The unpopular tax that is said to be the catalyst for Mrs.
Margaret Thatcher?s downfail
(1) Corporate tax
(2) House tax
(3) Poll tax
(4) Income tax
The Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1996 was recently presented to an organization which is considered as ?Doctors without Borders?. What is the actual name of this organization? 1 World Health Organisation 2 The World Red Cross Society 3 Amnesty International 4 Medicines sans Frontiers
Snow line is: (a) the line above which snow never melts (b) the line below which snow never falls (c) the line above which snow is never seen (d) great mass of snow on the poles
Which one of the following Directive Principles is a socialistic principle? (a) Prevention of concentration of wealth and the means of production (b) Equal pay for equal work to all (c) Protection of the health of workers (d) All of these
In which one of the following companies did the Government of India transfer 51% of its equity together with management control in favour of M/s Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd in the year 2001? 1 Bharat Aluminium Company Limited 2 Hindustan Copper Limited 3 Hindustan Zinc Limited 4 National Aluminium Company Limited
The Chairman of the Estimates Committee of the Lok Sabha is appointed from amongst the members by the (a) Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha (c) Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (d) Prime Minister
Who is the author of the novel ?The Hungry Tide?? 1 Amitav Ghosh 2 Arundhati Roy 3 Shashi Tharoor 4 Ved Mehta
Kundremukh is a site of (1) Coal mining (2) Steel Project (3) Iron ore mining (4) Oil drilling
The rapid sliding of large masses of rock with little or no flow is: (a) landslide (b) mud flow (c) talus
Despite the industrial recession in late ?90s, which sector has shown good growth ? (a) Fast Moving Consumer Goods (b) Automobiles (c) Coal (d) Steel
As per findings of recent researches, the scientists feel that there is one more planet like earth. This planet may be??.. 1 Mercury 2 Saturn 3 Jupiter 4 Mars
?A Tale of Two Cities? is written by: (a) Charles Dickenss (b) Jane Austen (c) George Orwell (d) Hawthorne
The empire of Akbar was divided into ??? Subas. (a) seven (b) thirteen (c) fifteen (d) nineteen