On the first day of the festival the Sun is worshipped; next
day cows and bullocks are fed on cooked rice; they are
decorated with flowers and paint and led in procession to
the beat of drums and crude music; on the third day and one
of the biggest festivals of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh is:
(a) Pooram
(b) Onam
(c) Pongal
(d) None of the above
The Fourth Buddhist Council is linked with this ruler: (1) Harsha (2) Aska (3) Kanishka (4) Samudragupta
With which game/sport is S.Apoorva associated? 1 Carrom 2 Chess 3 Swimming 4 Table Tennis
The chief producer or jute in India is: (a) West Bengal (b) Karnataka (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Assam
Who founded the Indian National Congress? (a) W C Bonnerjee (b) A O Hume (c) Sardar Patel (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Which of the following is used in pencils? 1 Charcoal 2 Silicon 3 Phosphorus 4 Graphite
4 Answers Graphite India, IB, NATA, Silicon,
When Parliament is in session, a Member of Parliament gets (per day) 1 Rs.100 2 Rs.500 3 Rs.1,000 4 Rs.400
Islamic terrorism is more pronounced in which of the following regions of Russia? 1 Grozny 2 Moscow 3 Gudermes 4 Omsk
Who among the following became Prime Minister of India without becoming a Union Cabinet Minister? 1 Chaudhray Charan Singh 2 H.D.Deve Gowda 3 Morarji Desai 4 I.K.Gujral
The Planning Commission has set out a road map to double the per capita income by the year 1 2020 2 2025 3 2018 4 2012
. Why does the thunder rumble (a) Due to vibrations of multiple echoes (b) Thunder is produced in succession (c) Thunder moves with the clouds which are moving all the time (d) None of these
Who is empowered by the constitution to summon and to dissolve the lok sabha?
2 Answers Oriental Insurance, UPSC,
Which of the following regarding the election of the president is correct ? a) A candidate securing the majority of votes is not automatically elected b) The supreme court has no jurisdiction in any doubt or dispute arising in connection with the election of the president. c) The presidential election can’t take place when one or more state assembles stand dissolved because all the state assembles from part of the electoral college. d) The total value of the votes allotted to both house of parliament is much more then the total value of the votes of all the states taken together.