When did Mr. Attlee, Prime Minister of England, announce the transfer of power to the Indians ?
a) February, 1947
b) August, 1947
c) June, 1948
d) June, 1949
Which of the following British statesman/politician won a Nobel Prize in literature ? (a) C Atlee (b) W Churchill (c) Robert Clive (d) Margaret Thatcher
Which among the following foreign banks is completing 150 years of its establishment this year? 1 HSBC 2 Bank of Tokyo 3 Standard Chartered Bank 4 None of these
Who among the following is the new Prime Minister of Russia ? (a) Mikhail Kasyanov (b) Mikhail Fradkov (c) Henadz Novitski (d) Vladimir Purin
Indians learnt the art of coining money form (a) The Greeks (b) The Kushanas (c) The Sakas (d) The Hunas
Whose permission was solicited by Albuquerque, the Portuguese Governor, to build a fort at Bhatkal? 1 Narasimha Saluva 2 Vira Narasimha 3 Krishnadevaraya 4 Achyutaraya
Makers of which tyres sponsor Indian racing ace Narain Karthikeyan? 1 JK 2 MRF 3 Dunlop 4 Modi
The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 166 kg. How much does a man weighing 60 kg on earth weigh on moon (1) 20 kg (2) 10 kg (3) 5 kg (4) 0 kg
Who among the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Services? (a) Satyendranath Tagore (b) Surendranath Bennerji (c) R. C. Dutt (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Who was the Governor-General when the Revolt of 1857 took place? 1 Lord Hardinge 2 Lord Dalhousie 3 Lord Canning 4 Lord Elgin
5 Answers HGS, PSC, TNPSC Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission,
Given the difficulty in facing a cut-throat competition with other banks and FIs, which among the following banks has decided to withdraw its domestic credit measures? 1 UTI bank 2 HSBC 3 ICICI bank 4 IDBI bank
Who among the following is the author of the book ?Ethics for the New Millenium?? 1 A.P.J.Abdul Kalam 2 P.V.Narasimha Rao 3 Bill Clinton 4 Dalai Lama
The Mahanadi river mostly cultivates the soil of an Indian State namely: (a) Orissa (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Andhra Pradesh