The Silent Valley, which was in the news recently is a part of
1 Mangrove forests
2 Tropical deciduous forests
3 Tropical evergreen forests
4 Alpine forests
In 1717, which Mughal Emperor gave the English East India Company a ?Firman? granting trade privileges in India? 1 Shah Alam II 2 Bahadur Shah 3 Jahandar Shah 4 Farrukhsiyar
The official news agency of Syria is 1 JANA 2 Associated Press of India 3 Press Trust of Syria 4 SANA
Which of the following correctly defines what pratichi is , which was very much in news recently? 1 It is the name of the book written by Dr.Amartya Sen 2 It is the name of the award which West Bengal Government conferred upon Dr.Amartya Sen 3 It is the nick name of Dr.Amartya Sen 4 None of these
Rainbow Warrior is (1) US Navy Flagship (2) Russian Submarine (3) Green peace Flagship (4) Marine Research Ship
Which of the following Indian players was selected for the Life Time Achievement Award of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) recently? 1 Jaideep Mukherjee 2 Leander Peas 3 Rahon Bopanna 4 Mahesh Bhupathi
Commercial vehicles are not produced by which one of the following firms in India? (A) Swaraj Mazda (B) Birla Yamaha (C) TELCO (D) Ashok Leyland
The sole power to control the expenditure of the Government rests with the: (a) Parliament (b) Prime Minister (c) President of India (d) Finance Minister (e) Lok Sabha
Who has been selected for the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 1997? (1) Ronald Reagan (2) Jimmy Carter (3) Kofi Annan (4) George Bush
?Frontier Gandhi? was the nickname of: (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (c) Vinoba Bhave (d) None of these
CCLX stands for 1 450 2 260 3 240 4 250
Why does a big fire in the open appear to be fanned by strong winds? (a) Because of constant circulation of winds over and across the fire (b) Because of the dust particles carried by the wind (c) Because the surrounding heated air rises and cool air rushes in to create a fanning effect (d) None of these
The north-eastern States form nearly what percentage of India?s total geographical area? 1 15% 2 0% 3 8% 4 3%