General Knowledge - Basic - 033

4951 : Who is the author of “The Bride of the Sahib and other Stories.”?
Ans : Khushwant Singh

4952 : Who is the author of Adam Bede?
Ans : George Eliot

4953 : Who is the author of “Far from the Madding Crowd”?
Ans : Thomas Hardy

4954 : Who is the author of “To Live or Not to Live”?
Ans : Nirad C. Chauduri

4955 : Who is the inventor of Wireless Telegraphy?
Ans : G.Marconi

4956 : Hyderabad is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Musi

4957 : Kerala Folklore Academy It is an autonomous Corporate body constituted on?
Ans : 28-Jun-95

4958 : The study of ageing is known as ?
Ans : Gerentology

4959 : Who is the author of “Two Lives”?
Ans : Vikram Seth

4960 : The folk art Pulikali is is mainly practiced in?
Ans : Thrissur district

4961 : The century from 1750 to 1850 is also known as ?
Ans : The ‘Age of Revolutions’

4962 : The Goal of Stockholm convention was?
Ans : To reduce the use of POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) or Dirty Dozen

4963 : Pope John Paul II died on?
Ans : 2nd April 2005

4964 : The Capital of China?
Ans : Beijing

4965 : Who is the author of “The End of Imagination”?
Ans : Arundhati Roy

4966 : First American President who was ousted from his party while in Office ?
Ans : John Tailor

4967 : In an electronic spreadsheet; intersection of a column and a row is called?
Ans : Cell

4968 : Who is the author of “Alice in wonderland”?
Ans : Lewis Carroll

4969 : Who is the inventor of Chloroform?
Ans : James Young Simpson

4970 : Stock exchange Index of Brazil is?
Ans : Bove spa

4971 : Name the tallest tree in the world?
Ans : Coast Redwood in the Redwood National Park in California

4972 : Which was the first film studio in Kerala?
Ans : The Travancore National pictures established by JC Daniel in 1926 in Nagarcoil

4973 : After the death of Dharmaraja; Who came to the throne of Travancore?
Ans : Balarama Varma

4974 : Plant systematics is the study of ?
Ans : Classification and naming of plants

4975 : Who is the author of “The Pick up”?
Ans : Nadine Gordimer

4976 : Who is the creator of the famous characters “Friday; Robinson Crusoe”?
Ans : Daniel Defoe

4977 : Where was Chatampi Swamikal born in?
Ans : Kannammoola in Thiruvananthapuram district.

4978 : Who is the author of Song of Solomon?
Ans : Toni Morrison [He was first African American writer (1993) to be awarded Nobel Prize for Literature]

4979 : Who is the author of “Freedom Song”?
Ans : Amit Chaudhuri

4980 : Which is the first newspaper of Kerala?
Ans : Rajyasamacharam’ { June 1847 }

4981 : Who founded the Cheraman Mosque at Kodungallur?
Ans : Malik Bin Dinar

4982 : America was discovered by ?
Ans : Christopher Columbus in 12th October 1492

4983 : The Currency of Papua New Guinea?
Ans : Kina

4984 : Who is the author of “Post Office; The (Dak Ghar)”?
Ans : Rabindranath Tagore

4985 : Who is the author of “Man of Destiny”?
Ans : George Bernard Shaw

4986 : Munnar Hydel Tourism Project was inaugurated in?
Ans : 2000

4987 : Who is the author of Savitri ?
Ans : Aurobindo Ghosh

4988 : Who is the author of Temple Tiger ?
Ans : Jim Corbett

4989 : World’s first heart transplantation was performed on 3rd December 1967 by?
Ans : Christian Bernard.

4990 : Who is the author of “Social Contract”?
Ans : Rousseau

4991 : Who is the author of “The Irving Stone”?
Ans : Arthur Halley

4992 : Who is known as II Duke ?
Ans : Mussolini

4993 : Who is the author of ” Magic seeds”?
Ans : V.S.Naipaul

4994 : Who is the author of “Kanyadaan”?
Ans : VijayTendulkar

4995 : City of Palaces?
Ans : Kolkata & Chandigarh

4996 : Who was the first Olympian from Kerala ?
Ans : Suresh Babu

4997 : Largest; Biggest & heaviest?
Ans : Jupiter

4998 : Smallest Independent?
Ans : Vatican (Italy)

4999 : Which religion is considered as the mother religion of Christianity and Islam?
Ans : Judaism

5000 : Who is the author of “Fairie Queene”?
Ans : Edmund Spenser

5001 : Name the first Super computer made by Seymour Cray; the father of super computer?
Ans : UNIVAC 1103

5002 : The famous saying “I came; 1saw; 1conquered’ is associated with?
Ans : Julius Caesar

5003 : Who is known as the Father of Modern Malayalam prose
Ans : Kerala Varma Valiyakoi Thampuran

5004 : Kala-azar (Leishmaniasis) is transmitted by ?
Ans : Sand flies.

