The first Secretary-General of the United Nations was
A. Dag Hammarskjold
B. Trygve Lie
C. U. Thant
D. Dr. Kurt Waldheim
Which one of the following first preached the ideas of Swadeshi and Boycott? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Raja Rammohan Roy (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the budget proposals of the Union Government for 2003-04? 1 Exemption of tax on dividends in the hands of the share holders 2 Removal of capital gains tax on equities bought in 2003-04 3 Increase in rate of interest on small savings from 6% to 8% 4 Continuation of the tax exemption on housing loans
Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh is famous for: (a) rock-cut temples (b) cave paintings (c) stupas (d) Ashoka?s rock edicts
The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of 1 The Indian Councils Act, 190 2 The Government of India Act, 1919 3 The Government of India Act, 1935 4 The Indian Independence Act, 1947
Kabir, Kalidasa and Tansen Sammans are given by: (a) Lalit Kala Akademi (b) Sahitya Akademi (c) MP Government (d) Govt. of India
Who amongst the following is the author of the book ?difficult Daughters?? 1 Beryl Bainbridge 2 Manju Kapur 3 Kamla Das 4 None of these
Who wrote the book ?The God of Small Things? ? (A) Khushwant Singh (B) Arun Shourie (C) Salman Rushdie (D) Arundhati Roy
Who had discovered North America in 1497? (a) Vasco da Gama (b) Columbus (c) John Cabot (d) James Cook
On the first day of the festival the Sun is worshipped; next day cows and bullocks are fed on cooked rice; they are decorated with flowers and paint and led in procession to the beat of drums and crude music; on the third day and one of the biggest festivals of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh is: (a) Pooram (b) Onam (c) Pongal (d) None of the above
The mean age index for the world population is no longer the same as it was 50 years ago. The mean age estimated for the year 2000 is approximately 1 26 years 2 23 years 3 33 years 4 40 years
In which of the following games/sports did Geet Sethi excel? 1 Badminton 2 Table Tennis 3 Billiards 4 Lawn Tennis
Varahmihira was a great : (a) poet (b) philosopher (c) astronomer (d) astrologer