The filament of an electric lamp becomes white hot but the
lead in wires holding the filament are only slightly heated
because they
(A) Have smaller current passing through them
(B) Have very low resistance
(C) Have higher melting point
(D) Are made of black iron
Which of the following describes India as a secular state ? a) Fundamental Rights b) Ninth Schedule c) Directive Principles d) Peramble to the Constitution
Which of the following is not true regarding production of tea in India? 1 The east and the north-east States account for 82% of the total tea growing area in India 2 India is the largest producer of tea in the world 3 Indian tea is not found suitable for export as the quality is far inferior to Kenyan tea 4 India produces good varieties of CTC tea
Who among the following knew Hindi as well as Persian? (A) Kalidasa (B) Kabir (C) Amir Khusro (D) Tansen
Appointments to Indian Administrative Service are made by (1) Union Public Service Commission (2) President (3) Prime Minister (4) Union Home Ministry
Who is the longest serving chief minister in India ? a) Bhajan Lal b) Hiteshwar Saikia c) Chimanbhai Patel d) Jyoti Basu
Who among the following persons is closely associated wit the leading company ITC Ltd? 1 M.S.Banga 2 K.Gopalkrishnan 3 Yogi DEveshwar 4 Deepak Satwalekar
Destruction of forests leads to (1) Loss of vegetation (2) Soil erosion (3) Loss of minerals (4) Less rainfall
Which of the following represents the Defence expenditure of India in terms of per-centage of the total outlay of the Budget? 1 12% 2 14% 3 15.55 4 17.5%
The Fundamental Rights granted to the Indian citizens are (a) Justiciable (b) Non-justiciable (c) Sometimes justiciable and sometimes non-justiciable (d) None of the above
Soap film exhibits brilliant colours in sunlight due to one of the following phenomena: (1) Dispersion of light (2) Interference of light (3) Total internal reflection of light (4) Diffraction of light
As per International Labour Organisation (ILO), how many children out of the total child population of India (in the age group 10-14 years) are employed as child labour (approxiametly) 1 10% 2 12% 3 16% 4 20%
Element present in largest amount in human body is 1 Hydrogen 2 Nitrogen 3 Oxygen 4 Carbon