General Knowledge – Basic – 014

1966 : A poem of fourteen lines is known as?
Ans : Sonnet

1967 : Who is the author of “Rape of the Lock”?
Ans : Alexander Pope

1968 : Pottery was first used by ?
Ans : Chinese

1969 : Who is the author of “What Went Wrong … and continues”?
Ans : Kiran Bedi

1970 : Which civilization invented water clock and sundial to know the time ?
Ans : Babilonian civilization

1971 : In which year Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) was founded?
Ans : 1975

1972 : Rowing Training Centre in Kerala was founded at?
Ans : Alappuzha in 1987

1973 : Who is the author of “The Google Story”?
Ans : David A. Vise

1974 : Berlin is on the bank of which River?
Ans : Spree

1975 : Who is the author of “Shame”?
Ans : Salman Rushdie

1976 : Who is the inventor of Vitamins?
Ans : Funk

1977 : Cell which is the smallest and fundamental unit of life was discovered by?
Ans : Robert Hook in 1665 and published under the title Micrographia.

1978 : Who is the author of ” The Shadow Lines”?
Ans : Amitav Ghosh

1979 : Oxford University was founded in ?
Ans : 1163 AD

1980 : World War I was fought between?
Ans : Germany with Austria; Hungary against Britain with Russia; France; Japan; Canada and Belgium

Author: Freshers