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| The term Octroi Tax is a
(a) tax levied on entry of goods into a municipal area
(b) tax levied on entry of goods from one to another country
(c) tax on corporate sector
(d) None of the above | | 1 |
| The Telugu Novel ?Rajasekharacharitramu? was written by
(1) Adavi Bapiraju
(2) Viswanatha Satyanarayana
(3) Kandukuri Veeresalingam
(4) Nori Narasimhasastry | | 1 |
| The UAE has Emirates, the largest and the richest of them is:
(a) 6; Fujeirah
(b) 7; Abu Dhabi
(c) 8; Dubai
(d) 4; Umm-al-Quwain | | 1 |
| The headquarters of International Red Cross are at:
(a) Geneva
(b) New York
(c) Stockholm
(d) Paris | | 1 |
| Synthetic ethanol is produced by reacting ethane (in the
presence of phosphoric acid) with
1 Hydrogen
2 Potassium dichromate
3 Oxygen
4 Water | | 1 |
| Where is the Metei language predominantly spoken?
1 Nagaland
2 Bihar
3 Assam
4 Manipur | | 1 |
| The State which produces maximum quantity of gold in India
1 Karnataka
2 Punjab
3 Chhattisgarh
4 Himachal Pradesh | | 2 |
| For the propagation of the Buddhistic faith, Ashoka
appointed new officers of the name of :
(a) Rajukas
(b) Yutas
(c) Amtyas
(d) Dharmamahamatras | | 1 |
| . Which of the following electoral systems have been adopted
for various elections in India?
1. System of direct election on the basis of adult suffrage
2. System of proportional representation by means of the
single transferable vote
3. List system of proportional representation
4. Cumulative system of indirect elections.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2, 3 and 4 | | 1 |
| Who gifted the ?Statue of Liberty?, standing off the New
York port, to the United States on the first centenary
celebrations of the US?
(a) People of New York
(b) France
(c) Great Britain
(d) Germany | | 5 |
| Respiratory centre is situated in
1 Cerebrum
2 Cerebellum
3 Medulla oblongata
4 Diencephalons | | 1 |
| Winter rains in north and north-west India are generally
associated with the phenomenon of
1 Retreating monsoon
2 Temperate cyclones
3 Local thunderstorms
4 Shift in jet stream movement | | 1 |
| Which of the following is the power of the Prime Minister in
practice?
(a) Choosing the members of the council of Ministers and
allocating portfolios
(b) Calling the meetings of the cabinet and presiding over them
(c) His responsibility to carry the work of the government
efficiently
(d) Senior appointments are made with his approval
(e) All of these | | 1 |
| Who was the Congress President when India attained
independence ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) J. B. Kripalani
(d) Rajendra Prasad | | 1 |
| Why was luizinho Falerio recently in the news?
1 He was appointed Special Assistant to the Foreign Minister
2 He has taken over as the Chief Minister of Goa
3 He will be our new High Commissioner to U.K.
4 None of these | | 1 |
| Who among the following won the double trap event of the
Masters Cup 2004 Shooting Championship in Ceske Budjovice
(Czech Republic)?
(a) Sheikh Ahmed Al-Maktoum
(b) Wang Cheng
(c) Rajyavardhan S. Rathore
(d) None of these | | 1 |
| . Isobars are the lines drawn on the map through the places
having
(a) The same atmospheric pressure
(b) The same temperature
(c) The same altitude
(d) None of these | | 1 |
| Gupta empire declined in the fifth century A.D. as a
consequence of
(a) Chalukya raids
(b) Greek invasion
(c) Hun invasion
(d) Pallava raids | | 1 |
| Which of these nations has the largest percentage of persons
in the armed forces?
(a) Iran
(b) Iraq
(c) Israel
(d) Syria | | 1 |
| The leading lady starring opposite Amitabh Bachchan in the
much awaited movie ?Baghbaan? is:
(A) Rati Agnihotri
(B) Hema Malini
(C) Shabana Azmi
(D) Jaya Bachchan | | 2 |
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