The Union Government meets the financial needs of the States
through:
(a) devolution of revenues
(b) grants in and of state revenues
(c) giving loans
(d) all the above
Phakir Mohan Senapati, Radhanath Raya and Madhusudan Rao are known as the famous trio of: (a) Oriya literature (b) Assamese literature (c) Gujarati literature (d) Hindi literature
The G-8 Summit was organized at which of the following places recently? 1 London 2 Paris 3 Vienna 4 Cologne
The largest gland in the human body is 1 Heart 2 Liver 3 Kidney 4 Brain
The southern tip of the earth is inclined towards the sun on: (a) June 22 (b) December 22 (c) September 22
The objectives resolution which formed the basis of the Preamble of the Constitution was moved in the Constituent Assembly on December 13, 1946 by (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Sardar Patel (d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
The President has the power to reduce the salaries or allowances of all government servants during the (a) Presidential rule in a State (b) Emergency in the country due to an external aggression (c) Emergency in the country due to internal disturbances (d) Financial emergency in the country
The Department of Drinking Water Supply (in the Union Govesrnment) is under the Ministry of 1 Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 2 Rural Development 3 Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation 4 Water Resources
The autor of ?Simhasana Dvatrimsika is (1) Srinatha (2) Koravi Goparaju (3) Krishnadevaraya (4) Dhurjati
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the first Science City of the country. It is being built in which of the following states? (A) West Bengal (B) Rajasthan (C) Maharashtra (D) Tamil Nadu
Which one of the following types of erosion is responsible for the formation of Chambal Ravines? (a) Splash (b) Sheel (c) Rill (d) Gully
Which of the following movies is directed by Shekhar Kapur and was recently shown in the 30th International Film Festival at Hyderabad? 1 Bombay Boys 2 Hyderabad Blues 3 Chalo America 4 Elizabeth
Two children are at the opposite ends of an iron pipe. One strikes an end of the pipe with a stone. Which of the following statements is correct? 1 Time taken by the sound waves in air and in iron to reach the other end is same 2 Time taken by the sound waves in iron is more than that taken in air to reach the other end 3 Time taken by the sound waves in air is more than that taken in iron to reach the other end 4 The ration of these times depends on length of the pipe