Chief minister of all the states are ex-officio members of the ?
a) Finance Commission
b) Planning Commission
c) National Development Council
d) Inter State Council
Which of the following States has literacy rate lower than the national average? 1 Uttar Pradesh 2 Rajasthan 3 Orrisa 4 Bihar
How many days does the earth take to complete a circle around the sun? (a) 365 (b) 365-1/2 (c) 365-1/4
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
The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of (a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya (b) Kanishka I (c) Rudradaman (d) Samudragupta
Alauddin married the queen of Gujarat whose name was: (a) Devala Devi (b) Kamala Devi (c) Padmini (d) Tarabai
The singing of ??. At its Islamabad Sumit can be regarded as a landmark in the evolution of ?.. 1 SAPTA, ASEAN 2 SAFTA, SAARC 3 SAFTA, ASEAN 4 SAPTA, SAARC
Who was called by the epithet ?Desh Bandhu? during the struggle for freedom? (a) Chittaranjan Das (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) M K Gandhi (d) Bhagat Singh
Syadvada is associated with the religion: (1) Islam (2) Jainism (3) Brahmanism (4) Buddhism
Which article of the Constitution of India provides that ?no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to the procedure established by law?? 1 Article 18 2 Article 19 3 Article 20 4 Article 21
The Planning Commission started functioning in 1 1948 2 1949 3 1950 4 1951
. Acid precipitation is now regarded as a serious problem in some European and Asian countries. Its major cause or source is (a) Discharge of acidic effluents onto neutral or slightly alkaline land where the acidic components precipitate (b) Emissions of sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides from thermal power plants and burning of fossil fuels; these oxides dissolve in atmospheric water vapour and fall back on earth as acid rain (c) Neutral carbon dioxide released during respiration of living organisms dissolves in water, forming carbonic acid which is the chief contributor to acidity in rain water. (d) Chlorofluorocarbons readily react with various chemicals near the earth’s surface, producing acidic intermediates which cause acid precipitation.
Plants growing in dry habitats are: (a) xerophytes (b) hygrophytes (c) mesophytes