General Knowledge – Basic – 043

6451 : Who is known as the founder of Early Babilonian Empire?
Ans : Hammurabi

6452 : Who is the author of ” Nectar in a Sieve”?
Ans : Kamala Markandaya

6453 : The first post office in Kerala was started in?
Ans : Alappuzha district

6454 : Defence Service Staff College is located at?
Ans : Wellington; Nilgiri Hills (Tamil Nadu).

6455 : Panama Canal was opened in ?
Ans : 1914

6456 : The black granite idol of Lord Buddha known as Karumadikuttan is found at?
Ans : Ambalapuzha

6457 : Which civilization discovered the system of Geometry ?
Ans : Mesopotamians

6458 : Garden in the desert?
Ans : Ethiopia

6459 : K. Ramakrishna Pillai was deported from the State in?
Ans : September 1910; he died at Cannanore in April 1916.

6460 : Tallest Statue (India)?
Ans : Statue of “Panduranga Vittala” (Karnataka State)

6461 : Central Building Research Institute is located at?
Ans : Roorkee (U.P.)

6462 : Who is the inventor of Sewing Machine?
Ans : Issac Singer


6463 : Who is the author of “Paradise Lost”?
Ans : John Milton

6464 : Who is the author of Time Machine ?
Ans : H.G. Wells

6465 : Srirangapatnam is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Cauvery

Author: Freshers