5005 : Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes
Ans : Arthur Conan Doyle

5006 : Nelson Mandela International Day is on?
Ans : 18th July

5007 : Which ruler who ruled Japan during the 16th Century is known as ‘Napolean of Japan’?
Ans : Iasu Tokugama

5008 : Who is the author of “The Unknown Man; “?
Ans : Lewis Carrol

5009 : Who is the author of In Memmorium?
Ans : Alfred Tennyson

5010 : Who is the author of “Ape and Essence”?
Ans : A.Huxley

5011 : Father of Ethology?
Ans : Konrad Lorentz

5012 : Who is the author of “Amma”?
Ans : Balamani Amma

5013 : The Capital of Philippines?
Ans : Manila (Quezon City)

5014 : Who is the creator of the famous character “Mandan Muttappa”
Ans : Vaikom Muhammed Basheer

5015 : Who was the second foreigner to receive the Bharat Ratna?
Ans : Nelson Mandela

5016 : Who is the author of Song of Solomon?
Ans : Toni Morrison [He was first African American writer (1993) to be awarded Nobel Prize for Literature]

5017 : Who is the author of Monsoon ?
Ans : Wilbur Smith

5018 : Who is the author of “Arundhati Roy was awarded Booker Prize in the year”?
Ans : 1997

5019 : Cairo is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Nile

5020 : Which is the largest gland in the human body?
Ans : Liver

5021 : Father of Modem Embryology?
Ans : Ernst Von Baer

5022 : Largest Desert (India)?
Ans : Thar Desert (Rajasthan)

5023 : Egyptian Sun God was known as?
Ans : ‘Ra’ or ‘Re’

5024 : Who is the author of Baburnama ?
Ans : Babur (Translated into English by John Falkland)

5025 : Who is the author of ” Mayilpeeli”?
Ans : O.N.V Kurup

5026 : Who is the author of “Living History”?
Ans : Hillary Clinton

5027 : In which year the first Indo-Pak war was fought?
Ans : 1965

5028 : Who is the author of “An Equal Music”?
Ans : Vikram Seth

5029 : What is considered as the predecessor of S.N.D.P Yogam?
Ans : The Vavoottuyogam started at Aruvippuram

5030 : Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into useful compounds like nitrates with the help of bacteria and fungi is known as ?
Ans : Nitrogen Fixation

5031 : The Capital of Mozambique?
Ans : Maputo

5032 : Who is the inventor of Electric Lamp?
Ans : Edison

5033 : Who is the author of Death in Venice ?
Ans : Thomas Mann

5034 : Who is the author of “End of an Era”?
Ans : C.S.Pandit

5035 : Air Force Administrative Staff College is located at?
Ans : Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

5036 : Who is the author of Fairie Queen?
Ans : Edmund Spenser

5037 : Who is the creator of the famous characters “Appukili; Ravi; Mollakka”?
Ans : OV.Vijayan

5038 : The Attingal Outbreak was on?
Ans : 15 April 1721.

5039 : Which was the first Malayalam Movie ?
Ans : Vlgatakumaran

5040 : Lao-Tse was the founder of the most important religion of China known as?
Ans : Taoism

5041 : For how many months the Vaikkom Sathyagraha lasted?
Ans : 20 months.

5042 : The” Electricity Agitation” Which agitation was organised in Cochi against the privitization of Electricity supply in Cochin Town?
Ans : Diwan R.K. Shanmukham Chetti

5043 : Who is the author of The Social Contract ?
Ans : Rousseau

5044 : The Currency of Uruguay?
Ans : Nuero Peso

5045 : Who is the author of Men from Stone Age to Clone Age ?
Ans : Bob Beale

5046 : Who is the author of Comedy of Errors ?
Ans : William Shakespeare

5047 : Energy is stored in the mitochondria as ?
Ans : ATP molecules

5048 : SmallPox vaccine was discovered by ?
Ans : Edward Jenner (1786)

