The need for effective corporate governance and independent
regulatory authorities was highlighted by the scam involving
which of the following multinational corporation/s?
(A) Enron
(B) World Com
(C) Xerox
(D) All the three
The President addresses both the Houses of parliament assembled together (a) During emergency session summoned for the purpose (b) Every session (c) Any session (d) First session after each general election and the first session of each year
The Policy of Subsidiary Alliance owed its origin to: (a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord William Bentinck
The next Olympic Games are going to be held in (A) Beijing, China (B) Athens, Greece (C) Atlanta, U.S.A. (D) Sydney, Australia
Which organisatioin was the forerunner to the World Trade Organisation 1 The World Bank 2 General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) 3 The United Nations Development Fund 4 The League of Nations
Who presides over the meetings of the Rajya Sabha in the absence of the Chairman? (a) Deputy Chairman (b) Deputy Speaker (c) Speaker (d) Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Why did Dutch East India Company fail to maintain its influence in India? 1 Portugues did not allow them to trade in India 2 There was a growing interference of Dutch Government in the company?s internal affairs 3 Dutch indulged in forcible religious conversion of the people and thus were expelled the local kings 4 The English forces made them to leave India
Nutritional density is derived from (1) Total population divided by total Geographical area (2) Total population divided by total cultivated land (3) Total Agricultural population divided by total cultivated area (4) Human carrying capacity of an area in relation to a given land-use system
Exactly half way around the globe from the Greenwich Meridian is: (a) International Date Line (b) Siberian Line (c) Alaska Date Line
In 1925 the government arrested and tried a large number of terrorists in the : (a) Kakori conspiracy (b) Kanpur conspiracy (c) Lahore conspiracy (d) Meerut conspiracy
How many times more is the pressure in the earth?s core as compared to atmospheric pressure at sea level? (a) 3 to 4 million (b) 1 to 2 million (c) 2 to 3 million
Syadvada is associated with the religion: (1) Islam (2) Jainism (3) Brahmanism (4) Buddhism
. The Ideal climatic conditions for the cultivation of rice are (a) Rainfall above 100 cm, temperature above 250 C (b) Cool and moist climate for the entire crop period (c) Rainfall below 100 cm, temperature below 250 C (d) Warm and dry climate during the entire crop period