Which of the following signifies an important distinction between fundamental rights and directive principles ?
a) While the former are rights of citizens, the latter are duties of the state
b) While the former relate largely to civic aspects, the latter relate to socio-economic and international aspects
c) While the former relate to the present, the latter are not so time-bound
d) While the former are judicially enforceable, the latter are not so enforceable.
Which of the following is likely to convert itself into a bank? 1 SIDBI 2 ECGC 3 IDFC 4 SEBI
Which of the following animals has the longest life span? 1 Elephant 2 Crocodile 3 Dog 4 Tortoise
The residuary powers have been given to the: (a) State Legislatures (b) Union Parliament (c) Both the State legislatures and the Union Parliament (d) Local Bodies
Two important leaders who toured the country preaching the ideology of socialism were: (a) Gandhi and Tilak (b) Motilal Nehru and C R Das (c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose (d) Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal
How much time does energy require to travel 90 million miles from the Sun to the earth? (a) 9-1/3 minutes (b) 9-1/2 minutes (c) 9-1/4 minutes
The authorship of ?Divine Life? is ascribed to: (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Muktananda (c) Sivananda Swami (d) Dhirendra Bhramchari
Who amongst the following is the to-recipient of the UNESCO Peace Prize for 1998? 1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2 Nawaz Sharif 3 Birendra Bir Vikram Deo 4 Sheikh Hasina
K.S.Narayanswami, who died recently, was a famous 1 Political leader 2 Journalist 3 Freedom Fighter 4 Singer
Author of the book ?Origin of Species? was: (a) Karl Marx (b) Charles Darwin (c) Newton (d) T A Edison
The important cause for the conflict of the Bhaminis and the Vijayanagar rulers was: (1) Religious rivalry (2) Political ambition (3) Possession of territory (4) Non-payment of tribute
India recently honoured Egyptian President with Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. What is his name: 1 Yasser Arafat 2 Hosni Mubarak 3 Fateh Daud 4 Rafsanjani
The great mountain region of the Himalayas runs upto about ??? from Assam westwards: (a) 2,400 km (b) 1,500 km (c) 1,000 km (d) 4,324 km