. The planning commission was set up in 1950 by:
(1) Act of Parliament
(2) Presidential ordinance
(3) Government
(4) Constitutional Amendment
. The first ruler of Vijayanagar was (1) Harihara (2) Bukka (3) Harihar II (4) Prince Bukka II
The Italion traveler who visited and stayed in the court of Devaraya II was (a) Domingo Paes (b) Nicolo deconti (c) Nuniz (d) None
The anti-drink and swadeshi movements were conducted in the ceded districts by (a) P. Ramachari (b) Kalluri Subba Rao (c) N. Sanjiva Reddy (d) B. Sambamurthy
. Countries favourably influenced by westerlies are (1) South Chile and South-West Africa (2) New Zealand (3) British Columbia, East of U.S.A. and Western, Europe (4) All of these
The ministerial level WTO conference was held in Doha in the third week of November 2001. In which country is Doha? (1) Saudi Arabia (2) United Arab Emirates (3) Qatar (4) Libya
Who of the following was the first Mughal ruler to introduce prohibition? (1) Babur (2) Akbar (3) Humayun (4) Jahangir
. Mauryan divided the empire into (1) Mandals (2) Taluks (3) Provinces (4) States
. Chand Bibi was the ruler of (1) Ahmadnagar (2) Bijapur (3) Khandesh (4) Aligarh
Shifting cultivation is still prevalent in (1) Kerala (2) Assam (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Goa
. Babur died on 26th December, 1530 and was laid to rest of Arambagh in Agra; whence his body was subsequently taken to and buried at (1) Delhi (2) Farghana (3) Kabul (4) Samarqand
. The lower layer of the atmosphere is known as (1) Ionosphere (2) Stratosphere (3) Troposphere (4) Mesosphere
Who of the following refused the Government of India’s Arjuna Award recently? (1) Ajit Pal (2) Khajan Singh (3) Milkha Singh (4) Dinesh Khanna