Which one of the following is in accordance with the
principle of Collective Responsibility of the Council of the
Ministers?
(a) It means that all the Ministers stand together and fall
together
(b) The resignation of the Prime Minister means the
resignation of the Council of Ministers
(c) Collective responsibility means responsibility of all
for all
(d) All of these
Which of the following represents the growth in exports from India in the period April-June 2000? 1 28% 2 32% 3 37% 4 39%
Hutchison Whampao, the telecommunications major, is headquartered in 1 Singapore 2 China 3 Hong Kong 4 Malaysia
Which part of the brain controls respiration ? (a) Cerebral cortex (b) Medulla (c) Cerebellum (d) Cerebrum
Among the following States of India, which one has the highest amount of coal reserves? 1 Andhra Pradesh 2 Maharashtra 3 Orissa 4 West Bengal
When returning to the earth, spacecraft has a communication blackout. The reason is: (A) The returning spacecraft is doing so against the force of gravity, which inter-feres with the radio waves (B) During the re-entry period, the density of the plasma, generated by the intense frictional heat, is so high that the operational frequencies used for communication be come very much less than the plasma cut-off frequency, resulting in a total blackout (C) Stellar X-rays attract and absorb the sound waves (D) None of the above
A famous agricultural scientist who has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize is (1) H.G. Khorana (2) M.S. Swaminathan (3) Norman Borlaug (4) R.N. Mishra
Equilibrium is determined when (a) Supply is greater than demand (b) Supply is less than demand (c) Supply is equal to demand (d) All of the above
A valley with steep, parallel walls along the faultlines, formed by the subsidence of a part of the earth?s crust, is known as 1 Hanging Valley 2 Gorge 3 Canyon 4 Rift Valley
The ?Servants of India Society? was founded by: (a) Annie Besant (b) Gopalakrishna Gokhale (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Dadabhai Naoroji
In which of the following countries were 4 million chickens slaughtered in an attempt to root out bird flu? (1) China (2) Hong Kong (3) Japan (4) England
Mr.J.M.Coetzee was in the news recently for which of the following reasons? 1 He is the only author to win the Booker Prize twice 2 He has received the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature 3 He won the Booker Prize for 1998 4 None of these
Which one of the following groups of rivers have their resources near Lake mansarovar? 1 Ganga, Yamuna, Indus 2 Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra 3 Bramhaputra, Sutlej, Indus 4 Bramhaputra, Ganga, Yamuna