The cutting of forests leads to:
(a) soil erosion and uncontrollable floods
(b) desilting and denaturation
(c) Increase of rainfall and humidity
(d) None of these
The second unit of the nuclear power station at Kaiga has a generation capacity of: (A) 210 MW (B) 220 MW (C) 440 MW (D) 110 MW
The President of India nominates to the Rajya Sabha members out of those who (a) Belong to the Armed Forces (b) Belong to the Backward Classes (c) Belong to the royal families (d) Have distinguished themselves in the field of Literature, Science, Art and Social services
Nikolai Tikhonov is: (1) Soviet Prime Minister (2) Chess champion (3) Gymnast (4) Cosmonaut
The upper limit of the atmosphere can be drawn at a distance of: (a) 10,000 km (b) 1,000 km (c) 100 km
if a worker unable to work for 183 days in a year, then it is said as ?
There is a piece of ice in a glass of water when the ice completely melts the level of water (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains same (4) Any thing can happen
The country which suspended defence ties with France over its test in the South Pacific is (1) Australia (2) United States (3) Russia (4) Britain
The greatest value of bees to mankind is in 1 Storing honey for man?s use 2 Supplying of food for birds 3 Ensuring pollination of certain crop plants 4 None of these
TAG-24 is a high yielding variety of which of the following crops developed by BARC and Punjab Rao Deshmkh Krishi Vidyapeeth of Maharshtra and was recently in the news? 1 Potato 2 Paddy 3 sugarcane 4 Groundnut
Gypsum is added to cement clinker to 1 Increase the tensile strength of cement 2 Bind the particles of calcium silicate 3 Decrease the rate of setting of cement 4 Facilitate the formation of colloidal gel
. Which one of the following statements regarding the “veto” power in the Security Council is correct according to the United Nations Charter? (a) The decisions of the Security Council on all non-procedural maters must be made by an affirmative vote of nine members, including the concurring votes of the permanent members of the Council (b) Every permanent member of the Security Council can prevent any decision from being accepted, by vetoing it (c) The term veto was used in Article 27 of the United Nations Charter to enable any permanent member of the security (d) Any member of the Security Council can prevent any resolution from being passed by voting against it
. Bush Government attacked and ousted Mr. Ortega from his country because (a) He is a communist (b) He is helped by Soviet Russia (c) He is a black-mailor of drugs (d) He sacked Contors