General Knowledge – Basic – 082

12166 : Which place receives the highest rainfalls in India?
Ans : Lakkidi (Wayanad)

12167 : Famous Rock-cut caves in the Ambukuthi hills in the Wayanad district is known as ?
Ans : Edakkal Caves.

12168 : The first Women Police Station started functioning in Kozhikode on?
Ans : 27-Oct-73

12169 : Who is known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
Ans : Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

12170 : Central Marine Research Station is located at?
Ans : Chennai (Tamil Nadu).

12171 : Who is the author of “Area of Darkness”?
Ans : V.S.Naipal

12172 : Who is the author of “My Own Boswell”?
Ans : M Hidayatullah

12173 : The State of Travancore -Cochin came into existence on?
Ans : July 1;1949

12174 : Who is the author of “Kidnapped”?
Ans : R.L.Stevenson

12175 : Who presided over the Aikya Kerala Conference held at Trichur in Apri I 1947?
Ans : K Kelappan.

12176 : The hardest material found in human body is ?
Ans : Enamel

12177 : Blackhealth London is associated with which Sport?
Ans : Rugby Football

12178 : ECG was invented by ?
Ans : Wilhelm Einthoven.

12179 : What is known as ‘Wagon Tragedy’ ?
Ans : During Malabar Rebellion; 61 of 90 Mappilas carried by the British as prisoners in a closed railway goods wagon from Tirur to Coimbatore on November 10; 1921 died of suffocation.

12180 : National Institute of Oceanography is located at?
Ans : Panaji (Goa).

Author: Freshers