Which of the following is the power of the Prime Minister in
practice?
(a) Choosing the members of the council of Ministers and
allocating portfolios
(b) Calling the meetings of the cabinet and presiding over them
(c) His responsibility to carry the work of the government
efficiently
(d) Senior appointments are made with his approval
(e) All of these
Who is empowered to call a special session of UN General Assembly? (A) Special Session summoned by the Secretary General (B) Special Session summoned by permanent members of the UNO (C) Special Session summoned by the members of the Security Council (D) Special Session summoned by all the permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council
?Amnesty International? is an organization associated with which of the following fields? (a) Protection of historical monuments (b) Environmental protection (c) Protection of cruelty to animals (d) Protection of human rights
Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council? 1 China 2 France 3 USA 4 Japan
Asian Paintas has bought 50% of 1 Berger Paints 2 Shalimar Paints 3 Goodlass Nerolac 4 ICI Paints
Nihal Rodrigo who is the first Asian to be appointed Secretary-General, Commonwealth, belongs to which of the following countries> 1 India 2 Pakistan 3 Myanmar 4 Sri Lanka
After the decline of the Guptas a large part of north India was reunited by the: (a) Rajputs (b) Chalukyas (c) Saka Satraps (d) Harshvardhana
Who said, ?The new Constitution (of India) establishes, indeed, a system of government which is at the most quasi-federal, almost devolutionary in character: a unitary State with subsidiary federal features rather than the federal State with unitary features?? (a) Dr. K. C. Wheare (b) S. L. K. Ivor Jennings (c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
2 Answers TNPSC Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission,
What is the gun involved in Bofors case? (A) FN 77B-160 mm (B) FH 77B-155 mm (C) FH 80B-155 mm (D) None of the above
The minor form of condensation near the surface that forms a mass is: (a) fog (b) cloud (c) dew
What is the distance of running in a marathon race? (a) 26 miles (b) 26 miles 405 yards (c) 26 miles 385 yards (d) 26 miles 180 yards
Grammy Award winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt has created a new raga as a tribute to the late Oddisi dance Protima Gauri Bedi. What is the name of that new raga? 1 Protima 2 Shivranjani 3 Garima 4 Gaurima
The process-by which the blood carries the absorbed food products to the tissue cells, where they are taken up?is called: (A) absorption (B) assimilation (C) digestion (D) ingestion