General Knowledge - Basic - 029

4201 : Which city is the 100% urbanised city in the world?
Ans : Singapore

4202 : Armed Force Medical College is located at?
Ans : Pune (Maharashtra).

4203 : Who is the author of Story of My Life ?
Ans : Moshe Dayan

4204 : Who is the author of “Oruthulli Velicham”?
Ans : O.N.V Kurup

4205 : Who is the creator of the famous character “Christian”
Ans : John Bunyan.

4206 : Who is the author of “Detective”?
Ans : Arthur Hailey

4207 : Pazhassi Raja was shot dead by?
Ans : Thomas Harvey Baber; Sub collector of Tellichery

4208 : Name the first American President who was the son of a former president?
Ans : John Kwinsy Adams

4209 : Which hormone prepares the animal to fight or flight?
Ans : Adrinalin

4210 : www stands for?
Ans : World Wide Web

4211 : ‘Java’ programming languages is developed by ?
Ans : James Gosling

4212 : Who is the inventor of Mitochondria?
Ans : C.Benda

4213 : Who is the author of “Ends and Means”?
Ans : A.Huxley

4214 : Where did Velu Tampi Dalawa committed suicide?
Ans : in the house of the Potti of the Bhagavati temple at Mannadi.

4215 : The Currency of Trinidad?
Ans : Trinidad Dollar

4216 : The American Model Executive was proposed by?
Ans : Sir C. P. Ramaswami Ayyer.

4217 : London is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Thames

4218 : The most densely populated country in the world is?
Ans : Monaco

4219 : School of Tropical Medicines is located at?
Ans : Kolkata (West Bengal).

4220 : Who is the author of “A Prisoner’s Scrapbook”?
Ans : L.K.Advani

4221 : Cromagnan (France) and Grimaldi (ltali) men belonged to which period?
Ans : Middle Stone Age

4222 : Keeran Poosari;
Ans : S.K. Pottakadu

4223 : The first Britain colony was established in 1607 in?
Ans : Jamestown in Virginia

4224 : Father of Bacteriology?
Ans : Robert Koch

4225 : Plants of deserts are called?
Ans : Xerophytes

4226 : Who is the author of “Lolita”?
Ans : V Nabakov

4227 : Micky Mouse
Ans : Walt Disney

4228 : Who is the author of “Lord Of the Flies”?
Ans : Sir William Golding

4229 : Who is the author of “Tropic of Cancer”?
Ans : Henry Miller

4230 : Who is the inventor of Jet Engine?
Ans : Frank Whittle

4231 : Second largest gland in human body is?
Ans : Pancreas

4232 : Who is the creator of the famous characters “Cordelia; Desdemona; Hamlet”
Ans : Shakespeare

4233 : Which is the eastern boundary of Kerala?
Ans : The Sahyadris

4234 : Who is the author of St Joan ?
Ans : George Bernard Shaw

4235 : Which is the oldest newspaper that is still being published in Kerala?
Ans : The Deepika

4236 : Who was the first woman judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India?
Ans : Justice M. Fathima Beevi

4237 : Laser Printer was first Introduced by ?
Ans : IBM

4238 : When Italy surrendered after the Second World War in 1945 Mussolini was captured and executed at?
Ans : Como

4239 : Who was the first Chief Minister of Kerala from a backward community?
Ans : R. Sankar.

4240 : The annual meeting of WEF is held in?
Ans : Davos in Switzerland

4241 : First Magistrate?
Ans : Mrs. Omana Kunjamma

4242 : Who is the author of “Gandhi and Stalin”?
Ans : Louis Fisher

4243 : Who is the author of “Don Juan”?
Ans : Lord Byron

4244 : Who is the author of Kamayani ?
Ans : Jai Shanker Prasad

4245 : Who is the author of ” The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian”?
Ans : Nirad C. Chauduri

4246 : ………:… contain the list of the endangered species of plants and animals?
Ans : Red Data Books

4247 : Which year was declared by UN as International Book Year?
Ans : 1972

4248 : Who is the inventor of Microscope (electron)?
Ans : Vladimir Kosme Sworykin

4249 : Sumerian civilisation later came to be known as ?
Ans : Mesopotamian civilisation

