Which one of the following countries is not elected as
nonpermanent members of the Security Council for a two-year
term beginning from January 1, 1994?
(1) Oman
(2) Brazil
(3) Nigeria
(4) Rwanda
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
What is the International Date Line? (A) It is the equator (B) It is the 00 longitude (C) It is the 900 east longitude (D) It is the 1800 longitude
The Netherlands was earlier known as (a) Poland (b) Holland (c) Spain (d) Greece
In a bee-hive, there is a division of labour. Workers which collect honey from flowers are 1 Males 2 Females 3 Sterile 4 Intersexes
Jainism is divided into how many main sects? (a) Four (b) Three (c) Two (d) It is not divided
The Government of India is seriously thinking to repeal which of the following acts? (1) FERA (2) FEMA (3) Rent Control Act (4) POTA (5) None of these
. What procedure is followed if a new state is to be formed by separation of territory from any state of the Indian Union? (a) The two houses of the Parliament pass a bill by 2/3rd majority (b) The President gets a bill passed by the simple majority of the state legislature (c) President gets the approval of the parent state and then the two houses of Parliament pass a bill to this effect by simple majority (d) None of these
Which of the following is not correct? (a) The Presiding Officer of the Lok Sabha is called Chairman (b) We have borrowed the Office of Speaker from the British Constitution (c) The Speaker is elected by the members of the House from among themselves (d) The Speaker should be a member of the House of the People
The fastest running land animal is (1) Cheetah (2) Deer (3) Horse (4) Tiger
The per capita availability of cloth in India during the planning period has (1) Increased (2) Decreased (3) Constant (4) No perceptible change
The name of India?s first aircraft carrier is: (a) INS Kukri (b) INS Nilgiri (c) INS Vikrant (d) INS Himgiri
Which of the following is the main spice producer? (a) Deccan trap (b) Malabar coast (c) Coromandel coast (d) Sunderbans delta