India and Pakistan have agreed to launch a new bus service
between
1 Islamabad - New Delhi
2 Srinigar - Muzaffarabad
3 Jammu ? Lahore
4 Amritsar ? Karachi
When returning to the earth, spacecraft has a communication blackout. The reason is: (A) The returning spacecraft is doing so against the force of gravity, which inter-feres with the radio waves (B) During the re-entry period, the density of the plasma, generated by the intense frictional heat, is so high that the operational frequencies used for communication be come very much less than the plasma cut-off frequency, resulting in a total blackout (C) Stellar X-rays attract and absorb the sound waves (D) None of the above
Which one of the following Articles states that the provisions contained in Part IV shall not be enforceable by any court, but the principles therein laid down are nevertheless fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws? (a) Article 42 (b) Article 43 (c) Article 44 (d) Article 37
Name the first Arabic writer to be awarded Nobel Prize for Literature? (a) Salman Rushdie (b) Gen Gaddafi (c) Yasser Ararat (d) Naguib Mah Fouz
In a healthy human eye, the focusing is done by the 1 To and fro movement of the eye lens 2 Changing curvature of the retina 3 Change in the convexity of the lens through ciliary muscles 4 None of these
The chief nitrogenous waste in humans is 1 Ammonia 2 Ammonium nitrate 3 Urea 4 Uric acid
The maximum duration for which the vice president may officiate as the president, is ? a) 4 months b) 6 months c) 9 months d) 1 year
Panchatantra was written by: (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Veda Vyas (c) Valmiki (d) None of the above
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
To which of the following families, do all pulses belong? (A) Cruciferae (B) Leguminosae (C) Malvaceae (D) Ranuculaceae
The most important event during the administration of Lord Canning was the: (a) suppression of the Thugs (b) abolition of the Sati (c) introduction of the Doctrine of Lapse (d) Sepoy Mutiny
In which country, the democtratic elections were held with the help of international observers, in October 2004, after almost two decades of civil war? 1 Myanmar (Burma) 2 Pakistan 3 Afghanistan 4 Iran
The main constituent of haemoglobin is ? a) Iron b) Magnesium c) Calcium d) Chlorine