4250 : Who is the author of “I Follow the Mahatma”?
Ans : K M Munshi

4251 : Who is the author of ‘Ardhanareeswara Sthothram’ ?
Ans : Sree Narayana Guru

4252 : Wrinkles in old age are due to deficiency of ?
Ans : Collagen

4253 : Who is the author of Kayakalp ?
Ans : Munshi Prem Chand

4254 : Junko Tabei; the first woman to climb mount Everest was from ?
Ans : Japan

4255 : The Currency of Panama?
Ans : Balboa

4256 : Hi·Tech Crime Enquiry Cell, a special unit of the Kerala Police, began its operations on?
Ans : 5th May 2006

4257 : First Judge of Supreme Court?
Ans : Camelia Sorabji

4258 : Who is the author of “Death of a city”?
Ans : Amrita Pritam

4259 : Who is the author of ” Kanya Vanangal”?
Ans : Punathil KunjabdulJah

4260 : Dance form in Cuba is known as ?
Ans : Conga

4261 : Who is the author of “Pratham Pratishruti”?
Ans : Ashapurna Devi

4262 : BRIC countries include?
Ans : Brazil; Russia; India; China

4263 : Who is known as the Iron Man of Communism?
Ans : Stalin

4264 : Who is the author of “I am not an island”?
Ans : K.A.Abbas

4265 : The year in which Anchal Service was amalgamated with Telegraph department is?
Ans : April 1951.

4266 : The Currency of South Africa?
Ans : Rand

4267 : Kummattikali is a mask dance popular in?
Ans : South Malabar

4268 : Who is the author of “I Follow the Mahatma”?
Ans : K M Munshi

4269 : Vitamin B12 is also called?
Ans : Cobalamins

4270 : The Goal of Kyoto protocol was ?
Ans : To reduce the emissions of Green House Gases (GHGs)

4271 : Who is considered as the Architect of Modern Education in Travancore?
Ans : Sri Chithira Thirunal

4272 : Who introduced travelling courts in Travancore?
Ans : Velu Tampi Dalawa

4273 : Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) was undertaken by ?
Ans : Morris in 1980s

4274 : Who was the wife of Prophet Muhammed?
Ans : Khadeija

4275 : BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin) vaccine used to prevent ?
Ans : Tuberculosis

4276 : Who invented Steam Engine in 1769 ?
Ans : James Watt

4277 : The civilisation of Greek city states is known as?
Ans : Classical Civilisation

4278 : Which was a military alliance formed under the Soviet Union against NATO in 1955?
Ans : Warsaw Pact

4279 : Who is the creator of the famous characters “iago; Macbeth; Jessica”
Ans : Shakespeare

4280 : First Indian Muslim Woman Mayor (Ahmedabad)?
Ans : Aneesha Mirza

4281 : Vitamin B3 (Niacin) deficiency causes?
Ans : Pellagra

4282 : Who is the author of “Memories of the Rationalist”?
Ans : Vasanth Sathe

4283 : Tuberculin Test is used to diagnose?
Ans : Tuberculosis

4284 : Garden City of India?
Ans : Bangalore

4285 : Which disease is known as Silent Killer ?
Ans : High blood pressure (Hypertension)

4286 : The Capital of Qatar?
Ans : Doha

4287 : Who is the creator of the famous character Gulliver?
Ans : Jonathan Swift

4288 : Who composed Greek epics llliad and Odyssey?
Ans : Homer

4289 : Who said “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste death but once”?
Ans : William Shakespeare

4290 : Who is the inventor of Radio signals?
Ans : G.Marconi

4291 : Who is the inventor of Sewing Machine?
Ans : Issac Singer

4292 : Who is the inventor of D.D.T.?
Ans : D. Paul Muller

4293 : The period of the ‘Long Parliament’ was?
Ans : 1640 to 1660

4294 : Largest Country in?
Ans : China

4295 : MPEG stands for?
Ans : Motion Picture Expert Group

4296 : Who is the author of “Experiments with Untruth”?
Ans : Michael Anderson

4297 : Which organ of the body is affected by Bright’s disease?
Ans : Kidney

4298 : Who is the author of “We Need to Talk about Kevin”?
Ans : Lionel Shriver

4299 : Who is the author of “Lucky Jim”?
Ans : Kingley Amis

4300 : Don Quixote
Ans : Cerventes

4301 : The St. Francis Church at Fort Cochin was built by ?
Ans : Portuguese in 1503.

