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A temporary tax levied to obtain revenue is called 1 Surcharge 2 Revenue Tax 3 Wealth Tax 4 Cero

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The Budget is prepared by the (a) Lok Sabha (b) Rajya Sabha (c) President (d) Finance Ministry in consultation with the Cabinet

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German silver is the alloy of ? a) Copper, Nickel and Silver b) Silver, Copper and Aluminum c) Zinc, Copper and Nickel d) Silver, Zinc and Copper

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A country willing to join the European Union should not have an annual budget deficit of more than the level of 1 3% 2 8% 3 5.5% 4 11%

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Which of the following is not true regarding the payment of emoluments of the president ? a) They do not require any parliamentary sanction b) They can be reduced during a financial emergency c) They are shown separately in the budget d) They are charged on the contingency fund of India

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?Discovery of India? is the/a: (a) biography of Mahatma Gandhi (b) autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru (c) biography of Jawaharlal Nehru (d) history book written by Jawaharlal Nehru

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Who among the following is the Chairman of the recently constituted National Knowledge commission? 1 Deepak Nayyar 2 Sam Pitroda 3 R.A.Mashelkar 4 Yas Pal

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. ‘Self-sufficiency’ in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India in spite of a more than three-fold rise in food grains production over 1950-1990. Which of the following are the reasons for it? 1. The green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country. 2. The cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor. 3. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains. 4. The gains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4

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The State with 92 per cent hilly area is: (a) Manipur (b) Assam (c) Tripura (d) H P

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Pushyabhuti dynasty ruled over: (a) Thaneswar (b) Ujjain (c) Sakal (d) Pataliputra

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The ?Mahe region? locatd on the western coast of India is politically a part of the Union Territory of 1 Laklshadweep 2 Pondicherry 3 Daman and Diu 4 Dadra and Nagar Haveli

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Diamond is an allotropic form of (N.D.A.1991) 1 Silicon 2 Carbon 3 Sulphur 4 Germanium

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