Who is ex-officio chairman of the council of states ?
a) President
b) Speaker
c) Prime Minister
d) Leader of opposition
e) Vice President
What do you call a narrow neck of land that connects two large landmarks ? (a) Peninsula (b) Isthmus (c) Cape (d) Strait
During the South West Monssoon period Rajasthan is occupied by a low pressure. Yet it gets little rainfall because (1) The winds coming from Bay of Bengal become dry when they reach Rajasthan (2) Most of the air forming part of the Arabian Sea branch are from Iranian Plateau and hence dry (3) The lay of the mountains parallels the wind direction (4) All the above reasons
Electrical characteristics of connections between PCs and external peripherals are governed by (A) RS-212 (B) Intel 8088 standard (C) ISO standard (D) RS-232 C
Balloons are filled with 1 Helium 2 Oxygen 3 Nitrogen 4 Argon
Which one of the following emergencies can be declared by the President on his own? (A) Emergency due to external aggression or internal disturbances (B) Emergency due to failure of the constitutional machinery in a State (C) Emergency due to threat to the financial stability or credit of India (D) None of the above
. Why do short sighted persons use concave lenses in spectacles? (a) Concave lens can focus the image of the far off object on the retina (b) Concave lens gives a clear vision (c) Concave lens gives erect image (d) None of these
Which airline displays the tag line ?There is no better way to fly?? 1 Lufthansa 2 British Airways 3 Singapore Airlines 4 Air India
In which of the following States a devastating fire killed more than 90 students in a primary school in July 2004? (a) Bihar (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Orissa (d) West Bengal
The famous book ?Two Lives? has been written by 1 Anurag Mathur 2 Arundhati Roy 3 Vikram Seth 4 Shiv Khera
The International Cigarette and Tobacco Ltd., Chennai was held guilty of infringing upon which of the following popular brands? 1 Johnnie Walker 2 Camel 3 Bacardi 4 Marlboro
. Three communicable diseases prevalent in developing countries caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation are (a) Acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout (b) Malaria, acute diarrhoea and schistosomiasis (c) Onchocerciasis, leukaemia and arthritis (d) Rheumatism, malaria and AIDS
If you go to Tuticorin, Paradip, Kandla and Mangalore, you won?t have to go through: (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Orissa (c) Gujarat (d) Kerala