4302 : Who is the author of “Yama”?
Ans : Mahadevi Vanna

4303 : Who invented the Spinnng Jenny in 1764?
Ans : James Hargreaves

4304 : Who is the inventor of Cinematography?
Ans : Thomas Edison

4305 : Which is Asia’s largest naval academy?
Ans : Ezhimala Indian Naval Academy (Kannur)

4306 : Who was the first Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly of Kerala?
Ans : Shankara Narayanan Thampi

4307 : Who is the First Vice President of America?
Ans : John Adams

4308 : Mesopotamian ruler who gave a famous code of law was?
Ans : Hammurabi

4309 : A currency the exchange value of which is expected to remain stable due to strong performance by it in an economy is called?
Ans : Hard currency

4310 : The Currency of Czechoslovakia?
Ans : Koruna

4311 : Who is the author of “The Miser”?
Ans : Moliere

4312 : Who is the author of “Das Capital”?
Ans : Karl Marx

4313 : Who is the author of “Nehru Family and Sikhs”?
Ans : Harbans Singh

4314 : Which organ of the body is affected by Jaundice ?
Ans : Liver

4315 : Who is the author of “The Garden of Solitude”?
Ans : Siddhartha Gigoo

4316 : Co-operative movement was started in England in 1821by?
Ans : Robert Oven

4317 : Who is the author of “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
Ans : Oscar Wilde

4318 : Who is the author of “Rains Came”?
Ans : Louis Bromfield

4319 : Who is the author of “Sense and Sensibility”?
Ans : Jane Austen

4320 : Charles I; the ruler of England; was beheaded publically in the year?
Ans : 1649

4321 : The last country to surrender in the Second world war was ?
Ans : Japan

4322 : Who was the first European navigator; to reach India by sea route?
Ans : Vasco Da Gama.

4323 : Who was the first Olympian of Kerala?
Ans : C K Lakshman

4324 : Who is the author of “The Gathering”?
Ans : Ann Enright

4325 : Who is the author of ” Kurushetram”?
Ans : Dr.Ayyappa Panicker

4326 : Greece is on the coast of which sea?
Ans : The Mediterranean sea

4327 : Who is known as the father of Malayalam Cinema?
Ans : JC Daniel

4328 : The dimension of the The Great Wall is ?
Ans : 1500 mile long and 20 feet breadth and 20 feet-height

4329 : Who is the author of “Sons and Lovers”?
Ans : D.H. Lawrence

4330 : Who is the author of “Alice in wonderland”?
Ans : Lewis Carroll

4331 : Who is the author of Nine Days Wonder ?
Ans : John Masefield

4332 : Who is the author of “East of Aden”?
Ans : John Steinbeck

4333 : Who is the author of India We Left?
Ans : The Humphrey Travelyan

4334 : Who is the author of All the Presidents Men. ?
Ans : Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

4335 : The term of American President is ?
Ans : Four years

4336 : From which language the word ‘Chemistry’ was originated?
Ans : The Egyptian language

4337 : Who is the author of “Kubla Khan”?
Ans : Samuel Taylor Coleridge

4338 : Largest living Mammal?
Ans : Blue Whale

4339 : Who is the author of “The Accompanist”?
Ans : Anita Desai

4340 : Which is the first poem of Kumaran Asan?
Ans : Veenapoovu

4341 : Pazhassi was killed on the banks of which river?
Ans : ‘Mavilathode’.

4342 : Central Scientific Instruments Organisation is located at?
Ans : Chandigarh (Chandigarh).

4343 : ‘Marginal utility theory’ was concepetuallised by?
Ans : Alfred Marshall

4344 : Who is the author of Silas Marner?
Ans : George Eliot

4345 : Who is known as the father of Fascism?
Ans : Benitto Mussolini

4346 : Who is the author of Ritu Samhara ?
Ans : Kalidas

4347 : Who is the author of “Comedy of Erros”?
Ans : Shakespeare

4348 : America was named after the Portuguese sailor ?
Ans : Amerigo Vespucci

4349 : At the time of declaration of Indian independence Pondicherry was a colony of?
Ans : France

4350 : Who is the author of “Banker to the poor-The story of the Grameen Bank”?
Ans : Muhammad Yunus