General Knowledge - Basic - 032

4651 : Who is the author of ” Karana Booshanam”?
Ans : Uloor S Parameshwara Iyer

4652 : Who is the author of “Sarada”?
Ans : Oyarathu Chandu Menon

4653 : Who is the author of Murder on the Orient Express ?
Ans : Agatha Christie

4654 : Who is the author of “Persuasion”?
Ans : Jane Austen

4655 : Who is the inventor of Cinema?
Ans : Nicolas Lumiere & Edison

4656 : Who is the author of “Shristiyum Shristavum”?
Ans : Prof. S. Guptan

4657 : Who is known as the Grand Father of Magic in Kerala?
Ans : Prof Vazhakunnam Neelakandan Nambhoothiri

4658 : Land of Thunderbolt?
Ans : Bhutan

4659 : Lowest recorded temperature for a human being to survive?
Ans : 20.30C

4660 : Who is the author of ” Poovampazham”?
Ans : Karoor Neelakanda Pillai

4661 : The Currency of Costa Rica?
Ans : Colone

4662 : Presence of excess proteins in urine ?
Ans : Proteinuria.

4663 : Who was the commander of Carthage in the Punic wars?
Ans : Hannibal

4664 : Great tragedies of Shakespeare are ?
Ans : ‘Hamlet’; ‘Macbeth’; ‘Othello and King Lear’

4665 : Where was the first Radio Station in Kerala?
Ans : Thiruvananthapuram

4666 : What is the name of the first cloned cat?
Ans : Carbon copy ( in 2001; at Texas)

4667 : Chavittu Nadakam is a highly colorful Latin Christian classical art form originated in?
Ans : Cochin

4668 : Who is the author of “Clear Light of Day”?
Ans : Anita Desai

4669 : World Population Day is on?
Ans : 11-Jul

4670 : SmallPox causing virus is ?
Ans : Variola virus

4671 : Which is the birthplace of the great Mappila poet Moyinkutty Vaidyar?
Ans : Kondotty

4672 : Small Island where Columbus landed in 1492?
Ans : Wattlings Island

4673 : The science of classifying organisms is called ?
Ans : Taxonomy.

4674 : Who is the author of “Utopia-A Bold New World”?
Ans : Shishir Gupta

4675 : Who is the author of Mysterious Universe ?
Ans : James Jeans

4676 : Who is the author of Premonitions?
Ans : P.N. Haksar

4677 : Who is the author of “Wilhelm Meister”?
Ans : Goethe

4678 : Who is considered as the father of modem Russia?
Ans : Peter the Great

4679 : Who is the author of “Dr Zhivago; .”?
Ans : Boris Pasternak

4680 : Which book influenced Mahatma Gandhi to have a new vision in life?
Ans : Unto This Last by John Ruskin

4681 : U Thant Cup is associated with?
Ans : Tennis

4682 : Who is the author of India from Curzon to Nehru and After ?
Ans : Durga Das

4683 : Who is the author of Much Ado About Nothing?
Ans : Shakespeare

4684 : Tropical forests are also known as ?
Ans : Evergreen Rain forests.

4685 : The Capital of Chad?
Ans : N’ Djamena

4686 : The smallest component of an image that can be transmitted or received in a video display system is known as?
Ans : Pixel

4687 : In the Battle of Water Loo in1815 British force was led by?
Ans : Duke of Wellington

4688 : Who was the first Rajya Sabha member to become the Chief Minister of Kerala?
Ans : C.Achuthamenon

4689 : The Human development Index can have a value between?
Ans : 0 and 1

4690 : Who is the author of Rangbhoomi ?
Ans : Munshi Prem Chand

4691 : Who is the inventor of Watch (winding)?
Ans : Greguet

4692 : Who is the creator of the famous characters “Madhavan; Panchu Menon”
Ans : O. Chandu Menon

4693 : The Capital of Norway?
Ans : Oslo

4694 : Who founded the Cheraman Mosque at Kodungallur?
Ans : Malik Bin Dinar

4695 : First Democratic President of South Africa is ?
Ans : Nelson Mandela

4696 : A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other computers to get information illegally or to do damage is called ?
Ans : Hacker

