General Knowledge – Basic – 087

12901 : Radha Mohan Cup is associated with?
Ans : Polo

12902 : The British conquered St Angelo Fort in?
Ans : 1790

12903 : Clotting of blood in blood vessels is called ?
Ans : Thrombosis

12904 : Who is the author of “To Each His Stranger”?
Ans : S H Vatsyayan

12905 : The average period of human pregnancy is ?
Ans : 36-38 weeks – (approximately 280 days)

12906 : Which hormone is secreted when a man gets feared is?
Ans : Adrenaline.

12907 : Who is the author of “The Fall of a Sparrow”?
Ans : Salim Ali

12908 : The face of a man is made up of …..number of bones?
Ans : 14

12909 : Who is the author of “An Area of Darkness”?
Ans : V.S. Naipaul

12910 : Battle in which Napolean was defeated in 1815?
Ans : Battle of Trafalgar

12911 : The Kayyur Riot against caste system and imperialism was on?
Ans : 28 march 1941 in Kasargode.

12912 : Uniform Resources Locator (URL) is an electronic address that identifies a?
Ans : Website.

12913 : Who is the author of Nehru Family and Sikhs ?
Ans : Harbans Singh

12914 : Irani Cup is associated with?
Ans : Cricket

12915 : Who formed the Cholamandal Artists village, 9 km from Chennai in 1966?
Ans : K C S Panicker

12916 : First person in the world to land on the moon?
Ans : Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr of USA

12917 : The IDA provides …..to member countries?
Ans : soft loans

12918 : Who is the author of God and the Bible ‘?
Ans : Mathew Arnol

12919 : Name of the Residence of Czars was?
Ans : Grand Cremlin Palace

12920 : The Opium wars were fought between ?
Ans : Britain and China

12921 : Largest living Mammal?
Ans : Blue Whale

12922 : Who is the author of Old Curiosity Shop ?
Ans : Charles Dickens

12923 : Father of Taxonomy?
Ans : Carolus Linnaeus

12924 : Who is the author of Reminiscences of the Nehru Era?
Ans : M.O. Mathai

12925 : Who is the author of For Whom the Bell Tolls ?
Ans : Ernest Hemingway

12926 : The Currency of Zambia?
Ans : Kwacha

12927 : The first Atom Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima by America on ?
Ans : August 6; 1945.

12928 : The word ‘Cold War’ was first coined by ?
Ans : Bernard Baruch in 1946

12929 : Who is the author of ” Odayil Ninnu “?
Ans : P. Kesava Dev

12930 : National Police Academy is located at?
Ans : Abu Road (Rajasthan).

12931 : Who was the first Malayali woman athlete to get a medal in Asian Games?
Ans : M D VaIsamma

12932 : Broadest Street (World)?
Ans : Broadway St. (USA)

12933 : Who is the author of Inside CBI ?
Ans : Joginder Singh

12934 : Mamography test is used to diagnose?
Ans : Breast Cancer

12935 : What is the tenure of Kerala Legislative Assembly?
Ans : Five years [starting from the first day of the first session]

12936 : The main chemical content of egg shell is ?
Ans : calcium carbonate.

12937 : Who is the author of “The Round Table”?
Ans : Hazlitt William

12938 : Who is the author of Born Free ?
Ans : Joy Adamson

12939 : Wimbledon Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Lawn Tennis

12940 : Who is the author of “The Trail”?
Ans : Franz Kafka

12941 : Who is the author of “Good Earth”?
Ans : Pearl S Buck

12942 : Who is known as the Architect of Thrissur Town?
Ans : SakthanThampuran

12943 : Who is the author of “Waiting for Godot”?
Ans : Samuel Beckett

12944 : The most important work of Montesquieu is ?
Ans : “The Spirit of Laws”

12945 : Who is the author of ” Half a Life”?
Ans : V.S.Naipaul

12946 : Who is the author of Modern Painters?
Ans : John Ruskin

12947 : Which was the first weekly in Malayalam?
Ans : Keralamitram

12948 : The vector of the disease filariasis (elephantiasis) is?
Ans : Culex mosquito.

