The term of office of the Vice-President of India is
(a) Five years
(b) Six years
(c) Seven years
(d) Eight years
Himalayas are: (a) fold mountains (b) a horst (c) fault blocks
In the recent past, a study by which organization found that popular cold drinks including Coke and Pepsi contain 30 to 36 times more residual pesticides than permitted? 1 Central Food Laboratory 2 Central Food Technological Research Institute 3 Centre for Science and Environment 4 None of these
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
How many medals were won by Indian team in 13th Asian Games 1998 at Bangkok? 1 30 2 27 3 35 4 41
Which index is used in India to measure the rate of inflation? (A) Wholesale Price Index (B) Consumer Price Index (C) Consumer Price Index for industrial workers (D) None of the above
The language spoken by the largest number of people in the world is (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Mandarin (d) Spanish
Who amongst the following is the author of the book ?Touch of Tennis?? 1 Ramanathan and Ramesh Krishnan 2 Steffi Graf 3 Carlos Moya 4 None of these
. What was the effect of the feudatory system (a) The king became weak (b) Peasants became dissatisfied (c) The kind became powerful (d) None of these
Ginger is a stem and not a root because (a) It stores food material (b) It grows horizontally in the soil (c) It has nodes and internodes (d) It lacks chlorophyll
The Indian made remote sensing satellite IRS-1 A was launched from (1) Thumba (2) Nevada (3) Baiknour (4) Kalpakam
Which of the following agencies does not finance local bodies for infrastructural development 1 LIC 2 HUDCO 3 CRISIL 4 All of these
The short upper part of the human intestine next to the stomach is called 1 Caecum 2 Duodenum 3 Ileum 4 Jejunum