Which of the following states in India is facing an
unprecedented power shortage?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Maharshtra
4 Bihar
Which of the following is not a source of income for the Panchayats in India? 1 Budget allocated from the Union Government 2 Share from the State Government?s annual budgets 3 Proceeds from taxes levied by them 4 Fees and charges imposed
Which of the following organizations recently approved a centralized surveillance mechanism for the stock exchange in India? 1 RBI 2 CII 3 CBDT 4 SEBI
Polar winds are: (a) permanent winds (b) variable winds (c) local winds
Role of bone marrow in animals is (1) To assist kidneys (2) To act as hemopoietic tissue (3) To assist liver (4) To control blood pressure
The blood sucking organisms are 1 Hookworms 2 Earthworms 3 Leeches 4 Pin worms
Which country has the largest livestock population? 1 USA 2 Isreal 3 Australia 4 India
The term ?Diamond? is associated with the game of: (a) Bridge (b) Baseball (c) Basketball (d) Billiards
Article 340 of the Constitutionof India provides for the appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions for the improvement of 1 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 2 Socially and educationally backward classes 3 Socially and economically backward classes 4 Educationally and economically backward classes
Which one of the following is not correct? (a) A preamble is a part of the Constitution (b) A Preamble is not a part of the Constitution (c) The Preamble of our Constitution speaks of the ideals and objects which it aims to establish & promote (d) None of these
The great Canadian shield is: (a) a huge shield of enormous size believed to have been made by the warriors of an ancient race that inhabited Canada (b) a rugged area of very old Precambrian rocks surrounding the great Hudson Bay in Canada (c) a protective mountain range flanking the Southern Canadian land (d) an extraordinary thick jungle, the trees of which provide the hardest kind of wood
The President is considered an integral part of: (a) Parliament (b) Rajya Sabha (c) Lok Sabha (d) judiciary
. Which of the following is/are among the functions of the Election Commission of India? 1. Conduct of election for the posts of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha 2. Conduct of election to the Corporations and Municipalities 3. Deciding on all doubts and disputes arising out of elections Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 and 3 (d) None