4697 : The Currency of Portugal?
Ans : Escudo

4698 : The name ‘Pacific’ was given to the ocean by?
Ans : Ferdinant D Megallan

4699 : Who is the creator of the famous character “Portio”
Ans : Shakespeare

4700 : Epsom (England) is associated with which Sport?
Ans : Derby Horse Races

4701 : Who is the author of ” Uppu “?
Ans : O.N.V Kurup

4702 : Vizzy Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Cricket

4703 : League of Nations was disbanded in?
Ans : 1945

4704 : Who is the author of “Idols”?
Ans : Sunil Gavaskar

4705 : Who is the inventor of Blood grouping?
Ans : Dr.Costella and Dr.Moss

4706 : Who is the author of The Tempest;?
Ans : William Shakespeare

4707 : Who is the author of Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Ans : Shakespeare

4708 : Stealing one’s creative work is known as?
Ans : Plagiarism

4709 : Cell which is the smallest and fundamental unit of life was discovered by?
Ans : Robert Hook in 1665 and published under the title Micrographia.

4710 : Who is considered as the founder of the Persian Empire?
Ans : Cyrus

4711 : World Population crossed 7 billion on ?
Ans : October 31st 2011

4712 : Vitamin D is also called?
Ans : Calciferol

4713 : Who is the author of ” Kerala Sahitya Charitham (5 vol 7 part) “?
Ans : Uloor S Parameshwara Iyer

4714 : Who is the inventor of Yellow fever; cause of?
Ans : Reed

4715 : India’s first Eco tourism Project was inaugurated in?
Ans : Thenmala in Kollam district

4716 : Who is the author of “New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy”?
Ans : A.B.Vajpayee

4717 : The Currency of Cyprus?
Ans : Cyprus Pound

4718 : ‘Damayanthi Talking to a Swan’ is a famous painting of?
Ans : Raja Ravi Varma

4719 : ‘C’ programming language was developed by ?
Ans : Dennis Ritchie.

4720 : Who is the author of ” Magdalana Mariam”?
Ans : Vallathol Narayana Menon

4721 : Who is the author of “Ponni”?
Ans : Malayattoor Ramakrishnan

4722 : Who is the author of “Letters from a Father to a Daughter”?
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru

4723 : Who is the author of Age of Reason?
Ans : Jean-Paul Sartre

4724 : Which American President is known as ‘Human Chain’ ?
Ans : Benjamin Harrison

4725 : Azidothymidine (AZT) is a drug used to combat ?
Ans : AIDS

4726 : Who is the author of “The Bells”?
Ans : Edgar Allen Poe.

4727 : Plants that grow in a dry habitat like deserts and can survive without moisture?
Ans : Xerophytes.

4728 : Who is the inventor of Battery & Current Electricity?
Ans : Volta

4729 : Who were the two leaders of reformation in Switzerland?
Ans : Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin

4730 : Smallest blood cell in human body?
Ans : Lympho cytes

4731 : Who is the author of The Waste Land?
Ans : T.S. Eliot

4732 : City of Ghats & Temples?
Ans : Varanasi

4733 : Forestry is the study of ?
Ans : Forest management and related studies

4734 : Who is the author of “Gathering Storm”?
Ans : Winston Churchill

4735 : Who is the author of Ain-i-Akbari?
Ans : AbulFazal

4736 : Rowing Training Centre in Kerala was founded at?
Ans : Alappuzha in 1987

4737 : Who is the author of “The Rogue States”?
Ans : Noam Chomsky

4738 : First Commander-in-Chief of Free India?
Ans : General Roy Bucher

4739 : Lady Rattan Tata Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Hockey

4740 : Second World War ended when Japan surrendered on?
Ans : 2nd September 1945

4741 : Vitamin B5 is also called?
Ans : Pantothenic acid

4742 : Who is the author of Sons and Lovers?
Ans : D.H. Lawrence

4743 : First Indian Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council?
Ans : Sir S.P. Sinha

4744 : The first Britain colony was established in 1607 in?
Ans : Jamestown in Virginia

4745 : Who is the author of “Iron Harvest”?
Ans : C.P.Surendran

4746 : Who is the author of “Arms & The Man”?
Ans : G.B.Shaw

4747 : Normal pulse rate of healthy adult human is ?
Ans : 72 per minute.

