The principles concerning the provisions of the
grants-in-aid to the states out of the Consolidated Fund of
India re recommended by the
(1) Finance Commission
(2) Planning Commission
(3) National Development Council
(4) Administrative Reforms Commission
The Dada Saheb Phalke Award was given this year to: (1) Satyajit Ray (2) L.V. Prasad (3) Kamalahasan (4) None
The Vedic deity Indra was the God of : (a) wind (b) light (c) thunder (d) seas
The first paulos Mar Gregarios Award was recently given to who amongst the following? 1 Sonia Gandhi 2 Fidel Ramos 3 Nelson Mandela 4 Dalai Lama
The autor of ?Simhasana Dvatrimsika is (1) Srinatha (2) Koravi Goparaju (3) Krishnadevaraya (4) Dhurjati
In the awards announced on Republic Day this year, Sourav Ganguly got (a) Padma Vibhushan (b) Padma Shree (c) Padma Bhushan (d) Ashok Chakra
Who is the man behind Hotmail? 1 Azim Premji 2 Vinod Khosla 3 Rajiv Gupta 4 Sabeer Bhatia
Which one of the following statements in regard to respiration and photosynthesis in plants is correct? (A) Both proceed at the same rate (B) Photosynthesis proceeds at a much faster rate than respiration (C) Photosynthesis proceeds at a much slower rate than respiration (D) There is no connection between the two
A reason why Latin America has been slow to develop industry is that : (a) most of her trade is with Europe (b) lack of rain means that there is little water power available (c) There has been a lack of skilled workers
What Constitutional provisions are made for not making President?s rule permanent? (a) It must be approved by the Parliament within 2 months (b) It cannot be extended beyond 3 years even by the Parliament (c) Every time Parliament can approve it for 6 months (d) All of the above mentioned
Which of the following statements is false about the caste system? (a) It meant a division of society into superior and inferior men (b) The division of society into castes was sanctified by Vedic literature (c) Different laws were prescribed for different castes (d) Marriage between a female of a higher caste and a male of a lower caste was permissible
Which one of the following rights was considered the ?heart? and soul? of the Constitution of India by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar? (1) Freedom of Speech (2) Right to Constitutional Remedies (3) Right to Equality (4) Right to Religion
. The first Indian rules to organize Haj pilgrimage the expense of the state was (a) Alauddin Khilji (b) Feroz tughlakh (c) Akbar (d) Aurangzeb