James D. Watson is known for his work in which area?
Genetics
926. Which gland is both exo and endocrine gland?
Pancreas
927. By which fission does Leishmania, the causative agent of kala-azar, multiply asexually?
By binary fission
928. Of which site of Harappan is associated with rice cultivation?
Lothal
929. The Capital of Bahrain?
Manama
930. Who is the author of the book ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’?
George Orwell