12949 : The Theory of Free Banking was written by ?
Ans : George Selgin

12950 : A computer framed to give various network services is called?
Ans : Server

12951 : Who was the first woman in India to reach a high court judgeship?
Ans : Anna Chandy

12952 : Botanical survey of India (BSI) with its head office in Kolkata came into existence in?
Ans : 1890

12953 : Who is the author of “Smarakashilakal”?
Ans : Punathil KunjabdulJah

12954 : Who is the inventor of Vaccination (Small Pox)?
Ans : Edward Jenner

12955 : National Metallurgical Laboratory is located at?
Ans : Jamshedpur (Bihar).

12956 : Raghbir Singh Memorial Cup is associated with?
Ans : Football

12957 : Who was the first Viceroy of the Portuguese; appointed in 1505AD; in the East?
Ans : Francisco d’ Almeida

12958 : Who is the author of “Letters from a Father to his Daughter”?
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru

12959 : Who is the author of Freedom in Exile ?
Ans : Dalai Lama

12960 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has been established under the NGT Act 2010 on ?
Ans : 18th October;2010

12961 : Who is the author of ” Smarakashilakal “?
Ans : Punathil KunjabdulJah

12962 : Who is the author of Years of Pilgrimage ?
Ans : Raja Ramanna

12963 : What is the name of the improved steam locomotive invented in 1814 by George Stephenson?
Ans : Rocket

12964 : Who is the author of “Against the Grains”?
Ans : Boris Yeltsin

12965 : Who is the author of “Sultry Days”?
Ans : Shobha De

12966 : Who is the author of “Swami and Friends”?
Ans : R.K.Narayan

12967 : Who is the author of ” Bread”?
Ans : K.A.Abbas

12968 : Who is the inventor of Elevator brake (lift)?
Ans : Otis

12969 : Palakkad Mani Iyer was famous as?
Ans : mridangist.

12970 : Who is the author of Lipika ?
Ans : Rabindranath Tagore

12971 : Who is the author of “The Decline of the West”?
Ans : O.Spengier

12972 : Mussolini organised his followers into the?
Ans : ‘Black shirts’ In

12973 : Who is the author of “Malavikagnimitra”?
Ans : Kalidas

12974 : The Periyar wild life sanctuary was declared as a Tiger Reserve in?
Ans : 1978

12975 : Who wrote The Republic ?
Ans : Plato

12976 : First Woman to reach the North Pole?
Ans : Ann Bancroff

12977 : Anchal stamps of Travancore existed till?
Ans : 1952

12978 : Who is the author of “Worshipping False Gods”?
Ans : Arun Shourie

12979 : Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in?
Ans : Paris on 31 August 1997

12980 : Who is the author of Birth and Death of the Sun?
Ans : George Bernard Shaw

12981 : Who is the God of the Zorastrian religion ?
Ans : Ahuramazda

12982 : Who is the author of “Crime and Punishment”?
Ans : Fydor Dostoevskey

12983 : Who is the author of ” Jaguar Smile”?
Ans : Salman Rushdie

12984 : Who are the selected people of Jehovah ?
Ans : Jews

12985 : The famous work – An Essay on the Principle of Population is by ?
Ans : Thomas Malthus

12986 : Who is considered as the father of Modem History ?
Ans : Leopold Van Ranke; a German historian

12987 : Who is the author of As You Like it ?
Ans : William Shakespeare

12988 : Who is the author of “From Here to an Eternity”?
Ans : James Jones

12989 : Who is considered as the father of the Science of Reasoning?
Ans : Aristotle

12990 : Father of Immunology?
Ans : Edward Jenner

12991 : Pacemaker was invented by ?
Ans : Chardack (1960)

12992 : Who described Alappuzha as the “Venice of the East”?
Ans : Lord Curzon

12993 : Who is the author of “The Trumpet Major; “?
Ans : Thomas Hardy

12994 : Which organ controls reflex actions in human beings?
Ans : The spinal cord

12995 : Kurnool is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Tungbhadra

12996 : Madhavan; Panchu Menon
Ans : O. Chandu Menon

12997 : Dutch sold the St Angelo fort to the Arakkal royal family in?
Ans : 1772

12998 : Who introduced The Secretariat System in Travancore ?
Ans : Col. Munro

12999 : Which empire is also known as Second Chera Empire?
Ans : Kulasekharas of Mahodayapuram.

