India receives the major portion of its rainfall from
(1) Cyclone winds
(2) Southwest monsoon winds
(3) North west monsoon winds
(4) None of these
The court of Krishnadevaraya was visited by a protuguese traveler by name (1) Abdul Razak (2) Nicolokonti (3) Domingopaes (4) None of these
The highest policy making body in national planning is (A) The Planning Commission (B) The Finance Commission (C) The National Development Council (D) The National Integration Council
Usually a Gram Panchayat is not responsible for: (a) construction of village roads and tanks (b) sanitation, maternity and child welfare (c) financing of agriculturists (d) agricultural production
First Central South Asia Gymnastics Championship was held in which of the following Indian cities? 1 Chandigarh 2 Patiala 3 Shimla 4 Chennai
The Romantics is the first fiction work of which writer? 1 Raj Kamal Jha 2 Slaman Rushdie 3 Taru Tejpal 4 Pankaj Mishra
Jayashankar Prasad was a distinguished romantic and mystic poet who wrote in: (a) Hindi (b) Oriya (c) Marathi (d) English
Which one of the following is a federal feature of our Constitution? (a) Single Citizenship (b) Single Constitution (c) Double sets of government at National and State level (d) Single Election Commission
Name the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission in India: (a) The President of India (b) The Union Planning Minister (c) The Union finance Minister (d) The Prime Minister of India
Which of the following two major satellite channels were in the news because of their merger which ultimately did not take place? 1 Sony Entertainment Television and Star Television 2 Zee Tele Films and Star Television 3 Star Television and CNN 4 None of these
Southern most part of India : (1) is Kanyakumari (2) Lay in Niobtet Island (3) is Nagercoil (4) Vivekananda rock
The extremely slow-down-slope movement of the soil is called: (a) soil creep (b) mass wasting (c) landslide
According to the Annual Monetary Policy Statement for 2003-05, the inflation rate is expected to be approximately 1 4% 2 4.33% 3 4.5% 4 5%