The sole power to control the expenditure of the Government
rests with the:
(a) Parliament
(b) Prime Minister
(c) President of India
(d) Finance Minister
(e) Lok Sabha
Trade winds blow in the region of: (a) equatorial trough (b) polar high (c) sub-topical high
Which of the following correctly defines what pratichi is , which was very much in news recently? 1 It is the name of the book written by Dr.Amartya Sen 2 It is the name of the award which West Bengal Government conferred upon Dr.Amartya Sen 3 It is the nick name of Dr.Amartya Sen 4 None of these
. Which one of the following monuments figured in the news recently in connection with a fall of some of its parts and its consequent archaeological conservation? (a) Jagannath temple, Puri (b) Sun temple, Konarak (c) Khandariya Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho (d) Chaunsat Yogini Temple, Bheraghat
Which of the following atomic minerals is abunbant in India (1) Plutonium (2) Thorium (3) Radium (4) Uranium
What is washing soda? (A) Sodium chloride (B) Hydrated sodium carbonate (C) Sodium dicarbonate (D) Calcium carbonate
Which one of the following places was the venue of the 1999 Miss World Contest? 1 Los Angeles 2 Japan 3 London 4 New Zealand
The only Indian musician who have sung before the United Nation is: (a) Hirabai Barodekar (b) Begum Akhtar (c) M S Subbulakshmi (d) Siddeswari Devi
IMF has projected India?s economic growth rate for 1999-2000 at about 1 2% 2 3% 3 3.5% 4 5%
Who founded the philosophy of Pustimarga ? (a) Chaitanya (b) Nanak (c) Surdas (d) Ballabhacharya
. Which one of the following provides the best estimate of the world’s biological diversity? (a) Of about ten million species probably alive today, some 20 species are lost everyday, most of them unknown because no more than half a million have yet been actually identified by scientists (b) Of about thirty million living species, some 50 are lost everyday, most of them unknown because no more than one million have been actually identified (c) Of about forty five million living species, some 100 are lost everyday, most of them unknown because no more than 1.5 million have been actually identified (d) Of about seventy five million living species, some 500 are lost everyday, most of them unknown because no more than 3 million have been actually identified
The concept of Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in population means : (A) The average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime. (B) The average number of children born to an adult male during his lifetime. (C) The average number of children born in a family. (D) The average rate of growth of population.
The Tamil Ramayana was the work of: (a) Ramayana (b) Kamban (c) Andal (d) Jayangondar