The Sangam literature is written in:
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Brahmi
(c) Tamil
(d) Hindi
The name of India born British author who was issued a death threat (Fatwa) by ayatollah Khomeini is: (a) Salman Rushdie (b) Pamella Bordes (c) R K Narayan (d) Mira Nayar
Money bills in a State can be moved: (a) only in the Legislative Council (b) only in the Legislative Assembly (c) at the joint meeting of the LC and the LA (d) by the Chief Minister and his colleagues
Which one of the following was the founder of the Advaita system of philosophy? (a) Ramanuja (b) Ramanand (c) Kumaril Bhatt (d) Shankaracharya
The recent World Health Assembly was held in May 2004 at (a) Geneva (b) Rome (c) Ro de Janeiro (d) Rabat
The president of india is elected by an electoral college comprising of ? a) Elected members of both houses of parliament and state legislative assemblies b) Elected members of both houses of parliament c) Elected members of state legislative assembly d) Elected members of lok sabha and state legislative assemblies
Which one of the following towns is situated easternmost? 1 Kohima 2 Jorhat 3 Itanagar 4 Dibrugarh
The Cash Reseve Ratio (CRR) effective from June 14, 2003 is fixed at 1 3% 2 3.5% 3 4% 4 4.5%
Congo has been an important country of Africa because : (a) it lies along the trade routes from north to south (b) its mines have copper and diamonds (c) it has the only oil processing plants in Africa (d) None of the above
The Morroccan traveler Ibn Batuta was a contemporary of: (a) Aladuddin Khilji (b) Mohammad-bin-Tughlak (c) Sultan Mahmud (d) Gyasuddin Balban
Bagasse, a by-product of sugar manufacturing industry, is used for the production of 1 Nylon 2 Glass 3 Paper 4 Alcohol
The largest Indian state is: (A) Maharashtra (B) Rajasthan (C) West Bengal (D) Uttar Pradesh
In terms of techno-economic considerations, which of the following types of power plants are optimal for peak load operation? 1 Combined Cycle Gas-based Thermal Power Plant 2 Coal-fired Thermal Power Plant 3 Hydel Power Plant 4 Nuclear Power Plant