The basic regulatory authority for mutual funds and stock
markets lies with the 

(a) Government of India 

(b) Reserve Bank of India 

(c) SEBI 

(d) Stock Exchanges

Who is responsible to collect the service tax? 

(a) Income Tax Department 

(b) Central Excise Department 

(c) Commercial Tax Department of the State/UT 

(d) Postal Department

Of the various grounds below, which is the one criterion on
which discrimination by the State is not prohibited in Art.
15 of the Constitution? 

(a) Place of Birth 

(b) Race 

(c) Language 

(d) Caste

Who is ?Amicus Curiae? ? 

(a) A counsel for an intervenor in litigation 

(b) A friend of the court 

(c) The Public interest litigant 

(d) The counsel for the respondent

According to the UN convention on the rights of the child
which of the following is not a right ? 

(a) Safe drinking water 

(b) Adequate standard of living 

(c) Education 

(d) Employment

Who is competent to dissolve the Parliament? 

(a) The President 

(b) The Cabinet with the concurrence of the Leader of the
Opposition 

(c) By resolution in both Houses of Parliament 

(d) None

What is the motto inscribed under our national emblem? 

(a) Satyam, Shivam 

(b) Satyam, Sarvatra, Sundaram 

(c) Satyameva Jayate 

(d) Jai Hind

Which of the following ?writs? of the High Court or the
Supreme Court is sought to produce in the court a person,
suspected to e missing/in custody? 

(a) Mandamus 

(b) Quo Warranto 

(c) Habeas Corpus 

(d) Certiorari

On what basis has representation been accorded to the States
in Rajya Sabha? 

(a) Parity of all the States 

(b) On the basis of population 

(c) On the basis of the stage of development of a State 

(d) On the basis of population-cum-development

Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts can be removed by 

(a) The President 

(b) Parliament 

(c) Union Council of Members 

(d) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Where is the objective of ?Social justice? articulated in
the Constitution of India? 

(a) Art. 14 

(b) Art. 16 

(c) Art. 15 

(d) Preamble

In greek mythology, Apollo is the god of what ? 

(a) Prophecy 

(b) Medicine 

(c) Love 

(d) Peace

Who is hailed as the ?God of Medicine? by the practitioners
of Ayurveda? 

(a) Susruta 

(b) Chayavana 

(c) Dhanwantari 

(d) Charaka

Who wrote the play ?Uttararamacharita?? 

(a) Harsha 

(b) Tulsidas 

(c) Bhavabhuti 

(d) Sudraka

Who wrote ?Sarforoshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamaare Dil Mein Hai?? 

(a) Mohammed Iqbal 

(b) Ramprasad Bismil 

(c) Kazi Nazrul Islam 

(d) Firaq Gorakhpuri