4748 : Who is the author of “A Pair of Blue Eyes”?
Ans : Thomas Hardy

4749 : Who is called the “father of Malayalam Journalism”?
Ans : Chengulathu Kunhirama Menon

4750 : Name the disease caused by the bite of a mad dog?
Ans : Rabies or Hydrophobia

4751 : 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

4752 : Who is the author of “Broken Wing”?
Ans : Sarojini Naidu

4753 : Vanilla; flavouring material; is extracted from the fruit of which orchid?
Ans : Vanilla planlifolia.

4754 : Who is the author of ” The Enigma of Arrival”?
Ans : V.S.Naipaul

4755 : Who is the inventor of Welding (Electric)?
Ans : Thomson

4756 : GUI stands for ?
Ans : Grapbical User Interface

4757 : Padayani is the traditional art of?
Ans : Pathanamthitta

4758 : Who is the author of “Beyond Belief”?
Ans : V.S.Naipaul

4759 : The percentage of tannin contained in Tea leaves is?
Ans : 18%

4760 : The Currency of Nepal?
Ans : Nepalese Rupee

4761 : Who is the author of Seven Lamps of Architecture ?
Ans : John Ruskin

4762 : Highest Lake?
Ans : Titicaca (Bolivia) 3854 metres above sea level.

4763 : Chinese President who adopted Christianity in 1980?
Ans : Chiang Kaishek

4764 : Sankaracharya founded four mutts in four comers of India;They are?
Ans : Badrinath in the North (Jyotir Mutt) Purl in the east (Govardhan) Dwaraka in the West (Sarada Mutt) and Sringeri in the south.

4765 : Who is the inventor of Airship?
Ans : Giffard

4766 : Tallest Bank Building?
Ans : Bank of Montreal; 72; Storeys; 284.98 m high (Toronto; Canada)

4767 : The Capital of Bermuda?
Ans : Hamilton

4768 : Land of Maple?
Ans : Canada

4769 : Vitamin C deficiency causes?
Ans : Scurvy

4770 : Who wrote’The War of Indian Independence’?
Ans : V.D.Sarvarkar

4771 : Who is the author of Macbeth ?
Ans : William Shakespeare

4772 : Who is the author of “Life of Pi”?
Ans : Yann Martel

4773 : Who is the author of “Development as Freedom”?
Ans : Amartya Sen

4774 : The most important work of Montesquieu is ?
Ans : “The Spirit of Laws”

4775 : Which was the first News paper?
Ans : Rajyasamacharam

4776 : Who is the author of I too Had a Dream ?
Ans : Dr. Varghese Kurian

4777 : The Capital of Maldives?
Ans : Male

4778 : Who is the creator of the famous character “Zhivago”
Ans : Boris Pasternak

4779 : What is the total number of permanent teeth in an adult ?
Ans : 32

4780 : Nehru Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Boat race

4781 : First Chief Minister of Kerala who was born in the 19th century was ?
Ans : Pattom A Thanu Pillai.

4782 : Who is the author of “Importance of Being Earnest”?
Ans : Oscar Wilde

4783 : Who is the author of “Zulfi; My Friend”?
Ans : Philoo Mody

4784 : One of the most important results of the First World War was the Great Depression which started in?
Ans : USA in 1929

4785 : Who is the author of “Nineteen Eighty Four”?
Ans : George Orwell

4786 : (Laerdal Tunnel)?
Ans : (Oslo-Bergen)

4787 : UNDP – United Nations Development Programme; was established in?
Ans : 22-Nov-65

4788 : Who is the author of “Between the Lines”?
Ans : Kuldip Nayar

4789 : Who is the author of “The Fall of a Sparrow”?
Ans : Salim Ali

4790 : Who is the author of “Origin of Species”?
Ans : Charles Darwin

4791 : Allahabad is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Confluence of the Ganges &the; Jamuna

4792 : Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba in?
Ans : 1959

4793 : Chandragiri Fort is located at?
Ans : Kasargod

4794 : Who is the author of “My Early Life”?
Ans : Gandhiji

4795 : Destruction of feudalism in France was the direct result of ?
Ans : French Revolution

4796 : Who is the author of ‘My Struggle’?
Ans : E:K.Nayanar

4797 : Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute is located at?
Ans : Kolkata (West Bengal).

4798 : Name the first Roman Catholicon born in 20th century to become the President of America?
Ans : John F.Kennedy

4799 : Christopher Columbus discovered West Indies and thought it was India in 1492 and called its people?
Ans : Red Indians

4800 : The number of chromosomes in a human cell is ?
Ans : 46