The founder of the Achaemenid empire was:
(a) Cyrus
(b) Darius III
(c) Darius I
(d) Xerxes
The Indian National Movement, upto 1905, was dominated by leaders who have been described as: (a) parliamentarians (b) constitutionalists (c) liberal thinkers (d) moderate nationalists
Nalanda University was a great center of learning, especially in (a) Buddhism (b) Jainism (c) Vaishnavism (d) Tantra
Which country has banned the word ?E-mail? from all government publications and websites and replaced it by ?Courriel?? 1 England 2 USA 3 Italy 4 France
Which one of the following is not among the sources of the Constitution of India? (a) Debates of the Constituent Assembly (b) Opinions of the Constitutional Jurists (c) Debates of the British Parliament (d) Enactments of the Indian Parliament
Mr.Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was recently in the news, was the former 1 President of Portugal 2 Prime Minister of Portugal 3 President of Guinea Bissau 4 Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau
Human body needs a constant supply of proteins to survive. The first part of the digestive system to begin digesting proteins is 1 Mouth 2 Stomach 3 Small intestine 4 Large intestine
President of which of the following countries was killed in a plane crash recently in Southern Bosnia? (a) Serbia (b) Romania (c) Greece (d) Macedonia
The Council of Ministers in India remains in office till it enjoys the support of the: (A) majority of the members of the Rajya Sabha (B) majority of the members of the Lok Sabha (C) minority of the members of the Rajya Sabha (D) minority of the members of the Lok Sabha
The first discourse of Buddha in Sarnath is called (a) Mahabhiniskraman (b) Mahaparinirvana (c) Mahamastakabhisheka (d) Dharmachakrapravartan
Temple building gained much patronage in the 6th-8th centuries from the: (a) Pallavas and Chalukyas (b) Guptas (c) Mauryas and Guptas (d) Cholas and Guptas
A Glacier makes a: (a) U shaped valley (b) V shaped valley (c) Palaya
Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest?