Who among the following has the constitutional authority to make rules and regulations fixing the number of members of the UPSC ?
a) Home Ministry
b) President
c) Cabinet Secretary
d) Vice President
Which one of the following Directive Principles is not a Gandhian principle? (a) The State shall take steps to organize village panchayats (b) The State shall endeavour to promote cottage industries (c) The state shall take steps for preserving and improving the breeds and prohibiting the slaughter of cows and other milch cattle (d) The State shall endeavour to secure a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India
National film awards were instituted in the year: (a) 1950 (b) 1954 (c) 1961 (d) 1969
. To know whether the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer, it is necessary to compare (a) The wholesale price index over different periods of time for different regions (b) The distribution of income of an identical set of income recipients in different periods of time (c) The distribution of income of different sets of income recipients at a point of time (d) The availability of food grains among two sets of people, one rich and the other poor, over different periods of time.
Temple building gained much patronage in the 6th-8th centuries from the: (a) Pallavas and Chalukyas (b) Guptas (c) Mauryas and Guptas (d) Cholas and Guptas
Raman Sukumar has been awarded the ………… 1 Oscar 2 Green Oscar 3 Pulitzer 4 Abel
Israel has common borders with (a) Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt (b) Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan (c) Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt (d) Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen
Which is the most heavily guarded International border on earth? (1) Indo-Pak border (2) Sino-Russian border (3) North Korea-south Korea border (4) None of the above
Author of the book ?Origin of Species? was: (a) Karl Marx (b) Charles Darwin (c) Newton (d) T A Edison
India played the first One Day International Cricket Match with Pakistan in March this year at (a) Lahore (b) Peshawar (c) Multan (d) Karachi
2 Answers HCL, India Infoline, UPSC,
According to a legend Lord Krishna lifted Mount Govardhana to crush the pride of: (a) Duryodhana (b) Kansa (c) Indra (d) None of these
Oil rises up the wick in a lamp because (a) Oil is very light (b) Of the diffusion of oil through the wick (c) Of the surface tension phenomenon (d) Of the capillary action phenomenon
Who among the following are appointed by the president of India ? I. Chairman, Finance Commission II. Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission III. Chief Minister of a Union Territory (a) I only (b) I & II (c) I & III (d) II & III