The US Senate recently approved a controversial aid package
of nearly $1 billion to help, equip and train security
forces of which of the following nations?
1 Colombia
2 Mexico
3 Peru
4 Chile
Who is the author of the recently published book ?An Equal Music?? 1 Vikram Seth 2 Anita Desai 3 V.S.Naipaul 4 Salman Rushdie
Mica is used in an electric iron because it is a (a) bad conductor of heat (b) good conductor of heat (c) good conductor of electricity (d) bad conductor of electricity
Dhyan Chand was associated with which of the following games? (A) Cricket (B) Hockey (C) Athletics (D) Wrestling
What percentage of the irrigated land in India receive water from canals? (a) about 40% (b) about 10% (c) about 19% (d) about 60%
Fundamental Rights are (a) Those basic conditions of social life without which a citizen cannot be at his best self (b) The rights of the rulers (c) The rights of the police (d) Those rights which men enjoyed in the State of Nature
The interaction which governs the life everywhere is (1) Electromagnetic (2) Gravitation (3) Nuclear (4) Weak
Which rulers issued variety of gold coins (1) Kushans (2) Guptas (3) Vijayanagara (4) Pallavas
Which of the following is the main spice producer? (a) Deccan trap (b) Malabar coast (c) Coromandel coast (d) Sunderbans delta
Which one of the following battles nearly decided the war of succession in favour of Aurangzeb? (a) Battle of Dharmat (b) Battle of Samugarh (c) Battle of Bahadurpur (d) None of the above
. Even though the Railways are the most pervasive mode of transport of India, it is the road transport which received the maximum impetus in most of the post-independence period. Which of the following are the reasons for this? 1. Railways are cheap to operate but the associated capital costs are very high. 2. Given the geographic spread of the human settlements, it is unrealistic that the railways alone can serve the needs of transport. 3. The per unit (tonne/km) cost of transport is cheaper in road compared to rail transport. 4. Given the indivisible nature of the Railways, it is not always convenient for the population to avail of it with the same ease as private cars, buses or two-wheelers. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
Mount Everest was successfully climbed for the first time in (a) 1948 (b) 1953 (c) 1955 (d) 1957
Name the largest island in the world: (a) Greenland (b) Madagascar (c) Great Britain (d) New Guinea