Who presides over the meetings of the Lok Sabha in the
absence of the Speaker?
(a) The vice-President
(b) Deputy Speaker
(c) The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
(d) The Speaker
Though the growth of agricultural production has been low in India it is still the important sector; the reason being (1) High yield of grains (2) Vast number of people are involved in agriculture (3) Agriculture is an Indian tradition (4) Lack of alternative employment
To permit the selection of 1 out of 16 equiprobable events the number of bits required is (A) 2 (B) Log10 16 (C) 8 (D) 4
When is the World Ozone Day celebrated?
. Which of the following is the correct chronocal order (1) Baji Rao-I (2) Balaji Baji Rao (3) Balaji Viswanth (4) Baji Rao-II (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 1, 4 and 3 (c) 3, 1, 2 and 4 (d) 4, 3, 2 and 1
Which one of the following generic diseases is sex-linked? (a) Royal haemophilia (b) Tay-Sachs disease (c) Cystic fibrosis (d) Hypertension
Shah Rukh Khan won the Best Actor Award for his acting in which of the following films? 1 Hum Tum 2 Swades 3 Veer Zaara 4 Sheesha
B. Sivanthi Adityan is (1) President of the Indian Science Congress (2) U.N. Secretary General?s Special Representative to West Asia (3) President of the Indian Olympic Association (4) Commander of the Special Task force to arrest notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan
What is the distance of running in a marathon race? (a) 26 miles (b) 26 miles 405 yards (c) 26 miles 385 yards (d) 26 miles 180 yards
President?s Rule in a State can be continued for a maximum period of (a) Four years at a stretch (b) Five years at a stretch (c) Two years at a stretch (d) None of these
Who among the following has not been awarded the Barat Ratna? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Vinoba Bhave (C) Sardar Patel (D) Radhakrishnan
National sport of Australia is: (a) Football (b) Cricket (c) Hockey (d) Tennis
The foundation of New Delhi was laid on December 15, 1911. Who laid the foundation stone? (a) Lord Mountbatten (b) King George V (c) Queen Victoria (d) Lord William Bentinck