5049 : Dhyan Chand Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Hockey

5050 : Who is known as the Father of history?
Ans : Herodotus

5051 : Who is the author of Three Musketeers ?
Ans : Alexander Dumas

5052 : First person to reach the South Pole?
Ans : Amundsen

5053 : Who is the author of “A Judge’s Miscellany”?
Ans : M.Hidayathullah

5054 : Who is the author of “Beast and Man”?
Ans : Murry Midgley

5055 : Who is the author of “Tom Sawyer”?
Ans : Mark Twain

5056 : Planet Nearest (to the Sun)?
Ans : Mercury

5057 : Who is the author of “Tess of the d’Urberville”?
Ans : Thomas Hardy

5058 : The scientific name of Jack fruit is?
Ans : Artocarpus heterophyllus

5059 : Who is the author of The Road Ahead ?
Ans : Bill Gates

5060 : Who is the author of “A Fraction of the Whole”?
Ans : Steve Toltz

5061 : The total number of bones in adult human body is ?
Ans : 206

5062 : Who laid the foundation stone of Old Secretariat complex on 7 December 1865?
Ans : Ayilyam Thirunal

5063 : First Indian state to pass a Sports Bill is?
Ans : Kerala

5064 : Who is the creator of the famous characters “Appunni; Amarsingh;”?
Ans : M.T. Vasudevan Nair

5065 : The Capital of Laos .P.D.R.?
Ans : Vientiane

5066 : Who is the author of ‘Thottiyude Makan’?
Ans : Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

5067 : Workshop of Europe?
Ans : Belgium

5068 : Who is the inventor of Welding (Electric)?
Ans : Thomson

5069 : Who is the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin ?
Ans : H S Stowe

5070 : Who is the author of “The Upturned Soil”?
Ans : Mikhail Sholokhov

5071 : Who is the author of Tales from Shakespeare ?
Ans : Charles Lamb

5072 : Who is the author of “Changing”?
Ans : Liv Ullmaan

5073 : Who is the author of “Wuthering Heights”?
Ans : Emily Bronte

5074 : Who is the author of “Kadambari”?
Ans : Bana Bhatt

5075 : Who is the author of “Shalimar”?
Ans : Manohar Malgonkar

5076 : What is the literacy of Kerala as per the 2011 census?
Ans : 93. 91%

5077 : Who is the author of “Glimpses of World History”?
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru

5078 : Who was the first Central Cabinet Minister from Kerala?
Ans : Dr.John Mathai (1947- 50)

5079 : The Sahitya academy was shifted to its present location at city of Thrissur on?
Ans : Sep-57

5080 : The smallest ape is?
Ans : Gibbon.

5081 : Plants of deserts are called?
Ans : Xerophytes

5082 : Who is the author of “Blue Bird”?
Ans : Maurice Maeterlink

5083 : League or Nations was formed on the basis of the ‘Fourteen Points’ put forward by ?
Ans : Woodrow Wilson in 1918

5084 : Who was the last Manchu Emperor?
Ans : Puyi; a six year old boy

5085 : Who is the creator of the famous characters “Mr. Micawber; Jacob Marley;”?
Ans : Charles Dickens

5086 : Who is the author of ” A House for Mr. Biswas”?
Ans : V.S.Naipaul

5087 : Who is the inventor of Laughing Gas?
Ans : Priestley

5088 : Who is the author of ” Simhabhoomi “?
Ans : S K Pottekadu

5089 : Who is the author of “A Hindu View of Life”?
Ans : Dr. S.Radhakrishnan

5090 : Which year was declared by UN as International Literacy Year?
Ans : 1990

5091 : Who is the author of “Black Holes & Baby Universes”?
Ans : Stephan Hawking

5092 : Who is the author of A Farewall to Arms?
Ans : Earnest Hemingway

5093 : The Capital of Northern Ireland?
Ans : Belfast

5094 : The United Nations Commission On International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was established in?
Ans : 1996

5095 : The first systematic census of Travancore was taken on May 18; 1875 by?
Ans : AyilyamThirunal.

5096 : Who is the author of Les Miserables ?
Ans : Victor Hugo

5097 : Who is the author of “Kamayani”?
Ans : Jai Shanker Prasad

5098 : Who is the author of Great Tragedy?
Ans : l.A. Bhutto

5099 : Which is the first sports school in Kerala?
Ans : G V Raja sports school

5100 : Who is the author of “Ambalamani”?
Ans : Sugathakumari