13000 : Who is the author of Tess of the d’Urberville?
Ans : Thomas Hardy

13001 : Who was the first Muslim woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India?
Ans : Justice M. Fathima Beevi

13002 : Which is the world’s highest and longest highland railway ?
Ans : The Qinghai-Tibet Railway (l;1142 Km) opened on 1st July 2006 in China

13003 : Which film won the Presidents silver medal for the first time?
Ans : Neelakuyil

13004 : Who is the author of “Poovampazham”?
Ans : Karoor Neelakanda Pillai

13005 : Nizam Gold Cup is associated with?
Ans : Football

13006 : Who is the author of “Prem Pachisi”?
Ans : Munshi Prem Chand

13007 : Most Intelligent Animal?
Ans : Chimpanzee

13008 : Name the machine used to break up kidneystones by ultra sound waves?
Ans : Lithotripter

13009 : Thomas Cup is associated with?
Ans : World Badminton

13010 : Sigmond Freud belongs to which country?
Ans : Austria

13011 : Highest Hill Station (India)?
Ans : Gulmarg (Kashmir)

13012 : Who is the author of “King of Dark Chamber”?
Ans : Rabindranath Tagore

13013 : The Capital of Pakistan?
Ans : Islamabad

13014 : Who is the inventor of Printing Press?
Ans : Caxton

13015 : Who is the author of “Chitra”?
Ans : R.N.Tagore

13016 : Who is the author of A Brief History of Time?
Ans : Stephen Hawking

13017 : Who is the author of “Pride and Prejudice”?
Ans : Jane Austen

13018 : Who is the author of ” E. V Kathakal and MLC Kathakal. “?
Ans : E.Y.Krishana Pillai

13019 : Which inscription contains the reference to the Devadasis in Kerala?
Ans : King Goda Ravi Vanna’s Chokkur Inscription.

13020 : Who is the author of “Spouse”?
Ans : Shobha De

13021 : Which was the literary magazine co-sponsored by Kunhikuttan Thampuran and Appan Thampuran?
Ans : Rasika Ranjini

13022 : Which canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Ans : Panama Canal

13023 : Kotah is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Chambal

13024 : Which King of Travancore started the Ayurveda College at Trivandrum?
Ans : Sri Mulam Thirunal

13025 : Who is the author of ” Fire on the Mountain”?
Ans : Anita Desai

13026 : The Currency of Fiji?
Ans : Dollar

13027 : To which race Ay dynasty belonged to ?
Ans : Yadava race.

13028 : Largest Sea Animal?
Ans : Blue Whale

13029 : Who is the author of Eureka?
Ans : Edgar Allen Poe.

13030 : The Capital of Sudan?
Ans : Khartoum

13031 : Who is the author of “Poetics”?
Ans : Aristotle

13032 : Who is the author of “Angels and Demons”?
Ans : George Orwell

13033 : Ramanujam Trophy is associated with?
Ans : Table Tennis (Junior Boys)

13034 : Who is the author of “Midnight’s Children”?
Ans : Salman Rushdie

13035 : Who is the author of The Google Story ?
Ans : David A. Vise

13036 : The Sengulam hydroelectric project is located in?
Ans : Idukki

13037 : Who is the author of “Anand Math”?
Ans : Bankim Chandra Chatterji

13038 : Colombo Cup is associated with?
Ans : Foot ball (India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka and Myanmar)

13039 : Who is the author of “A Bunch of Old Letters”?
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru

13040 : Who is the author of “Bolivian Diary”?
Ans : Ernesto Che Guera

13041 : Who is the author of Gul-e-Naghma Raghupati ?
Ans : Sahai Firaq

13042 : Defence Service Staff College is located at?
Ans : Wellington; Nilgiri Hills (Tamil Nadu).

13043 : Pollination between two flowers of one plant
Ans : Gytanogamy

13044 : National Literacy Mission (NLM)was launched in?
Ans : 1988

13045 : The Capital of Denmark?
Ans : Copenhagen

13046 : Who is the author of “Umakeralam”?
Ans : Uloor S Parameshwara Iyer

13047 : Who is the author of “Rediscovering Dharavi”?
Ans : Kalpana Sharma

13048 : Who is the author of “Last Days of Pompeii”?
Ans : Bulwar Lytton

13049 : The Capital of Tadzhikistan?
Ans : Dushanbe

13050 : Who is known as the “Morning Star of the Reformation’ ?
Ans : John Wycliffe