Which one of the following cities is not a seaport?
(a) Sydney
(b) Southampton
(c) Rome
(d) Mumbai
Which one of the following was not written by Rabindranath Tagore? (A) Gitanjali (B) Bisarjan (C) Gora (D) Bisher Banshi
How many members are nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India? (a) 13 (b) 30 (c) 12 (d) 10
Name the first Arabic writer to be awarded Nobel Prize for Literature? (a) Salman Rushdie (b) Gen Gaddafi (c) Yasser Ararat (d) Naguib Mah Fouz
Vimana style of architecture in temples is the contribution of: (A) Cholas (B) Rashtrakutas (C) Chalukyas (D) Pallavas
Which of the following phenomena occurs at absolute zero temperature? 1 All gases become liquid 2 Water freezes 3 All substances become solids 4 Molecular motion in a gas ceases
Right to freedom of religion has been granted under Articles (a) 25 to 27 (b) 29 to 31 (c) 25 to 28 (d) 25 and 26
Consider the following statements : 104 Edwin Hubble discovered that distant galaxies are moving away from us. 105 Max Planck proposed that light comes in the form of quanta (packets of energy) 106 Stephen Hawking proposed a new theory combining the General Relativity and Uncertainty Principle. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
The first Olympic Games were held at Olympia (Greece) in the year: (a) 776 BC (b) 300 BC (c) 872 BC (d) 205 AD
An example of molecular crystal is (1) diamond (2) ice (3) sodium chloride (4) gold
Which country is known as the ?Land of the Rising Sun?? 1 Japan 2 Australia 3 Norway 4 North Korea
. In many developing countries, three major causes of death and disease are (a) Lack of safe drinking water, increasing use of pesticides and thinning of the ozone layer (b) Contaminated food, global warming and industrial chlorofluorocarbons (c) Polluted air, green house effect and soil erosion. (d) Dirty water, contaminated food and polluted air
The Gold Deposit Scheme, which was launched by SBI, was in fact, formulated by: (A) BoB Fiscal (B) Ministry of Commerce (C) RBI (D) Both (B) and (C)