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From which part of the saffron plant is saffron obtained? (1) Dry flower buds (2) Dry calyx (3) Stigma (4) Dry petals

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Which one of the following statements is wrong? (a) A Cabinet is a small body of important Ministers holding charge of important Ministries (b) Generally there are 16 to 20 Council of Ministers whereas the total number of the Cabinet Ministers sometimes runs into 50 to 60 (c) All the important policy matter decisions are taken in the Cabinet meetings (d) The Cabinet meetings are held quite frequently whereas the meetings of the Council of Ministers as a whole are held seldom

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Who amongst the following is the author of the recently released book ?A Thousand Suns?? 1 Vikram Seth 2 Sobha De 3 Dominique Lapierre 4 None of these

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Which of the following statements about ‘dry ice’ are correct ? 1. It is useful refrigerant 2. On heating, it turns into a liquid 3. It has acidic properties 4. It causes burns when pressed against the skin (a) 1 and 3 (b) 1,2 and 3 (c) 2 and 4 (d) 1,3 and 4

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Economic sanctions against India were waived by the US President in October 1999. which of the following was not a sanction prior to this waiver? 1 Export of Nuclear Technology 2 Lending by American Commercial Banks 3 Loans by Export-Import Bank 4 Exchange of Arms Technology

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?Bhatnagar Awards? are presented by CSIR for: (a) contribution in raising productivity (b) industrial welfare (c) important contribution in any field of science (d) environment

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In computer parlance, EPROM is the abbreviation of: (A) Erection of Powerful Read only Memory (B) Erasable Programmable Read only memory (C) Electronic Programme for Read only memory (D) Electronic P-diode Resistance of memory

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. The first Indian rules to organize Haj pilgrimage the expense of the state was (a) Alauddin Khilji (b) Feroz tughlakh (c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb

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?A Tale of Two Cities? is written by: (a) Charles Dickenss (b) Jane Austen (c) George Orwell (d) Hawthorne

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Who Presided over the rapid growth Ranbaxy over the 1970s and 1980s 1 Parvinder Singh 2 Bhai Mohan Singh 3 U.N.Mehta 4 None of the above

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. Fiscal policy means (a) The credit policy (b) The planning policy (c) The taxation policy (d) The policy of expenditure and public debt policy

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By which Constitutional Amendment has education been made a Fundamental Right for all children between 6 years and 14 years? (a) 63rd (b) 73rd (c) 83rd (d) 93rd

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