Who among the following visited India first?
1 Marco Polo
2 Nicolo Conti
3 Ibn Batuta
4 Vasco da Gama
Which of the following structures (glands) is concerned with the production of cortisone hormone in man ? a) Thyroid b) Testis c) Adrenal d) Pancreas
At the time of the partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence ? (a) Punjab (b) Assam (c) Bengal (d) Bihar
How many Indians have won the Nobel Prize for literature? 1 3 2 4 3 1 4 2
. Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term ‘drain theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji? (a) That the resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain (b) That a part of India’s national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material returns (c) That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power (d) That the British goods were being imported to the country making it poorer day by day
Morish traveler, Ibn Batutah, came to India during the time of (a) Ala-ud-din Khalji (b) Firuz Shah Tughluq (c) Balban (d) Muhammed-bin-Tughluq
In India every citizen who is (a) 18 years old has the right to vote in the Lok Sabha election (b) 20 years old has the right to vote in the Lok Sabha election (c) 21 years old has the right to vote in the Lok Sabha election (d) 22 years old has the right to vote in the Lok Sabha election
The new agriculture policy is aimed at achieving an annual growth rate of over 1 2% 2 3% 3 1% 4 4%
. Consider the following about booth-capturing : (1) Removing of boxes after electorates have voted. (2) Preventing genuine persons from voting. (3) Attacking the opposition candidate (4) Booth capturers can be arrested and detained for 2 years. Which of the above statement are true : (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) All the four (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 4
The decadal growth in the population of India during 1991-2001 is close 1 13% 2 17% 3 21% 4 25%
Who is the chief of Asian development bank?
?Bhatnagar Awards? are presented by CSIR for: (a) contribution in raising productivity (b) industrial welfare (c) important contribution in any field of science (d) environment
Which part of the donor?s eye is used for grafting in order to cure certain diseases of blindness? 1 Retina 2 Cornea 3 Lens 4 Eye-ball